Sri Varamangai muni Vaibhavam-6

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

Sri VanAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

SrisailEsa dayA pAthram deebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam

Yateendra pravanam vandhE ramya jAmataram munim

 

RamyajAmatru yOgeendra pAdha rEkhA mayam sadhA

thathAyathatAthma sadhdhAthim rAmAnuja munim bhajE

 

Azhagiya varadar, a bAla brahmachAri, stayed along with his acharyan,

considering his guru, nAyanAr to be his god (“peethaka vAdai pirAnAr pirama guru

vAgi vandhu”, “ThEnAr kamala thirumAmagal kozhunan thane” guruvAgi). He

considered his acharyan, who has blessed him with all happiness and joy, to be

everything for him and engaged himself in the kainkaryam of the acharyan as per

the acharyan’s wish (“mAdum manaiyum kilaiyum maraimunivar thEdum vuyar veedam

senneriyum peedudaiya ettezhuthum”thandha Acharyan. An acharya has blesses a

shisya with cattle, house, relation and the high arthas of the veda adorned by

the pandits and also the astAksharam, the manthra raja.)

 

Very pleased with the shisyas kainkaryams, nayanAr with great interest thought

him the sastras, viz., tarka, meemAmsa etc. Azhagiya varadar grasped all the

lessons in the very first shot, which surprised nAyanar and also made him very

happy. He then continued to teach him the drAvida vedam starting with

thirupallAndu. After that nAyanar proceeded to give the shisya the most

important lesson in our sampradAyam, the rahasyas. He first blessed azhagiya

varadar with the rahasyam which has 8 aksharAs, 3 padhams which is been always

meditated in their minds by Srivaishanavas(“nAth thazhumbhezha”) who are

mumukshus filled with jnana, bhakthi and vairaghya, the thirumanthram, which

bestows all good results. Nayanar thought all the inner meanings and all the

explanations as given by the poorvAcharyas to azhagiya varadar(“nalam tharum

sollai nAn kandu kondEn NarayanA ennum nAmam”).

 

Followed by the manthra raja, nAyanar blessed azhagiya varadar with the detailed

explanation of the meaning of the manthra ratnam, the dvayam. Next lesson was

on the words of geethAcharyan, the charama slOkam, thereby teaching the shisya

the essentiality to leave all other upAyas and fall into emperuman, Sri

Parthasarathi’s feet considering him to be the siddhOpAyam. Then azhagiya

varadar learnt all the nalAyira paasura vyakhyAnams and their corresponding

rahasya arthas.

 

Azhagiya varadar, was filled with extreme joy to have obtained all the divine

meanings from his own acharya, but he still remained without any ahankAra

mamakArams(ego and pride), looking at anything with a balanced mind and as a

foremost paramaikAntin, considering sheshatva(master), saranayathva(to who’s

feet one surrenders) and prapyathva(the ultimate goal) all to be his own

acharya. He remained in madurakavi bhAvam (“Dhevu mattruariyEn”) and with

strong belief in the alwars words,”vun padha yugamAm yEr konda veetai elidhinil

Aidhuvan”. Like lakshmana (“aham sarvam karishyAmi”) azhagiya varadar was also

always (“ozhivil kAlamellAm vudanAi manni”) involved in all types of kainkaryams

to his acharya. When one fine day, nAyanAr who is none other than the

reincarnation of ethirAjar himself, always in the thought of the way to uplift

the masses, called azhagiya varadar and with a graceful look suggested him to go

to do mangalAsAsanam to deivanAyagan if he desired. Azhagiya varadar was

shocked to hear this, and unable to digest the thought of separation from his

beloved acharya, started thinking why nAyanAr has suddenly ordered for

separation?

 

Let us find the answer in the next posting.

 

(To be continued)

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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