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Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
Sri Vara Vara munayE Namaha
Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha
"vAzhi parakAlan vAzhi kalikandri
vAzhi kurayaloor vAzhvEndan vAzhiyarO
mAyOnai vAlvaliyAl mandhiram kol mangaiyarkOn
thooyOn sudarmAna vEl"
"pEdhai nenjE endrai perumai arindhilaiyO
A-dhu perumai endraikku endrennil OdhuginrEn
vAiththa pugazh mangayarkOn mAnilaththil vandhudhiththa
kArthigaiyil kArthigai nAl kAn"
"mAran paniththa thamizh maraikku mangaiyarkOn
Arangam koora avadhariththa veerudaiya
kArthigaiyil kArthigai nAl endrendru kAdhalippAr
vAiththa malar thAlgal nenjE! vAzhththu"
This year this great day, kArthigaiyil kArthigai nAl, the thiruavathara dhinam of our dear kaliyan, thirumangai mannan, arulmAri, arattamukki, adaiyArseeyam, kalikandri falls on Dec.7th. As celebrated by Swamy Manavala mamunikal in the above quoted upadesa ratina mAlai paasurams this is the very day on which our kadaikutti azhvar (last in the group of Azhvars) took avatharam. MAran, nammazhvar took avatharam on vaikasi visAkam day to give the thamizh marai (vedas in tamil) and following him thirumangai mannan took avatharam on this great karthigaiyil kArthigai nAl to give the six angas viz., Periya thirumozhi, thirukurunthAndakam, thiruvezhukootrirukai, Siriya thirumadal, Periya thirumadal and thirunedunthAndakam, to the 4 vedas of nammazhvar, viz., Thiruviruththam, thiruvAsiriyam, Periya thiruvandhAdhi and thiruvaimozhi. ThirunedunthAndakam is the charama (last) prabhandam of thirumangai azhvar in which azhvar sings with joy after having the bhagavat
sAkshAtkAram. In our sampradayam, the words of tattva darshis (Azhvars) have more value than even the words of emperuman himself. Before diving further into the topic, let us get to mind one another greatness of this very day. This is the day on which one of our great acharyas, kalikandri dAsar, Sri Nampillai took avatharam (he was regarded as the punaravatharam of thirumangai azhvar). In the first avatharam thirumangai azhvar gave only the six angas to the vedas of nammazhvar but in his avatharam as nampillai he did a even greater job of given the unparalleled commentary to the thiruvaimozhi of nammazhvar, the Eedu ('Eedu enaiyillAdha Eedu'). Let us all sing the praise of these two great mahans on this karthigaiyil kArthigai nAl.
"kalandhathiruk kArthigaiyil kArthigai vandhOn vAzhiyE
kAsiniyil von kurayaloor kAvalOn vAzhiyE
nalanthigazh Ayiraththenbhaththu nAluraiththAn vAzhiyE
nAlaindhu maraiaindhu namakkuraiththAN vAzhiyE
elankezhu kootrirukkai eru madaleendhAn vAzhiyE
immoondril erunootrirubhadheendhAn vAzhiyE
valan thigazhum kumudavalli manavalan vAzhiyE
vAtkaliyan parakAlan mangaiyarkOn vAzhiyE"
"kAdhaludan nanjeeyer kazhal thozhuvOn vAzhiyE
kArthigaiyil kArthigai vudhiththa kalikandri vAzhiyE
pOdhamudan Azhvar sorporuluraippOn vAzhiyE
poodhoorAn pAdiyaththai pugazhumavan vAzhiyE
mAdhagavAl evvuyirkkum vAzhvaliththAn vAzhiyE
madhilarangar Olakkam valarthittAn vAzhiyE
nAthamuni Alavandaar nalam pugazhvOn vAzhiyE
nampillai thiruvadigal nAdOrum vAzhiyE".
Coming to our topic, in the last posting we saw the greatness of the geethA sastram. As it has already been seen, thirunedunthAndakam is the last prabhandam of thirumangai azhvar. Now you may all be wondering why then did adiyen name it as thirunedunthAndaka sAstram. Can a prabhandam be called as a sastram? Yes it has been considered to be a sAstram by our poorvAcharyas. Sri parasara bhattar won over nanjeeyer, earlier called as vedanthi, only using this sAstram. Since this prabhandam was sung after azhvar's bhagavat sAkshAtkAram it is filled with upanishadic meanings and hence there is nothing wrong to call it as a sAstram by itself. Swamy emperumanar had a deep involvement in 30 paasurams among the 4000. Which were those? They were the beautiful thiruppavai paasurams of nachiyar but Sri parasara bhattar, son of kooraththAzhvan and andal, regarded as a foster son of Sri Ranganachiyar had his deep involvement in another
30 paasurams. Those were none other than the great paasurams of thirumangai azhvar, thirunedunthAndakam.
Sri Parasara bhattar went to mEl nAdu, to win over the famous vedanthi over there. Some people over there told bhattar that it was not possible to meet the vedanthi with the intention of arguments (tarkkam) so easily. Since before meeting him, bhattar will have to win over all his disciples. They also gave him an idea. The vedanthi used to do annadhAnam daily. Bhattar went to that place and stood infront of the vedanthi who had come to supervise the activities. While bhattar stood infront of him, the vedanthi directed him towards the place where food was given but bhattar refused the same and said he had come for tharkka bhiksha. Immediately the vedanthi understood that the person in front of him was none other than the great bhattar who he had heard about before, the one who knows the thirunedunthAndaka sastra (which was the only sastra the vedanthi hasn't learnt). After long arguments finally the vedanthi surrendered to the
divine feet of bhattar and became his devoted disciple.
In this way, Sri Bhattar showed the greatness of kaliyan's charama prabhandam to the world. As soon as bhattar returned back to srirangam, ranganatha eager to know the result enquired about the same to bhattar. Bhattar replied that his journey was a success and that he had got the vedanthi into the sampradayam. Ranganatha was eager to know how bhattar won over the vedanthi. Bhattar then told ranganatha the way he won over using the thirunedunthAndaka paasurams and that event of bhattar's victory and ranganatha's joy is celebrated even today every margazhi month in srirangam as 'ThirunedunthAndaka thirunal' the day just before the commencement of adhyayana utsavam. At this point, it has to be got to memory that the adhyayana utsavam itself was started by thirumangai azhvar only with the help of thirunedunthAndakam.
In the next posting we will further enjoy the greatness of this excellent prabhandam/sAstram.
Azhvar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam
Adiyen ramanuja dAsee
Sumithra Varadarajan
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