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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

 

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

 

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

 

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

 

 

Paasuram-26

 

 

 

" maRRu thozhuvAr oruvaraiyum yAninmai

 

kaRRai sadaiyAn karikaNdAi-eRRaikkum

 

kaNdukol kaNdAi kadalvaNNA yAnunnai

 

kaNdukolkirku mAru "

 

 

 

Though knowing well the mental stability of azhvar, emperuman asked, " We see

that even the other devatas do jobs for the welfare of the devotees. So can

they also be worshipped " ? " I will not worship any other deity and moreover it

is a well known fact that no one other than you (Sriman Narayanan) is capable of

granting moksha. The best witness for the above statement is rudra, " declares

azhvar.

 

 

 

(maRRu thozhuvAr oruvaraiyum yAninmai kaRRai sadaiyAn karikaNdAi) Sivan is the

witness for my ekabhakthi (not falling to any other feet)

 

(kaRRai sadaiyAn) The very sight of rudra's hair makes intelligent people

realize that he is not the paramatma. Oh! Lord there is nothing that you don't

know but still if you want some witness then ask your grandson rudra.

 

 

 

At this point azhvar probably was reminded of an incident in his lifetime. Once

while azhvar was in yoga meditating on the supreme lord, rudra and parvati on

top of a bull passed the area in the sky. Parvati was pleased with the tapas of

azhvar and thereby enquired about him to shiva. Shiva replied that he was a

great devotee of Narayanan. Parvati said, " Let us also give him darshan and

grant some boons " . Accepting parvati's request shiva along with parvati landed

in front of thirumazhisai azhvar who ignored them and was busy with stitching a

torn cloth. Shiva enquired to azhvar, " we have come to bless you but you are

ignoring us is it right? " Azhvar replied, " I don't need anything from you that

is why I ignored you " But shiva insisted, " I do not want my visit to be wasted

hence ask something " Azhvar said, " If that is the case then grant me moksha "

Rudra replied, " I am not eligible to grant moksha that can be given only by

Sriman Narayanan so ask something else " Azhvar with a smile said, " Then atleast

grant me long life so that I do a lot of penance in order to achieve moksha "

Shiva said, " That is decided by your karmas I cannot grant long life for you so

ask something else " Thirumazhisai azhvar with a kidding smile said, " Then grant

me a boon whereby this thread will come at the back of this needle " Shiva got

very angry with azhvar's cutting words and hence rudra opened his third eye

raged with anger in order to burn azhvar to ashes. Not worried even a little

bit azhvar said, " even if you show eyes throughout your body like Indra I will

never get worried " and opened an eye in his right leg's thumb. The fire from

that eye overcame the heat from shiva's eye and as a preventive measure shiva

made heavy rain to pour but least bothered about that thirumazhisai azhvar was

immersed in the bhakthi of emperuman. Amazed by that act of thirumazhisai

azhvar shiva gave him the name, " bhakthisArar " .

 

 

 

Probably, reminded of the above incident azhvar says, " kaRRai sadaiyAn kari

kandAi " [kari-witness]

 

 

 

What should I do to you for all the deep bhakthi (ananya bhakthi) you have

towards me? Wondered emperuman. Azhvar says,

 

 

 

(eRRaikkum kaNdukol kaNdAi kadalvaNNA yAnunnai kaNdukolkirku mAru) Oh! Lord you

are filled with divine beauty pleasant to everyone's eyes like that of the

ocean. May you please bless me with ananyabhakthi and your darshan always not

only in this janma but for 'ezhezh piravi'. Oh lord! You made adiyen your

bhaktha only by mesmerizing with your divine beauty may you for ever keep me

under your feet and bless adiyen with your divine darshan.

 

 

 

(To Be Continued)

 

 

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

 

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

 

Sumithra Varadarajan