thozhudhu ezhu en mananE!!! (Part-4)

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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 "

 

 

 

Continuing with the divine anubhavam of swamy Nammazhvar, azhvar adds more

adjectives to " paththudai adiyavarkku eliyavan " as " malarmagal virumbhum nam

arumperaladigal " Who is that? Peyazhvar answers this question,

 

" endhai oruvalli thAmaraiyAl ondriya seer mArban thiruvallikeni yAn sendru "

 

 

 

In both the paasurams 'malarmagal' and 'thAmaraiyAl' refer to Sridevi.

Emperuman is sriyapathi. Sridevi nAchiyar with great love towards the lord

(virumbhum) seated herself on the lord's divine chest (ondriya). So it is been

clearly proved that the bhakthavatsalan talked about by nammazhvar is none other

than our dear parthasarathi with the mark of udharabhandayam on the hip and

Sridevi nAchiyar on his chest.

 

 

 

Nammazhvar has requested and cried for the divine darshan of lord Krishna as the

geethacharyan, Parthasarathi in many places. Let us see one such example now.

 

 

 

" teerpAraiyAm eni enganum nAdudum! Annaimeer!

 

OrpAl evvaNNudal uttra nal nOyidhu tErinOm

 

PorpAguthAn seidhu andraivarai vel viththa * mAyatErp

 

PAganArkku eval sindhai tuzhAi disaikkindradE "

 

 

 

The above paasuram clearly shows that parankusa nAyaki (swamy nammazhvar) has

lost his heart to that divine charioteer who did all amazing things and made the

pancha pAndavas victorious in the bharatha war. Is there necessity for any

other proof to substantiate the love and devotion azhvar had towards our dear

Parthasarathi? But in the vyakhyanam to the above paasuram it has been stated

that azhvar here refers to the vibhavAvathAra Krishnan. First of all, emperuman

took archavatArams only for those who have missed the opportunity to have

darshan during the vibhavAvatArams. So there is no difference between the

vibhava lord and the lord in archai. Secondly, if we think a little deeper then

we will actually feel sorry for nammazhvar who was unfortunate. Why because he

took avatara just after the krishnAvatAram and hence missed the darshan and

after crying to have the darshan of the lord he ascended to the divine abode

even before parthasarathi came down to thiruvallikeni from thirumalai. So

azhvar missed both the darshans being born in the intermediate period and hence

was unable to enjoy the divya leelas of kannan both in vibhavam and in archai.

In Periya thiruvandhAdhi, azhvar challenged emperuman stating " yAn periyan nee

periyai enbhadhanai yAr arivAr " . Since azhvar had got emperuman into his heart

he considered himself great but actual 'periyan' is we all who are blessed to

have the divine darshan of Parthasarathi and his leelas today. Aren't we

blessed to have the divine darshan of MA indicating to his heart where we find

nammazhvar who had placed our dear Parthasarathi inside and the very same

Parthasarathi in archai doing all sorts of leelas in front of us simultaneously?

What a wonderful darshani he gives us all in various thirukOlams 'DinE DinE

navam navam' 'nam kannai vittru agandridAdu kaliyan Anai AnaiyE "

 

 

 

MA started his prabhandam undoubtedly with the mangalAsAsanams to our dear

Parthasarathi being close to his acharyan Nammazhvar's heart but that was not

his motto. MA considered only his acharya as his god and hence surely he wanted

to show that his acharya had a stand higher than even parthasarathi. That is

due to his acharya nishtai that is celebrated by all Srivaishnavas (emperuman

himself) even today as 'Madurakavi bhAvam'. In the 8th paasuram MA says,

 

 

 

" arul kondAdum adiyavar enbura

 

arulinAn avvarumaraiyin porul

 

arulkondu Ayiram enthamizh pAdinAn

 

arulkandeer evvulaginil mikkadE "

 

 

 

Here MA once again talks about our dear Geethacharyan. Emperuman Sri

Parthasarathi due to his bhakthavatsalyam for the joy of all his devotees gave

the essence of all the Vedas in a single bhagavat geetha with 700 slokas.

Though it is a concise one it is in Sanskrit and not that easy for all to

understand and practice. So azhvar due to his ultimate grace on one and all

sang the 1000 sweet and lucid tamil paasurams so that everyone can understand,

cherish and get benefited. What a divine grace!

 

 

 

A comparison arises only when two people are related in some manner. Here MA

compares the grace of Nammazhvar to that of our dear Parthasarathi to show that

the grace of his acharya is even greater than the lord who his acharya considers

to be full of grace. That is acharya nishtai. There is a legend in our

sampradayam where erumbiappa, one of the ashtadiggajas of Swamy manavala

mAmunikal once carried mAmunikal's thiruvArAdhana perumal in one hand and swamy

mAmunikal's divine padhuka in the other. Swamy mAmunikal on seeing this

criticized the act to be insulting emperuman. But at that time erumbiappa

replied, " My perumal (acharya pAdhukai) is never lesser in greatness to your

perumal (emperuman) " Such was the acharya bhakthi of our poorvacharyas. Such

high devotion towards the acharya was initiated by MA but it is not that he

didn't realize the greatness of emperuman close to his acharya's heart that is

why though we say his prabhandam is fully about Swamy Nammazhvar we are able to

spot two instances where MA has sung about our dear Parthasarathi who was surely

inside MA's heart though indirectly (MA's heart-Nammazhvar; Nammazhvar's

heart-Parthasarathi emperuman so Parthasarathi also stays inside MA's heart) So

from the above it is very clear why MA gives special darshan in thiruvallikeni

alone indicating to his heart. It is just to make us all amazed by seeing the

very same emperuman once visualized by nammazhvar in his heart straight in front

of us in archa roopam.

 

 

 

Next posting will be the concluding posting.

 

 

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

 

Sumithra Varadarajan