Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi- 15th verse- PeriyAzhwAr sang and greeted long life for SarvEshwaran!

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SrI:

SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

 

Dearest all,

 

kushyate yasya nagarE ranga yAtra dhine dhine..

everyday King Kulasekara wanted to go and visit

Srirangam and threw would be gOsham to commence the

journey. Later by the time he starts after ArAdhanam

and nithya karma anushtAnam, it would be afternoon,

and he would be advised that next day they can plan to

proceed. Such was his devotion for RanganAthan.

 

Similarly PeriyAzhwAr asked [after AndAL got married

to and united with RanganAthan] ennudaiya

ThiruvarangaRkanRi maRRoruvarrkku ALAvarO? “ would

anyone serve anyone else other than My Sri

RanganAthan?†asks AzhwAr.

 

King Kulasekara spent most of his time only on

religious activities and attending discourses. Once

when the UpanyAsakar was narrating Rama RavaNa yuddham

where the battle was going on for a long time and

RavaNa was giving a tough fight, kulasEkara was so

much attached to the story and it the discourse he

ordered his Army General to immediately organize to

send the soldiers, elephants and horses and the king

was also making himself ready for the battle to give a

helping hand to Sri Rama.

 

The upanyAsakar and all others were totally perplexed

and could not say anything. The upanyAsakar at last

came to the king and said " O, mighty king, We need not

go. The Lord Rama has already killed ravaNa and is on

his way back to AyOdhyA for his pattAbhishEkam " . That

made the king silent and he came to normalcy; Such was

kulasEkarA's bhakti for Rama. That was Bhagawath

prEmai; Similar to PeriyAzhwAr’s feeling

apprehensive about the evil glances that may befall on

the Lord when he had appeared.

 

The Lord appeared with MahA Lakshmi in the sky on the

back of Garudan to witness the honor accorded to His

dear BahkthA and student by the King of Mathurai for

establishing His supremacy (parathvam) in a scholarly

fashion with indisputable proofs from the VedAs and

Upanishads at the court of the Paandyan king; the

Joyous AzhwAr was overwhelmed with concern and fear

over the safety of the Lord as he drank deep the

beauty of the SaraNya Dampathis, who manifested

over the sky. He marveled at the parAkramam of the

Lord as he saw the weapons that the Lord handles to

punish the wicked and protect His asritha janams. The

Azhwar was totally overwhelmed by the grace of the

Supreme Being , who sanctified the occasion with His

appearance in person to witness the celebration over

his victory at the court. The Azhwar suddenly got

worried about any dhrishti dhOsham falling on the Lord

and causing Him( Sriya: Pathi) any harm. He forgot for

few moments that the Omnipotent Lord could take very

good care of Himself and fend Himself very well

against any undesirable happenings associated with the

" evil eye " of the malevolent people. The concern that

poured out of the AzhwAr was like water gushing out of

a deep fountain. MaNavALa Maamuni understood precisely

the outpouring of anxious concern of this kind and the

deep desire of the devotee to intervene and protect

the Lord from harm's way. AzhwAr's mood was described

by Maamuni precisely as " Ponghum Parivu " . Maamuni

concluded that this unique anubhavam of the AzhwAr

entitled him to be recognized as PeriyAzhwAr.

 

Though Sage Viswamithra had mentioned that: aham vEdmi

mahaathmaanam raamam sathya paraakramam..â€, I know

that Rama is the Mahaathmaa; He is the Paraman

Himself. Oh Dasaratha, you think he is your son who is

just 12 years of age; He is Omniscient; Omnipotent

Lord. …etc..

However, when later Rama killed thaadakai, the

raakshasi.. Sage was apprehensive about Rama and

blessed the Boy Rama.. bhadhram thE… BhaktHAs may be

highly knowledgeable; know vedanthic saasthrAs;

realize the Lord’s Supremacy and His Parathvam. When

it comes to Bhagawath prEmai, thety forget all that

and get worried like the mother’s love for her

infant child. They sing magaLaasaasanam for the lord.

 

Devaki, Vasudevar, though had seen and enjoyed PerumAL

darshan when Lord Krishna was born; still they took

the child across to Nandhagopan. Even if the devotees

are aware of the Parathvam and Supremacy of the Lord,

if they are worried and take care of the Lord dhivya

mangaLa vigraham from the scorching sun, rains,

chilling climate with adequate protection, their

devotion is immense and is not be construed as being

ignorant of His Supremacy- says Emperumanar.

 

Thus PeriyAzhwAr sang Pallaandu for the Lord and many

a time, he even forgot that he is PeriyAzhwAr himself.

Amudhanaar describes Ramanuja’s involvement and

enjoyment of PeriyAzhwAr here.

 

15th verse on PeriyAzhwAr:

 

chOraatha kaathal perunchuzip paal,chollai

maalaiyonRum

paaraa thavanaippal laaNtenRu kaappitum

paanmaiyan_thaaL

pEraatha vuLLath thiraamaa NnuchanRan piRangiyacheer

chaaraa manicharaich chErEn enakkenna thaazviniyE? 15

 

Due to his never fading, never ending flood of bhatki

for Emperumaan Sriman Narayanan, with the apprehension

that even He will be subjected to the evil eyes of

people casting on Him, PeriyAzhwAr sang hymns to greet

the Lord for many many years, singing pallANdu,

pallANdu. This Lord is always permanent.

Sarvarakshakan;

 

and still AzhwAr sang and greeted long life for Him,

forgetting himself due to his bhagawath prEmai and

immense bhakti. Emperumaanaar Sri Ramanujacharya

always keeps this great AzhwAr in his heart and I

shall not join those who do not take refuge at the

Feet of Ramanujacharya and who do not hold on to his

kalyANA guNAs as their only support. After being

blessed with such a thought, what am I to grieve for?

Bhagawaan can never ever get affected by any dhosham

or defects. In spite of this knowledge, due to great

abhimaanam and love for Him, PeriyAzhwAr had concern

for Him since the beginning. In Paanyda kingdom, he

established His Parathvam [supremacy] and immediately

there after, when the Lord appeared, he was concerned

about evil glances. What a great prEmai! That is the

guNA one should aspire for the Lord! That is the

Bhagawath prEmai one should pray for.

 

EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan