ThiruppAvai Jeeyer in ThiruppAvai-1

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

 

Srimathe rAmAnujaya Namaha

 

Sri vara vara munayE Namaha

 

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

 

 

In the very first paasuram in thiruppAvai “mArgazhi thingal” soodikkoduththa

nAchiyar sri andal praises emperumAnar as, “kadir madhiyam pOl mugaththAn”.

Swamy’s face glowed like the sun when he did sribhasya kalashepam and

established the significance of our srivaishnava sampradhayam whereas while

swamy did bhagavat vishaya kalashepam on thiruvAimozhi swamy’s thirumugam was

like a cool full moon.

 

 

 

In the second paasuram kOdhai nAchaiyar shows how perumbhoodhur mAmuni is none

other than the divine serpent, adishesha on which the lord reclines. The lord

Sriman nArayanan lays as an impeccable divinity, as the start and end for

everthing, the Adimoolam on top of ananthan, the divine serpent. Ananthan who

is the divine bed to emperuman, is blessed with a rekha called savasthikam and

has 12000 heads, in this kaliyuga has taken birth as Sri rAmAnuja in

sriperumbhoodhur on chittrai thiruvAdhirai. Swamy went all over the place and

spread the fame of emperuman and paved way for bhakthas to reach the holy feet

of emperuman. So nAchiyar says, “pArkadalul payyath thuyindra paraman adi pAdi”

having EmperumAnAr in her minds.

 

 

 

In the third paasuram, “Ongi vulagalandha” Sri andal talks about the charitable

nature of EmperumAnAr. She regards swamy rAmAnujar as a cow full of charitable

love, which sheds the milk without anyone milking it. Swamy doesn’t allow his

shisyas to just glance through any divine meanings instead he fills their mind

with deep knowledge and makes them great jnani’s. That is what anju kudi koru

sandhadhi Andal says, “kudam niraikkum vallal perum pasu”. The big cow

EmperumAnAr fills the minds and hearts of his disciples with deep knowledge and

anubhavams.

 

 

 

In the fourth paasuram, “Azhi mazhai kanna!” andal refers to swamy as her elder

brother. In tredha yugam adisesha became the younger brother of Sri rama,

lakshmana. In the dvapara yugam he became the elder brother of Sri Krishna,

balarama. The same adisesha in kaliyugam is going to become the elder brother

of nAchiyar, Sri Andal in order to establish the srivaishnava sampradayam and

give the great Sribhashyam. So Andal proudly calls her brother as “Azhi

mazhaikku annA!”

 

 

 

In the fifth paasuram, “mAyanai mannu vadamadurai maiyindhanai” Andal proudly

declares the efficiency of swamy ethirajar to win over the mayAvAdhis. Like

Krishna who won over all his enemies through his mayai, emperumAnar won over all

the mayAvAdhis and established our sampradayam. So andal refers to swamy as

“mAyanai”. In yethiraja vimsathi, mAmunigal praises EmperumAnAr as “mAyavAdhi

bhujanga bhanga garuda: trividhya choodAmani:”

 

 

 

We will proceed to see how andal, soodikoduththa nAchiyar, perumbhoodhur

mAmunikku pinnAnal, enjoys glorifying the divine qualities of her elder brother

ethirajar in rest of her paasurams in the next postings.

 

 

 

(To be continued)

 

 

 

Azhvar EmperumAnAr Andal Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

 

 

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee

 

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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