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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

 

Srimathe rAmAnujaya Namaha

 

Sri vara vara munayE Namaha

 

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

 

 

In the twenty-first paasuram, “Ettra kalangal” Sri Andal, talks about the

greatness of the acharya who is going to be a refuge to all jeevatmas.

Ethirajar will even change the wrong attitude of his acharya, yadhava prakasa

who wrongly misinterpreted the verses in vedas. Yadhava will later become the

shisya of ethirajar. Yagna moorthi, who once opposed rAmAnuja will later

surrender to his divine feet and will be named as ‘arulAlapperumAl emperumAnAr’.

In this way, rAmAnujar will win over all those who opposed him and later they

will surrender to his divine feet and become his sath sishyas. This Sri andal

celebrates as, “mAttrAr vunakku vali tholaindhun vAsarkan AttrAdhu vun

adipaniyumApOlE”.

 

 

 

In the twenty-second paasuram, “angan mA nyAlaththu” Sri kOdha piratti enjoys

the calm nature of ethirajar. Ethirajar will be a master in both Sribhashya

tattvams and in bhagavat vishaya kalashepams. But while teaching the same to

his disciples he will not just show off his talents but with great mercy on the

ignorant disciples, the acharya will make the meanings clear and make it stay in

the minds of the disciple for ever. After explaining the points in a slow pace

swamy will glance at the disciples inorder to make sure that the point is clear

in the minds of the disciple which Sri andal celebrates as “senkan chiruchirithE

enmEl vizhiyAvO!”

 

 

 

In the twenty-third paasuram, “mAri malai muzhanjil” Andal regards emperumANAr

as the great lion ruling over the crown of Srivaishnavism. Ramanujar will

remain as the sleeping lion when he stayed in thirunArayanapuram, regarded as

the jnana mandapam by srivaishnavas. He will remain as the awakened energetic

lion when he stayed in bhoga (Srirangam) and pushpa (thiruppathi) mandapams and

then he will remain with great charm along with the 74 simhAsanAdhipathis which

andal praises as “seeriya singam”.

 

 

 

In the twenty-fourth paasuram, “andru evvulagallanthAn” Sri andal talks about

the bhashyakArar who is going to measure whole of India with his foot. Inspite

of no means of transport and lot of hindrances on the way ethirajar will go to

all the divya desams from Kashmir to kannyakumari (including vadari, salagramam

etc.,) on his foot and spread the great philosophy of vishistAdvaitam to one and

all. Andal does mangalasasanam to those divine feet well in advance as

“vulagamalthAi adi pOttri”

 

 

 

In the twenty-fifth paasuram, “oruththi maganAi pirandhu” andal tells about the

ethirajar who is going to get lost for a night and will be saved by the divine

couples, like attaining a new janma. Yadhava getting angry towards rAmAnujar,

talking against his interpretations will try to kill him during the ganga

yathra. Coming to know about the plan from his cousin, govindan ethirajar will

escape through the forest where he will loose his way. A hunter and his wife

(devaperumal and perundEvi thAyar in disguise) will show him the way. While

rAmAnujar goes to fetch water for the couple who are in thirst the couple will

disappear. Coming to senses, ethirajar will realize that the place where he was

standing, was kanchi and also that the couples where none other than the divine

couples and from that day will start to do theertha kainkaryam to devAdhirAjan

and perundevi thayar. Andal predicts this incident and says, “Oriravil …..

oliththu valara”

 

 

 

(To be continued)

 

 

 

Azhvar EmperumAnAr Andal Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

 

 

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee

 

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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