Sri Vishnuchitta kulanandana kalpavalli (Part-31)

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara MunayE namaha

Sri Vanachala mahA munayE namaha

 

Our Sri Ramanuja siddhAntham strongly believes in “mithuna sEshatvam” (all jeevatmas are servants to the divine couples). What is the main role of piratti? She does purushakaram (talks in favour of the poor soul and lessens the anger of emperuman, thereby overcoming his svathantriyam (independence) and making him accept the jeevatma into his divine feet.) In the seventeenth paasuram, andal due to her great thirst to enjoy krishnAnubhavam directly awoke krishna. But then she realized that in the time of surrendering it is necessary to fall to the divine feet of piratti first and with her support then approach the lord. In ayppadi the piratti close to emperuman was nappinnai (neela devi) and hence in the eighteenth paasuram “vundu madhakalitran” andal awakens nappinai piratti.

 

If in paramapadam we have to first fall to the divine feet of all the three devis, Sri, bhoo and neela. In the vyahAvatara, in ksheerAbhdhi we have to first surrender to the divine feet of Sri and bhoo devis. In ramavatara, Sita piratti was the purushakara bhoothai (“aval sannadhiyAlE kAkam thalipeRRadhu aval ellamaiyAlE ravanan madindhAn” Inspite of the great sin kAkasuran did due to the grace of Sita devi he lost only his eyes. But since piratti was not near chakravarthi thirumagan during the Rama-Ravana yuddham ravana lost his life). In varahAvatara, bhoo devi alone is the purushakArabhoothai. Whereas in krishnavatara when krishna was in gokulam nappinai alone was his divine consort.

 

Krishna cherished to be the son of nandagopan and hence his divine consort also cherished to be called as the daugher-in-law of nandagopan and hence andal calls her as “nandagopalan marumagalE” Nandan was liked by everyone in gokulam that is why these small gopis take the liberty to call him by name as if he was their close friend. In gokulam all were bhagavatas there was absolutely no age or sex differentiation. What they all wanted was krishnAnubhavam. They will do anything for the sake of their dear krishna. That is why andal and the gopis go in front of each and every house to awaken everyone to jointly enjoy krishnAnubhavam.

 

This very paasuram is very near to the heart of Swamy emperumanar, ThiruppAvai jeeyer.

 

(To be continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan