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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

 

SrimathE rAmAnujaya Namaha

 

Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

 

Sri VanAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

 

 

While talking about the two brothers Sri PillaiLokA ChAriar (here after will be

referred as PL) and Azhagia Manavalap Perumal NAyanAr(here after will be

referred as AMP) adiyen was reminded of a very pleasant legend in our guru

parampara. The works of both the brothers are mostly in the form of aphorisms

(sutra). “surunga cholli viriththurappadhE (vilangavaipadhE?) sutram” that is

in a single sentence it conveys a lot of meaning. But there is a difference

between the works of the two brothers. Sri PL’s sutras are clear in words but

have indepth meanings whereas in case of the sutras of Acharya hrudhayam the

words themselves are difficult to understand. Our acharyas term this difference

as ‘drAkshA pAkam’ and ‘nArikEla pAkam’. We enter a grape vine and find a lot

of grape fruits hanging. Immediately we can take and taste them but incase if

we enter a place with number of coconut trees can we taste them immediately?

No. We have to first climb the tree; get hold of the

coconut then remove the shell and finally we can taste the coconut water. So

it takes so much process before we really enjoy it. Sri PL’s Sri Vachana

bhooshanam is the draksha pAkam and Sri AMP’s Acharya hrudhayam is the nArikEla

pAkam. Why this difference? The answer is amazing.

 

 

 

As you all know, Sri vadakkuthiruveedhi pillai (VTP, father of the great

brothers) was the sath sishya of Nampillai. Swamy VTP was an excellent disciple

and very close to his acharya. But VTP showed indifference to family life. So

one day, VTP’s mother approached nampillai and told him, “Your shisya performs

his duties as a disciple well but as a husband he doesn’t care about the family

life. It is not for a lowkika reason adiyen is talking to you now, but there

should be a worthy successor for him, to hand over all the divine arthas

that you have passed on to your disciple through the oran vazhi sampradayam”

Accepting the request, nampillai showered his blessings on VTP because of which

some months later, VTP couples were blessed with a child. The child who was

born due to the anugraham of nampillai is none other than our great lOkacharya

(Sri PL). Not being able to keep quiet, ranganAtha for his claim, inturn,

blessed VTP with another child who is none other than Sri

AMP. Our acharyas say, “And that is why the works of AMP are so tough since he

was born due to the grace of emperuman”. Emperuman has two qualities; he knows

both nigraham and anugraham whereas our acharyas know only anugraham. If Swamy

Manavala mAmunikal didn’t bless us with his vyakhyanams then surely none of us

will be really able to even understand a single word in Acharya hrudhayam. So

in our sampradayam an acharya holds a post higher than even bhagavan.

 

 

 

Azhvar says, “neesanEn niraiondru milEn en kan pAsam vaiththa paramsudar

jhOdhikkE”. According to adiyen the paramsudar jhOdhi is none other than

adiyen’s acharya, HH Sri paramahamsEdyAdi Sri Vanamamalai kaliyan ramanuja

Jeeyer swami who has uplifted this neecha jeevatma from drowning in the samsAra

sAgaram, by his nirheduka krupai. What else, other than acharya krupai could

have got adiyen to the memory of Smt. Nappinai as one among the bhagavatas?

Even the Azhvars want to put them amongst the bhagavata ghosti. Thondaradipodi

azhvar in his Thirupalliezhuchi says, “thondaradi podi ennum adiyanai

aliyanendraruli vun adiyArkku AtpaduththAi” So what a great palasruthi it is?

Kulasekara azhvar literally cries not knowing when he will join the bhagavata

ghosti. But adiyen has got the same so easily. “sanakAdhiyar pala yOgam seidhu

sAdhiththadhai punidha mAdhE elidhil pera enna thavam seidhanai” wonders one

kavi. But adiyen need not wonder as adiyen knows hundred percent it is only

due to the grace of our acharyan. One kavi humoursly told emperuman, “Oh!

Lord, you are a-nathai”. Emperuman didn’t know how to react. Yes he is sarva

sakthan, sarva sankalpan but does he have a Nathan (Protector or Master)? So

surely he is anathai and that is why he wanted to atleast have a father and a

mother during his avathara kalam. But we are all blessed with “matha pitha

uvadhayahas thanayA vibuthi sarvam” “thandhai nattrAi thanayar endhanakku neeyE

ethirAsa”.

 

 

 

More than the happiness adiyen received on seeing Smt.Nappinai’s mail, adiyen’s

happiness reached its height as adiyen received this reward during this time.

Our swamy’s thirunakshatram kArthigaiyil pooram is right round the corner (18th

Nov 2003). Shouldn’t more jeevatmas like adiyen get uplifted? So let us all

pray for the long living of swamy for many many more years. As you all know

swamy is filled with utmost sowlabhyam. Emperuman himself gets his greatness

not because of his parathvam but because he is filled with sowlabhyam. That

very sowlabhyam is a characteristic guna of all acharyas but with our swamy it

is beyond words. That is why swamy not stopping with blessing shisyas in

Vanamamalai, travels from one place to another frequently to bless all his

shisyas all over India and now his voice travels even to US through the

telebridge to remove the agnana (ignorance) in our minds and make all of us true

vaishnavites. Swamy emperumanar did a revolution by giving the

divine rahasya arthas to all who were interested irrespective of his acharya’s

words to keep it as a secret. Now our swamy is following the path of

emperumanar as shown by Swamy Manavala mAmunikal and Swamy ponnadikkAl Jeeyer to

shower the divine arthas even without seeing the faces of the shisyas but with

only the interest in the disciples mind as the necessary qualification.

 

 

 

So we are all very much indebted to the great acharya who is ever ready to clear

all our (even very very silly) doubts. Swamy is filled with jnanam and

anushtanam. He holds the torch of Srivaishnavism handed over from Swamy

mAmunikal thro Ponnadikkal swamy and 29 other jeeyers and finally passed on to

swamy till today for the welfare of each one of us. Let us all chant the vazhi

thirunamam of swamy on his thirunakshatram and always and pray to the divine

couples to bless us with such an acharya for many many more years.

 

 

 

“seer thigazhum mangai nagar sirakka vandhOn vAzhiyE

 

kArthigaiyil pooraththil vudhiththa vallal vAzhiyE

 

pArpugazhum pAdiyaththai parindhuraippOn vAzhiyE

 

panmozhiyil tamizh maraiyai pagaravallOn vAzhiyE

 

A-rar ethirAsaradi Eththumavan vAzhiyE

 

eramAnusan thAlinaiyai adaiyindhuvuindhOn vAzhiyE

 

pArpughazhum bhattarpiran aruludaiyOn vAzhiyE

 

emkaliyan Enai adigal enidhoozhi vAzhiyE.

 

 

 

vAzhi kalikandri mAmunivan vankazhalgal

 

vAzhi varaipuyamum mukkOlum vAzhiyE

 

enthai bhattarpiranin pAngarulAl mAranthan

 

senthamizh tErindhu vuraikkum seer.”

 

 

 

On this divine occasion adiyen would like to request, all the Srivaishnavas

going through this mail who are yet to get initiated (samAsrayanam) to do it

immediately. Thirumazhisai azhvar says, “andru nAn pirandhilEn pirandha pin

marandhilEn” So till we get the sambhandam of an acharya we are equal to being

not born and after that the athma gunas of our acharyas will fill our heart that

it will never slip our memory. So my humble request to all of you is not to

waste time or wait for it to happen. It is our prime duty to undergo

samAsrayanam immediately at any cost. As a Srivaishnava we should never enjoy

anything alone “koodiyirindhu kulirindhu”. So adiyen just wanted to share

adiyen’s anubhavam and make all of you obtain the same great reward.

 

 

 

“Acharyan thiruvadiyil thalai allAl kainkamArilEnE”

 

 

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

 

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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