Sri
Parthasarathi thunai [The chat
continues] Adiyen: Swamy emperumAnAr who
is near and dear to the hearts of each and every Srivaishnava today who proudly
declares him/her to be ?Adiyen ramanuja dAsan/dAsee? considered thirukachchi
Nambigal as his first mAnaseeka guru.
Nambigal refused to be his acharya due to his caste and put emperumAnAr
into the divine feet of his acharya Sri Aalavandaar who graced emperumAnAr with
his divine katAksham ?Aa Mudalvan evan? PErarulAlan: yeah I remember
Aalavandaar coming running from Srirangam to see
elaiyAzhvar Adiyen: And EmperumAnAr greatly
wished for the prasadam of thirukachchi Nambigal (?pOnagam seidha sEdam
taruvarEl punidhamandrE?) and was highly disappointed not getting the
same. PErarulAlan:
I used
the same as one of the reasons to get him out of samsArA and granted him
sanyasam and made him ethirajar. Adiyen: So the role of
thirukachchi Nambigal for this ?emperumAnAr darisanam? is beyond
words. PErarulAlan:
What
doubt in it! Adiyen: Then why haven?t the
Srivaishnavic community realized it? PErarulAlan:
Why do
you say so? Adiyen: If they have realized
the same shouldn?t they atleast show their gratefulness towards that great
acharya by taking part in the grand thirunakshatra utsavam and acharya?s
kainkaryam? PErarulAlan:
hmm. Adiyen:
We found
only the local people and the local Srivaishnavites in service at the temple on
that day. Are all others so busy
that they are unable to join in the acharya kainkaryam? After all, the temple is
also not in a remote place it is well connected to all parts of chennai. When so many people can crowd in kanchi
on your garuda sevai day why haven?t atleast a part of them unable to join in
the mahotsavam of the divine acharya? Why is the enthusiasm lagging when it
comes to acharya kainkaryam? PErarulAlan:
Because
I give them all lowkika pleasures and having my darshan is believed to give
moksha to all but the acharyas are capable of granting my divine anubhavams and
my kainkaryam only. Adiyen: Why don?t people
understand the greatness of bhagavat/bhAgavata
kainkaryam? PErarulAlan: That is kali. I sent the azhvars and acharyas to
change this people. All in
vain. Adiyen: Swamy emperumAnAr did
do a great job else there would have been absolutely no one to really think
about the arulicheyals and bhagavat kalyana gunas and the guru paramparai. But the problem is some very fine points
shown by emperumanar in words and practice are being
ignored. PErarulAlan:
What do
you want to convey? Adiyen: Azhagiya manavala
perumal nAyanar following the footsteps of Swamy emperumAnAr clearly states in
Acharya hrudhayam that it is a great blunder to research about the caste of a
bhagavata. He says that it is equal
to researching whether we were born from our mother?s womb (?mAttruyOni
parikshayOdu okkum?) But still our attitude haven?t changed. Probably that is also one of the reasons
for Srivaishnavas to ignore thirukachchi nambigal?s utsavam. EmperumAnAr wanted to give all
Srivaishnavas irrespective of their caste or gender equal footing in front of
lord and wanted to bring all bhagavat bhakthas/prapannas under a single
umbrella. But to what extend have
we fulfilled the wish of that great acharya who has done so much to uplift
us? PErarulAlan:
That is
not that easy Adiyen: It is you who have
created all these differences PErarulAlan:
How else
shall I run this leela vibhoothi? Adiyen:
But... PErarulAlan: I understand your
feelings. Nambi doesn?t need any
crowd. The utsavam is going in a
grand manner though there are only a few Srivaishnavas still with lot of love
towards Nambi. I am enjoying his
utsavam with great joy. When nambi
dances in ?oyyAli? I peep out of my sannadhi and enjoy and nambi enjoys seeing
my happy face. When nambi goes
round in paththi ulAthal I give darshanam to him in front and hence he enjoys
the walk with a smiling face. The
Srivaishnavas in nambi?s service (including the small boys who with great joy
fan the acharya who did fanning service to me) enjoy nambi?s smile. What else do we need? We all enjoy together we don?t need any
crowd who come and chat unnecessary matters during this divine anubhavam. Nambi enjoys me I enjoy him we live
happily why worry about other bhakya heenas? Be happy that I haven?t left you
also in that list. Adiyen: Oh! No my lord whatever
mistake adiyen may commit please don?t leave adiyen to fall into this gutter of
samsAram without such divine anubhavams.
As a Srivaishnavite adiyen can never ask you for single anubhavam so
please add more bhagavatas into that list.
It is not fare for you to say them as bhakya heenAs with your mouth. Please bless them with the acharya
kainkaryam and let us all enjoy together (?koodiyirundhu
kulirvOm?) PErarulAlan:
Don?t
worry the sattrumarai of Thirukachchi Nambi this year is going to very very
grand. There will be a grand ghosti
of bhagavatas and a grand dhadheeyArAdhanam will be
held. Adiyen: Thanks a lot Oh!
Lord. On that day we really enjoyed
the divine sevai. Moreover it was a
treat to see you and thirukachchi nambigal adorning the garlands adiyen made
with love. It was a treat to see my
husband fanning the acharya who did life long fanning service to you. Not stopping with that the acharya
blessed him with his Sripada thAngum kainkaryam (carrying the acharya over his
shoulders). On top of all these we
were blessed with the ?pOnagam seidha sEdam of the acharya? which swamy
emperumAnAr greatly wished for.
What else do we really need?
And you blessed us with all these in a single evening. What to say about your krupai? Finally we started back since it was
time to leave but the acharya didn?t leave us half hearted without the veedhi
purappadu sevai. He blessed us with
that also and sent us home with heart filled
anubhavams. PErarulAlan:
That is
the greatness of my dear bhagavatas who will always grant you only poorna
(complete) anubhavams. Adiyen: EmperumAnE! My humble
request to you. Please bless all
Srivaishnavas with these divine anubhavams. Let the ruchi of
bhagavat/bhAgavat/acharya kainkaryam grow in this world. Let bhagavat/bhAgavata
satsangams grow and let the world become a peaceful world to live in filled with
divine anubhavams so that all of us will happily say, ?achcuvai perinum
vEndEn? PErarulAlan:
sarvE
janA: sukinO bhavantu! Sarva mangalAni santu! [The chat
thus comes to an end] Note: Our humble request to all bhagavatas in and around chennai. It is still not late you can all join in the utsavam of the acharya?s acharya. Luckily the sattrumarai falls on a sunday making it easy for all of us. Here is the schedule for the rest of the days. 27th Friday
Morning
mEnA pallakku
Evening yAnai
vAhanam 28th Sat
Morning
ThiruththEr
Evening periya
veedhi pushpa pallakku 29th Sun Morning
6 A.M. Sri
thirukachchi Nambigal moolavar
thirumanjanam, thirukkaithala sevai,thiruppAvai sAttrumarai, kAlai thanga
mulAm pallakkil periya veedhi ezhundaruli brindAva thOttaththil vishEsha
thirumanjanam, periya mangalagiriyil sannadhiyilirundhu periya mAda veedhi
utsavam kAnudhal 1st March
Morning
ThiruvAimozhi sAttrumarai, gandhagapodi vasantha vizhA, nambigal
AstAnaththukku ezhundharuludhal. On all days
morning and evening paththi ulAththal will be done amidst special nAdaswara
music before veedhi purappadu. For
further details please contact: 2627 2066 Azhvar
emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen
ramanuja dAsee
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