thozhudhu ezhu en mananE!!! (Part-2)

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

 

SrimathE rAmAnujaya Namaha

 

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

 

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

 

 

" mEshE chittA samuthbhootham pANdyadEsE kaNamsakam I

 

SriparAnkusa sathbhaktham madhuram kavimAsrayE II "

 

 

 

In the previous posting we saw that in thiruvallikeni, the divine abode of

parthasarathi emperuman, Sri Madurakavi Azhvar (MA) is found in a special

posture with his right hand indicating to his heart. Let us now try to analyze

a little bit and try to find the probable reasons for this divine happening.

 

 

 

We all know that MA is the only azhvar who didn't sing about any divya desa

emperuman but instead choose to sing only about his acharyan, Swamy Nammazhvar

with great enthusiasm. Though his intent was to sing about his acharyan to all

our amazement MA's " Kanninun ciruthAmbhu " starts with the following line:

" Kanninun ciruthAmbhinAl kattunna panniya perumAyan " This is a reference to

Krishna who did the leelai of udharabhandanam and made yesodha to tie him with a

rope with number of knots. So confusion arises, towards whom did MA have actual

bhakthi and about whom he wanted to sing in his prabhandam? There is no doubt

that MA believed his acharya as god ( " devu mattrariyEn " ) but he deliberately

starts his prabhandam with the divine episode of Krishna leela to make his

acharya happy. Lakshmana didn't have a special attachment towards bharata (he

even had a lot of hard feelings for the way Seetha rama were sent to forest due

to kaikEyi's plot considering bharata to be part of the plot) but still he

talked about bharata while walking along with Sri Rama on the banks of godavari

because he knew very well that Rama cherished talking about bharata and his

greatness. Similarly here MA starts talking about Krishna and specifically the

udharabhandana leela to make his master happy.

 

 

 

Swamy Nammazhvar in his divine prabhandam " Thiruvaimozhi " started talking about

the paratvam of emperuman. He sang the first padhigam, then he did a small

lecture to all those around in the second padhigam. When he wanted to sing the

third he was reminded about the sowlabhyam of emperuman so he started singing

" paththudai adiyavarkku eliyavan. " and nammazhvar totally lost himself and

reached a divine state of comma for about six months. Then slowly azhvar

regained his equanimity and continued to sing " paththudai adiyavarkku eliyavan

pirargallukku ariya viththagan malarmagal virumbum nam arumperal adigal

maththuru kadaivennai kalavinil uravidaiyAppundu eththirum! UralinOdu

enainthirundhEngiya elivE " So the Krishna with the mark of udharabhandanam is

very close to nammazhvar's heart and hence that Krishna fills azhvar's heart but

MA's heart is totally filled with Azhvar. So when MA indicates to his heart it

is like asking all of us to have the darshan of Parthasarathi inside

nammazhvar's heart inside MA's heart. How do you say that it is only

parthasarathi emperuman inside azhvar's heart?

 

Wait till the next posting to know about the same.

 

 

 

 

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

 

Sumithra Varadarajan