Sri
Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe
ramanujaya Namaha Srimad Vara
Vara munayE Namaha Sri
vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha Paasuram-26 ?maRRu
thozhuvAr oruvaraiyum yAninmai kaRRai sadaiyAn
karikaNdAi-eRRaikkum kaNdukol kaNdAi kadalvaNNA
yAnunnai kaNdukolkirku
mAru? Though knowing well the mental stability of azhvar, emperuman asked, ?We
see that even the other devatas do jobs for the welfare of the devotees. So can they also be worshipped?? ?I will not worship any other deity and
moreover it is a well known fact that no one other than you (Sriman Narayanan)
is capable of granting moksha. The
best witness for the above statement is rudra,? declares
azhvar. (maRRu
thozhuvAr oruvaraiyum yAninmai kaRRai sadaiyAn karikaNdAi) Sivan is the witness
for my ekabhakthi (not falling to any other
feet) (kaRRai
sadaiyAn) The very sight of rudra?s hair makes intelligent people realize that
he is not the paramatma. Oh! Lord
there is nothing that you don?t know but still if you want some witness then ask
your grandson rudra. At this
point azhvar probably was reminded of an incident in his lifetime. Once while azhvar was in yoga meditating
on the supreme lord, rudra and parvati on top of a bull passed the area in the
sky. Parvati was pleased with the
tapas of azhvar and thereby enquired about him to shiva. Shiva replied that he was a great
devotee of Narayanan. Parvati said,
?Let us also give him darshan and grant some boons?. Accepting parvati?s request shiva along
with parvati landed in front of thirumazhisai azhvar who ignored them and was
busy with stitching a torn cloth.
Shiva enquired to azhvar, ? we have come to bless you but you are
ignoring us is it right?? Azhvar replied,? I don?t need anything from you that
is why I ignored you? But shiva insisted,? I do not want my visit to be wasted
hence ask something? Azhvar said,? If that is the case then grant me moksha?
Rudra replied,? I am not eligible to grant moksha that can be given only by
Sriman Narayanan so ask something else? Azhvar with a smile said,? Then atleast
grant me long life so that I do a lot of penance in order to achieve moksha?
Shiva said, ?That is decided by your karmas I cannot grant long life for you so
ask something else? Thirumazhisai azhvar with a kidding smile said, ?Then grant
me a boon whereby this thread will come at the back of this needle? Shiva got
very angry with azhvar?s cutting words and hence rudra opened his third eye
raged with anger in order to burn azhvar to ashes. Not worried even a little bit azhvar
said, ?even if you show eyes throughout your body like Indra I will never get
worried? and opened an eye in his right leg?s thumb. The fire from that eye overcame the heat
from shiva?s eye and as a preventive measure shiva made heavy rain to pour but
least bothered about that thirumazhisai azhvar was immersed in the bhakthi of
emperuman. Amazed by that act of
thirumazhisai azhvar shiva gave him the name, ?bhakthisArar?. Probably,
reminded of the above incident azhvar says, ?kaRRai sadaiyAn kari kandAi?
[kari-witness] What should I do to you for all the deep bhakthi (ananya bhakthi) you
have towards me? Wondered emperuman.
Azhvar says, (eRRaikkum
kaNdukol kaNdAi kadalvaNNA yAnunnai kaNdukolkirku mAru) Oh! Lord you are filled
with divine beauty pleasant to everyone?s eyes like that of the ocean. May you please bless me with
ananyabhakthi and your darshan always not only in this janma but for ?ezhezh
piravi?. Oh lord! You made adiyen
your bhaktha only by mesmerizing with your divine beauty may you for ever keep
me under your feet and bless adiyen with your divine
darshan. (To Be
Continued) Azhvar
emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen
ramanuja dAsee Sumithra
Varadarajan
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