nAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi-31-thirukkuRungudi 2

August 16, 2004

Dear srEvaishNavites,

Continuing the camapign for thrukkuRungudi:

paNbar

Going by the magnaminity: sri nambi was not happy in just removing the hurdles

of shivA -thuyar kaLai dhEvu- but gave him shelter by his side and honoured him.

This being a great temperement and quality is highly appreciated by thirumangai

mannan as

" pakkam niRka ninRa paNbar vUr " periya thiru-mozhi 9-

Going by the eternality of the divya-dEsam:

'mannu kuRungudiyAi'

Sri periyAzhwAr has declared that this divya dEsam as a permanent feature even

if the praLayam take away all other places, this divya-dESam is likely to exist

surviving the praLayam.That is why the adjective

" mannu kuRungudiyAi " periyazhwAr thiru-mozhi 1-5-8

The vyAkyanam:

'praLayathukkum azhiyAdha thirukkuRungudiyilEA vardhikkiRavanEA "

Going by the unforgettable nature:

First full-fledged thiru-voi-mozhi-p pAsuram dedicated to thirukkuRungudi:

the end of the first ten of thiru-voi-mozhi witnessed AzhwAr exclaiming on what

grounds can he forget nambi?

Can he forget because He is incomplete- no He is paripUrNan.

Can be forget Him because He is not superior- NO.

Can he forget as He is not pretty- no He is full of beauty.

The Edu is wonderful in this regard.

en solli maRappanO?

" nambiyai then kuRungudi ninRa achchemponEa thigazhum

thirumUrhthiyai, vumbar vAnavar Adhiam jOdhiyai,

em-pirAnai en solli maRappanO!? " 1-10-9 of thiru-voi-mozhi.

apUrNan enRu maRakkavO?

asannihidhan enRu maRakkavO?

vadivazhagu illai enRu maRakkavO?

mEanmai illai enRu maRavkkavO?

enakku upakAran illai enRu maRakkavO?

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan

August 17, 2004

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Dear Sri Padmanabhan swamy,

Your campaigning for thirukurungudi is great. Since unfortunately it is

parthasarathi's wish to stay as the opposition and by accident put adiyen as the

campaigning authority for his side let me put forth some points.

Note: Dear Bhagavatas, Other than the deep bhakthi towards

Parthasarathi/Thiruvallikeni adiyen is least eligible to get into campaigning

against well knowledgable great bhagavata like Sri Padmanabhan swamy. But it is

parthasarathi's greatness to win with just illiterate/ignorant souls like adiyen

talking for him.

First of all, Sri Vaishnava nambi gained his vaishnavathvam only due to Swamy

Ramanuja who was blessed to this world only by our dear Parthasarathi (Swamy

emperumanar is considered even as a avathara of Parthasarathi emperuman)

We all become Vaishnavas only after getting the 3 great rahasya manthras from

our acharyan and surely all of us know that the 3rd of the rahasyams, Charama

slokam was given only by our dear geethAcharyan who stands even today indicating

to his divine feet in the beautiful attire of a divine charioteer. So but for

parthasarathi, Sri Vaishnavism would have been in total darkness.

Beauty lies in heart. Can you show any other emperuman who for the sake of his

devotee accepted so much wounds on his face and till today stands with the same

marks? Today we all try to make ourselves beautiful by doing plastic surgery to

cover even a small cut mark. But Parthasarathi was not interested in a plastic

surgery but felt that the beauty lied only in showing his sowlabhyam (indicated

by the marks). And amazingly, even the marks gives Parathasarathi's thirumugam

a divine beauty ( " kannanennum karundeivam " ). Black beauty. You know what black

signifies in our sampradayam. Karunai/kArunyam. Only the clouds that are dark

in colour shower a lot of rain for the welfare of one and all without any

differentiation. Similarly only that karundeivam- Parthasarathi showers his

grace on one and all without any differentiation. He showed his paratvam when

he said the charama slokam and showed his sowlabhyam while tied by yesodha.

What other poorthi do we really need?

Sure Parthasarathi is the " thuyar kalai devu " even for the brahma rudras. Our

poorvacharyas say, " In Ramavatara, the greatest mistake emperuman did was to

not washing out all his enemies totally but leaving out one or two here and

there that created all the problems. But in Krishnavatara emperuman didn't

commit that mistake again so he washed out all his enemies. " Rudran and other

devas while they are filled with sAtvika gunam they consider themselves as

bhagavatas but the very same deva sometimes filled with rajasa tAmasa gunas even

fight against emperuman. So is it wise to keep them beside? When they came for

help emperuman rendered the necessary help due to his ultimate compassion to one

and all. But after that it is only wise to send them away. Today the

thirukurungudi divya desam is in trouble only because nambi did that mistake of

keeping sivan beside him " pakkam nirka nindra " . If we Srivaishnavas are not

awake probably that Srivaishnava Nambi may even loose his prominence in that

divya desam like Govindarajan (chidambaram/thirupathi) and ThirumAliruncholai

Azhagar today. If slowly all Divya desams face such problems what is the state

of Srivaishnavas? Isn't it our responsibility to act quickly and save our divya

desams from commercialisation and corruption?

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

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Padmanabhan

Sumithra Varadarajan ; ramanuja ; oppiliappan ; vanamamalai

Monday, August 16, 2004 8:51 AM

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