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Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe Ramanujaya namaha

Sri Vara Vara munaye Namaha

 

SRI ALAVANDAR VAIBHAVAM-2

 

In reply to Yamunai Thuraivar?s question, Bhattar explained him the reason for 
his mental state. In turn, Yamunai Thuraivar took the invitation from Bhattar 
and tore the same into pieces. This news reached Akkiyazhwan andhe now started 
wondering whether Yamunai Thuraivar is just a poet or a great scholar of very 
high caliber. He requested Yamunai Thuraivar to visit his court. Yamunai 
Thuraivar sent the following sloka as a reply to Akkiyazhwan?s invitation:

?Navayam kavayasthu kEvalam navayam kEvala thatra pArakaha: - 

Abhithu prathiVadhi Varana prakadAdOpa vibhadanakshmA:?

 

Akkiyazhwan was astonished by this astounding reply. He immediately reported 
the same to the king. The king immediately sent an invitation to 
YamunaiThuraivar, to personally meet him. This again was ignored by Yamunai 
Thuraivar and he again tore the invitation. Hearing this, the king realized 
that YT was not an ordinary person and sent a palanquin and some servants to 
escort him to his palace with due respects. YT then came to the kingdom and 
submitted the following sloka:

?AsailAdha thriganA sharana kisalaya, nyAsa dhanyOpakandA dharakshO neetha 
seethAmuka kamalasamullA sahe dhoschachEtho:

AsaprAchya pradheshyakshithi tharayugalaA tharkachandrA vadamsAn mimAmsA sastra 
yuchma srama vimala manAm rilua dham matrusOnyaha:?

 

Highly impressed by this sloka, AkkiyAzhwan decided to do tharkkam (debate)with 
YT and the king also voted for the same. YT accepted to debate but refused to 
accept the king as the judge, as he is not a scholar. He wanted the king to 
call more scholars from his kingdom who can act as judges. The king accepted 
for this request and called many of his scholars to chair forthe debate. He 
then went and sat beside his queen to be one among the audience. The queen 
challenged the king for YT?s victory, or otherwise she will become his 
maidservant. The king in turn sided with AkkiyAzhwan and exclaimed, if he 
loses, he will give half of this kingdom to YT.

 

Akkiyazhwan started the debate by posing ?In this worldly life, he can 
challenge to refute, whatever said by YT and subsequently whatever refuted byYT 
can be argued against his refute and the winner can step on the head ofthe 
loser. YT accepted the challenge and told the following three things for 
AkkiAzhwan to refute:

Your mother doesn?t have motherhood; (or your mother is a barren women)
King is a Sarvabowman; (Righteous and powerful ruler)
The queen is a pathivrathA; (role model of chastity)

AkkiyAzhwan was dumbfounded by the above three statements and could not refute 
any of the above three.  

Then they entered into debate on saastram ?There are three things in saastram , 
Uttamam, Madyamam and Adhamam; In this which is three worded, five worded and 
seven worded. If you can win this I can accept your victory. Again AkkiAzhwan 
was ignorant of the above and accepted defeat. According to the challenge, the 
winner had the right to step over the loser?s head. But since AkkiAzhwan was 
the purohit of the kingdom and also an elderly person by age he refused to do 
so. Seeing this, all the other Scholars became very happy and celebrated 
Yamunai Thuraivar?s victory and the queen happily remarked ?Have you come to 
rule over us??(emmai AlavandeerO?).

 

(To be continued)

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

Adiyen,

Varadarajan Ramanuja Dasan

Sumithra Ramanuja Dasyai

 



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