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 Sri Parthasarathi thunai 
SrimathE ramanujaya Namaha 
Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha 
Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha 
Our sampradayam is called as Srivaishnava 
sampradayam.  According to this sampradayam emperuman along with piratti is 
considered to be everything.  We fall to the divine feet of Sriman 
Narayanan.  The prime identification (svaroopa niroopaka dharmam) for 
perumal himself is the Sri sambhandam.  Nammazhvar praises 
thiruvenkatamudaiyan as, "agalagillEn eraiyum endru alarmEl mangai urai 
mArbA".  Thirumazhisai piran says, "thiruvillA dEvarai thErEnmin 
thEvu".  Though we find the importance of Sridevi nachiyar in the paasurams 
of other azhvars one azhvar who started his prabhandam with the Sri sabdham and 
ended with the same is none other than our peyAzhvar who took avataram in 
mAdamAmayilai.  The first two among the mudal azhvars lit lamps (loka 
deepam and jnana deepam) but the third azhvar, peyazhvar without any difficulty 
of lighting any lamp enjoyed the divine beauty of emperuman and sung 
"ThirukkandEn ponmEni kandEn thigazhum arukkan aniniramum kandEn"  First he 
saw only 'thiru' Sridevi nachiyar.  Why? Thayar is the embodiment of 
mercy.  She doesnt see our faults and hence easily gives darshan and not 
stopping with that she does purushakaram and makes emperuman forgive all our 
mistakes and shower his krupai on all of us.  That is why our elders say 
that whenever we go to a temple we have to first visit the sannadhis of 
azhvar/acharyas, followed by thayar sannadhi and with the permission of thayar 
visit perumal's sannadhi so that emperuman's anger on us due to the innumerable 
apacharams committed by us will be softened by thayar in the appropriate 
manner.  So azhvar also says that he saw only 'thiru' Sridevi nAchiyar 
first.  While completing his prabhandam also peyazhvar ends saying, 
"thEnamarum poo mEl thiru".  So he started the prabhandam with 'thiru' and 
ended with 'thiru'.  Usually the crux of the prabhandam can be understood 
by seeing the first, middle and last paasuram.  We have seen that the 
first and last talk about Sriman Narayanan.  In the middle lets see in the 
thiruvallikeni paasuram what azhvar says, "endhai oruvalli thAmaraiyAl ondriya 
seer mArban thiruvallikeniyAm sendru" Again he talks about emperuman on whose 
chest resides the divine piratti.  So in his single prabhandam peyazhvar 
has excellently put the main aspect of Srivaishnava sampradayam.  He 
ends the prabhandam stating that the divine couples are our sole refuge.  
Probably only because of the great interest shown by peyazhvar towards 
establishing the importance of sridevi nAchiyar, his avathara stalam is called 
as "mahila pur" (now changed to mylapore) and probably keeping this in mind only 
thirumangai mannan sang mangalasasanams to the ladies in mAdamAmayilai 
thiruvallikeni (piratti being on the top of the list) as "oppavarillA 
mAdargal vAzhum mAdamAmayilai thiruvallikeni". 
Andal in her last paasuram in thiruppavai did 
mangalAsAsanams to "vanga kadal kadaindha mAdhavanai kEsavanai".  Where to 
see mAdhavan and kEsavan together? In mylapore there are two temples one for 
mAdhavan and one for kEsavan and inbetween the two temples we find the avathara 
stalam of peyazhvar and the big well in which azhvar was born in a alli 
flower.  Peyazhvars from both the above sannadhis visit the avathara stalam 
on Iyppasi sadhayam day, thiruavathara thirunAl every year and undergo 
thirumanjanam.  Here are the links to the photos of both the azhvars taken 
after thirumanjanam and alankaram. 
1. Peyazhvar at Keshavan Sannidhi: http://www.pbase.com/svami/image/35536400 
2. Peyazhvar at Madhavan sannidhi: http://www.pbase.com/svami/image/35536407 
It is amazing that many of the azhvars have not 
given that much importance to their avathara stalams and hence not sung about 
the same.  But peyazhvar has done mangalasasanam to emperuman in 
thiruvallikeni that too first among divyadesa 
mangalasasanam.  There is a separate sannadhi for peyazhvar in 
thiruvallikeni and the street is itself called as "peyazhvar koil street".  
Some say that azhvar took avataram only here in the alli flower since the place 
itself is named only after the pond filled with alli flowers.  The 
speciality here is that for all azhvar/acharya thirunakshatram Sri Parthasarathi 
emperuman due to his atmost sowlabhyam undergoes thirumanjanam with the 
respective azhvar/acharya in the morning and purappadu followed by 
sattrumarai in the evening.  The thirumanjanam and sattrumarai occur 
only inside the temple premises.  But only on peyAzhvar thirunakshatra day, 
first peyazhvar comes from his sannadhi does mangalasasanams to parthasarathi 
and invites emperuman to his sannadhi.  Parthasarathi without any second 
thought follows suit straight to azhvar sannadhi and stays the whole day in 
azhvar sannadhi and everything thirumanjanam, sevai, sAttrumarai occurs only in 
peyazhvar sannadhi.  Doesn't this show that emperuman is surely bhaktha 
parAdheenan.  He runs to celebrate the avathara mahotsavam of his dear 
devotee.  Who else other than our dear Parthasarathi can show such a great 
sowlabhyam?  He ran to the call of the gopis will he not run for the sake 
of Peyazhvar?  
Photo of Thiruvallikeni pEyazhvar on the 
sattrumarai day is uploaded in the site under the following link. 
3. Peyazhvar at Triplicane: http://www.pbase.com/svami/image/35536412 
Adiyen will send the link to photos of Parthasarathi 
during the morning purappadu to peyazhvar sannadhi and evening thiruveedhi 
purappadu soon. 
Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE 
sharaNam 
Adiyen ramanuja dAsan/dAsee 
Varadarajan/Sumithra 
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