Sri Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha Srimad Vara Vara MunayE namaha Sri Vanachala mahA munayE
namaha Andal’s thiruppavai is not big with thousand
paasurams but it is short and sweet comprising of just thirty jems. Even among them our acharyas consider
two paasurams to be very precious.
The two paasurams are, “ellE elankiliyE” (15)
and “chittram sirukAlE” (29). “thiruppAvaiyAgiradhu eppAttiRE; bhagavat
vishanyaththilirukkumpadi ellAm ‘chittram sirukAlE’ yilE sollugiradhu. BhAgavata
vishayaththilirukkumpadi ellAm eppAttilE sollugiradhu “ –
ArAyirapadi. [‘Chitram sirukAlE’ shows how bhagavan should be
and ‘ellE elankiliyE’ talks about the bhagavatas] This fifteenth paasuram clearly shows the
Srivaishnava lakshanam. The
speciality of this paasuram is that here there is a clear conversion between
those outside and the gopi inside.
The gopi inside is waiting for everyone in gokulam to join the ghosti
since she doesn’t want anyone to miss this great satsanga anubhavam. While discussing among themselves the
mistakes on either side the gopi finally realizes that it is wrong for her to
argue with a Srivaishnava and says “nAnEthAn
Ayiduga”. This is
the ultimate Srivaishnava lakshanam.
“ellAdha kuRRaththai silar vundendrAlum adhai
ellai seiyya murpadAdhE esaigai andrO vaishnavalakshanam”
The best person who showed the perfect Srivaishnava
lakshanam in Sriramayanam is BharatAzhvan.
He says, “matpApamEvAthra nimiththamAseeth”
[It is my sin which is the reason] Bharathan tried the find the reason for Sri
Chakravarthi thirumagan to be sent to the forest. First he tried to blame manthara but
then she was after all a servant who wanted the welfare of kaikEyi. Then he thought that kaikEyi was only
responsible for this. Again kaikEyi
did it due to her vatsalyam (mother’s love). Why did dasaratha listen to her words
when he was the king and had all the rights to take any decision? So dasaratha
should be held responsible. But he
did it to uphold his words. Why did
Sri rama listen to it? He did it to make his father and stepmother happy and
further to maintain the dignity of his clan by upholding his father’s
words. So finally bharathAzhvan
decided that no one other than his own fate and all his sins were responsible
for Sri rama being sent to forest.
There is absolutely no fault on bharatha and he was not even present in
ayodhya when all these happened still he took the responsibility on his
heads. That is the perfect
Srivaishnava lakshanam. He further
says if I haven’t even taken birth then kaikEyi wouldn’t have behaved like this
at all. (To be continued) Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE
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