MoondrAm thiruvandhAdhi avathArikai (Introduction)-1

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Part-3

AvathArikai - Introduction

 

Ubhayavibhooti

nAthan-nArayanan-Sriya:pathi (Narayana

who is the head of the two worlds: Leela Vibhuti and Nitya Vibhuti. Narayana,

also known as Sriyapathi)

" PoigaiyAr BhoothathAr

pEyAr " – are the first three azhvars namely poigaiazhvar, bhoothatAzhvar

and pEyAzhvar. Each of them gave 100 paasurams namely mudal, irandAm and

moondrAm thiruvandhAdhi. These three works are considered like trimunivyAkarna

(The grammar of the Vedas given by three rishis) and collectively called as

ekashAstra (One shastra) by our poorvacharyas. The introduction to the

commentary of periya vachan pillai talks about the way in which the three works

go hand in hand to express the divine meanings of Srivaishnava sampradaya or

VishistAdvaita philosophy.

Mudal thiruvandhAdhi – 'vaiyam thagaliya…'- portrays sarvEshvaran (the

supreme lord) to be ubhaya vibhoothi nathan (as the head of two worlds the

leela vibhoothi and the nithya vibhoothi)

ErandhAm thiruvandhAdhi – 'naranarkku jnAna thamizh purindha nAn' –

further says who that sarvEshvaran is – what is his name? – nArAyanan

MoondrAm thiruvandhAdhi – 'ThirukkandEn' – What is special only to

narAyanan – He is sriya:pathi, one who is always accompanied by 'Sri'- Lakshmi

sambhandam is talked about thereby concluding Sriman Narayana to be the

paratattvam (The ultimate reality).

Nammazhvar on the same lines sang his divine thiruvaimozhi,

 

Mudal thiruvaimozhi – 'vuyarvara' – ubhaya vibhoothi Nathan

 

irandAm thiruvaimozhi – 'van pugazh nAranan' – nArayana sabdham

 

moondrAm thiruvaimozhi – 'thiruvudaiyadikal' – Lakshmi sambhandam

 

Is there anything amazing if we call the azhvars as 'pEsittrE pEsum

EkakandarGal' (those who repeat the same-different bodies but the same

throat). What synchronization!

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer

thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsan

Varadarajan