GPP-25(Sri IlaiyAzhwAr Vaibhavam-12)

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

 

Srimathe Ramanujaya namaha

 

Sri Vara Vara munaye Namaha

 

 

 

Feeling pleased with the deep interest of elaiyazhvar to undergo the

panchasamskaram immediately from Periya nambigal, nambigal seated him under the

magizha tree. As per the pramanic verses, “manthrasamskarasithyartham

manthradeekshAvidow tathA I chakrasya dhAranam prOktham manthrai: panchAyudhAni

vA I” “chakrAdhidhAranam pumsAm para sambhandha vEdhinam I pathivrathA nimitham

hi valayAdhi vibhooshanam”

 

Nambigal did thApa samskAram (putting the mark of sanghu and chakra on the left

and right shoulders of the shisya with a heated marker) to elaiyAzhvar.

 

 

 

As per the divine verses: “nivEshya dhakshinE svasya vineedhAnjali samudham I

 

Moordhni hastham vinishipya dhakshiman jnana dhakshinam I svayam duhriti

vinyasya krupayA veekshayEth guru: I svAchAryam hrudhayE dyAthvA japthvA guru

paramparAm II A-vam prapathya dEvEsa mAchArya: krupayA svayam I

 

AthyApayEn manthraratnam sarvasandhodhidaivatham II”

 

 

 

As per the prescribed rules in the above pramanams, Periya nambigal seated

elaiyazhvar to his right and placed his hand over the shisyas head.

Concentrating on the divine feet of his acharya, Sri Alavandaar and reciting the

guruparamparai in mind, nambigal did the dvaya mahA manthra upadesam along with

the angas in the right ear of elaiyAzhvar. Nambigal told elaiyAzhvar,” consider

that Sri Alavandaar has left his divine feet on my head for your sake and has

left to paramapadam (thirunAdu, the divine abode of emperuman) like Sri

rAmapiran placing his divine padhukas on top of bharatha’s head to rule over the

kingdom and left to the forest.” Periya nambigal acted only as a limb of

alavandaar whereas elaiyazhvar’s actual acharya was none other than Sri

alavandaar himself. That is why pillaiamudhanAr says, “edhikat kiraivan yamunai

thuraivan enai adiyAm gadhi peRRudaiya rAmAnusan”

 

 

 

Elaiyazhvar then requested nambigal to enlighten him on the following queries.

“Which is the pramanam? Who is the pramEyam? Who are the pramAthAs?” Nambigal

replied, “As per Azhvars paasuram, ‘mAdhavan pEr solluvadhE vOththin surukku’

pramanam is nothing other than the dvayam; prameyam is that which has been

clearly explained in the dvaya mahA manthram, that perumal who stays in

hasthigiri with the divine conch and sankra in his hands; pramatha is none other

than you; So now come to enjoy the pramEyam along with this pramanam”.

 

 

 

The very next day, both of them went to have the darshan of E-ri kAththa rAmar

and did mangalasasanams to him. “As per the praise, ’sa rAmO lOkaranjana:’ Oh!

My lord you have saved this darshanam from becoming a barren ground “. After

doing mangalasasanam to chakravarthi thirumagan they left to perumal koil.

 

 

 

(To be continued)

 

 

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

 

Adiyen,

 

Varadarajan Ramanuja dAsan

 

Sumithra Ramanuja dAsee