Sri
Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
Sri Vara Vara MunayE
Namaha
Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha
[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
Sumithra Varadarajan