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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe rAmAnujaya Namaha

Sri vara vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

?poigaiyAr bhoodhaththAr pEyAr pugazh mazhisai

iyan arul mAran sEralarkOn-tuiyapatta

nAdhan anbartAl thooli narpAnan nankaliyan

edhivar thOtrath thadaivAm engu?

 

In the next paasuram, ?vungal puzhakkadai? andal awakens the next azhvar, 
thiruppAnAzhvar. Here andal refers to thiruppAnAzhvar as ?nangAi! NAnAdhAi! 
NAvudaiyAi!? which suits this azhvar well. ?Nangai? indicatesthe completeness 
of good qualities. When lokasAranga muni requested azhvar to climb over his 
shoulders due to his pArathantriya svaroopam (being a servant) azhvar accepted 
for the same. That shows his divine quality. But even when a pious Brahmin 
carried him, azhvar was not filled with ego and pride instead he sings, 
?adiyArkku ennai Atpaduththa vimalan? (emperumanhas made him a servant to his 
servants) even at that moment. That is why andal praises him to be a person 
without pride (nAn-ahankaram, nAnAdhAi-without pride). Swamy desika praises the 
divine prabhandam of pan perumal as, ?pAN perumal pAdiyadOr pAdal paththum 
pazhamaraiyin porulendru paravumingal? (Consider the divine 10 paasurams of pAn 
perumal to be the summary ofthe vedas). As per the above,
thiruppAnAzhvar had the amazing skill to give the essence of the vedas in just 
10 paasurams. That is why andal refers to him as ?nAvudaiyAi?.

 

ThiruppAnAzhvar enjoys the divine beauty of emperuman holding the conch 
andchakra and also the mesmerizing beauty of perumal?s divine eyes as ?kaiyinAr 
surisanganalAzhiyar? and ?kariyavAgi pudaiparandhu milirindhu sevariyOdi neenda 
apperiyavAya kangal?. Andal brings back to memory the very words of pannar and 
says, ?sangodu chakara mEndhum thadakkaiyan pangayakkannAnai pAda?. This azhvar 
lived as per the restrictions on his birthwhich has been indicated by andal?s 
words ?vungal puzhakkadai? etc. ?Sengal podi koorai? etc indicates the 
qualities of lokasaranga munivar who appeared in the life history of 
thiruppAnAzhvar.

 

?engalai munnam ezhuppuvai vAipesum nangAi? this actually conveys a very 
interesting meaning. At the start of his paasuram, azhvar says, ?adiyArkku 
ennai Atpaduththa vimalan? which indicates that azhvar has become the servant 
of the bhagavatas and hence he should carry the bhagavatas on his shoulder but 
in his story the case is reverse. Only a pious Brahmin carried azhvar over his 
shoulders. Here andal enquires, ?oh! nangai (one with divine qualities) you 
committed to wake (carry) all of us (engalai- refers to the bhagavatas) but I 
think those were mere words (vAi pechchu-that which is not real but just a 
gossip).

 

Azhvar EmperumAnAr Andal Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 



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