Mozhiyai kadakkum perumpugazhan- Swamy koorathAzhvan sahasravarusham celebrations (part-3)

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Srimathe ramanujaya NamahaDear Srivaishnavas,

Today

is the Monthly thirunakshatam of swamy emperumanar (Iyppasi Thiruvadirai).  This will be a very apt day to enjoy the

meaning of the thaniyan “Yo nithyamachyutha… ramanujasya charaNau sharaNam

prapathyEâ€

 

Swamy

koorathAzhvan in his first divine work Sri vaikunthastavam, one among the 5

gems (panchastavams) starts the first sloka showing his due regards to his

revered acharya swamy Ramanuja.  Azhvan

elaborates the greatness of ethirajar and surrenders to his divine feet.

 

Anvayam:

“Ya: nithyam achytha padhAmbhuja yugma Rugma vyAmOhatha: tat etharAni trunAya

mEnE, asya dayA eka sindhO: bhagavatha: asmat gurO: rAmAnujasya charaNau

sharaNam prapathyEâ€

 

Gold

prices are raising day by day.  Why?  Gold is regarded so precious and there is not

a single person in this world who hates a gold ornament.  Possessing gold is considered to be valuable

and a great asset.   Azhvan says ‘My

acharya is not an exception.  Swamy is

also crazy about gold!’ Really?  Ethirajar crazy about gold? Yes but the

gold he was crazy about is different. 

Swamy Ramanujar was crazy about the golden feet of achyutha, the Lord

who resides in koil, thirumalai, perumal koil and other divyadesams and never

leaves hold of his devotees.  Swamy

Ramanuja was crazy about that divine golden feet of emperuman and never

bothered about anything else in this world  

 

Achyuthan

(pranathArthiharAchutha! – Thirukachchinambi calls aththivaradan)

Thiruvarangathamudhanar says – “Thenaththiyoorar kazhalinaikeezh

pooNdavanbhAlan iramanusanâ€.  So here

achyuthan can refer to the Lord of aththigiri, kanchi Sri pErarulAlan

(or)

Achyuthan

(pachchai mA malai pol mENi pavala vAi kamala senkan achythA!- Thondaradipodi

azhvar calls Sri Ranganatha as achyuthan) Amudhanar says – “ponnaranga mennil

mayalE perugum iramanusanâ€Â  So achyuthan

can also refer to Lord of Srirangam.

 

(Asmat

GurO: ) Guru refers to the dispeller of ignorance/darkness.

Amudhanar

says, “kadalaLavAya desai ettinuLLum kaliyiruLE midai taru kAlaththirAmAnusan

mikka nANmaRaiyin sudarOLiyAl avviruLai turaththilanEl vuyirai vudaiyavan

nAraNan endru arivArillai vuttrunarindhEâ€

Who

else than swamy Ramanuja, who came to dispel the darkness in this Kali can be

called as ‘Guru’?

 

(bhagavatha:)

‘Bhagavat’ sabdham can be used only to refer to one who possesses all the 6

kalyana gunas, viz., jnana, shakthi, bala, Ishvarya, veerya and Tejas.  Swamy himself establishes in Sribhashyam that

this holds good only for Sriman Narayanan, the Supreme Lord.  But Azhvan uses that word to refer to Swamy

Ramanuja How?  Swamy Ramanuja can also be

called as bhagavan because of the following reasons,

Swamy is Sri

Parthasarathi avataram, so bhagavan himself“Peedagavadai

pirAnAr pirama guruvAgi vandhu†(Lord himself comes down as the first

guru)“sAkshAt

nArAyanO deva: kruthva marthyamayeem tanoom, maknAn uddharathE lOkAn

kAruNyAt sAstrapAninAâ€â€œmanmisai

Yonigal dhORum pirandhu engal mAdhavanE kaNNuRa niRkilum kAnakillA

vulagOrgaellAm aNNal iramanusan vandu thOndriya appozhudhE naNNarujnAnam

talai koNdu nAranarkkAyinarEâ€

 

(asya)

While there is a ‘yat’ in the first line as per general rule the next line

should have a ‘tat’ but since azhvan’s mind always meditated on the divine form

of swamy emperumanar he was visualizing the darshan each moment (“kAshAya shOpi

kamaneeya shikAnivEsam daNta trayOjjvala karam vimalOpaveetham, vutyattinEsa

nibha mullasa dhoorthva pundram roopam tavAsti ethiraja! trushOr mamAgrEâ€) and

hence uses ‘edham sabdham’ (used to refer an object close to us) instead of

‘tat sabdham’ (used to refer to something far away).

 

(dayaikasindhO:

) Ocean of Mercy. Our poorvacharyas can be

classified into two categories (a) Anuvritti prasannAcharyas b) krupAmAthra

prasannAcharyas.  Unlike Thirukotiyur

nambi who made even swamy Ramanuja walk many times from sriangam to

thirukottiyur to get Rahasya arthas swamy Ramanuja made it easy for all by

appointing 74 simhasanadhipathis (thereby acharyas became more easily

accessible) and making them give the arthas to all those who were interested

(“AsaiyudaiyOrkellAm koorum endru pEsi varanbharuththArâ€).  Swamy went to the extent of going against his

acharya’s word for the benefit of the ignorant interested souls. 

 

(charNau

sharaNam prapathyE) I fall into that Ramanuja’s divine feet.  Like a new born child being more fond of the

mother’s breasts, Srivaishnavas fall prey to the divine feet of swamy Ramanuja.

Srimad

Ramanuja charanau sharaNam prapathyE

Srimathe

Ramanujaya Namaha                             KoorathAzhvan thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Question

for the next posting:  ‘Srinidhi’ this

name is now so common among the Srivaishnava kids both male and female.  Whom does this name actually refer to?  Where has koorathAzhvan answered the same in

his panchastavam?

 

P.S:  Considering the length of the posting adiyen

has not elaborated the pramanas.   Adiyen’s

heartfelt gratitude to Sri PBA swamy for the excellent vyakhyanam for this

sloka.

Asmad gurubhyO namahaAdiyen ramanuja dAsan/dAseeVaradarajan/SumithraOn Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Varadarajan <sumivaradan wrote:

Srimathe ramanujaya NamahaDear Srivaishnavas,

Days

are running (“vatkalAgi nAtkalsellaâ€) and all Srivaishnvas are eagerly

awaiting a divine occasion, a grand blessing for all those living in this

world at this point of time.  We were not

present in Ayodhya to enjoy ramaleelas nor were we present in Brindavan to

enjoy krishna’s childish pranks during treya, dwapara yugas.  Did we atleast get a chance to stay in the

time of our poorvacharyas?  No.  We are born in this hard day of kali when we

see only clashes, riots and terrorism everywhere.  Where to find solace then?  Though living in this tough world we do see

bhagavatas around us with least tension, pleasant face, enjoying each and every

leela of bhagavan.  Shouldn’t we also

join them and make life easy?  How do

they live peaceful when all others are always in a hurry?  Thondaradi podi azhvar says, “kAmbara thalai

siraiththu vun kadaithalai erundhu vAzhum sOmbarai vugaththi pOlum†But are

bhagavatas really lazy people. 

Absolutely not.

 

Let

us all try this.  Along with all our day

to day activities let us vow to spend few hours in our day from today till Thai

Hastam (Feb 3rd 2010) thinking about koorathazhvan, learning about

his life, trying to practice what swamy practiced, trying to develop athma

gunas that swamy showed to this world, try to involve in his sahasravarusham

celebration thereby showing our gratitude for what swamy has given to this

Srivaishnava world, try to spread his message (Ramanuja darisanam) to one and

all, read, write, speak, listen, think, do anything that will please the divine

heart of Swamy koorathazhvan.  See how

your life changes.  You are sure to get a

peaceful heart. 

 

Once

in front of azhvan someone raised a doubt. 

Who is the jagatguru?  Azhvan

immediately jumped into kaveri and lifted his hands on top and pledged “Satyam

satyam punas satyam ethirajO! Jagatguru:†[i swear and say that swamy ethirajar

alone is the jagatguru].  At this point

Adiyen can swear and tell the best medicine for all the calamities in this

world and also the personal tensions and blood pressures in each one of us is

the knowledge about the life of swamy koorathazhvan.  Just knowing the medicine is not enough we

need to take it in and the body has to accept it.  Similarly if each one of us learn about swamy

koorathazhvan and try to change our lives according to what swamy showed

(please note: swamy did not preach but practiced and showed us how to live)

peace and happiness will surely flow in all our lives. 

 

Even

those who missed the sahasravarusha thirunakshatra celebrations of Sri

Kanchipurna thirukachchi nambigal (Masi Mirugaseerusham 2009) please don’t miss

this divine celebration (Thai Hastham 2010) of Swamy koorathazhvan

sahasravarusham.  This is once in a life

time opportunity, Mark your calendars nothing else is more important than

showing our gratitude towards our revered acharyas, that will make emperuman

happy, emperumanar happy and as a result all of us happy.

 

As

part of adiyen’s kainkaryam, adiyen will continue to write small postings on

Swamy koorathazhvan to share and enjoy as instructed by geethacharyan

“bOdhayantha parasparamâ€.  Let us make

Koorathazhvan the main subject of all our discussion forums and show special

credit to the revered acharya.

 

“arvAnchO

yatpadasarija dvantva mAsridya, poorvE

  moordhnA yasyAnvaya mupagadha dEsikO mukthi

mApu:

  sOyam rAmAnujamunirapi sveeya mukthim

karasthAm

  yatsambhandhAt amanugatham varinyathE

kooranatha:â€

 

[Even

That Ramanuja who uplifted his shisyas through his divine feet and his acharyas

through his divine head, confirmed his moksha due to the sambhandham of

koorathazhvan.  How can we measure the

greatness of that Azhvan?-vAchAmagOcharam, mozhiyai kadakkum perum pugazhAn]

 

Question for the next posting:  We

all recite the following thaniyan every day, you might be aware that Azhvan

wrote this thaniyan but in which work does this appear and what is the meaning?

 

“YO

nithyamachyutha padAmbhuja yugmarugma….â€Asmad gurubhyO namahaAdiyen ramanuja dAsan/dAseeVaradarajan/Sumithra

P.S:

Adiyen will grab the opportunity to write if none of you take the same.  For more details on the celebration visit www.kuresan.com or www.vedics.net

 

 

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