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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

SrimathE rAmAnujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha



"mEshE chittA samuthbhootham pANdyadEsE kaNamsakam I

SriparAnkusa sathbhaktham madhuram kavimAsrayE II"



Deep inside the heart of MA stays that emperuman who for the benefit of all of 
us today gives darshan in thiruvallikeni, Sri Parthasarathi emperuman, giving 
the same darshan to one and all as cherished by swamy Nammazhvar. Let see some 
points to substantiate our view.



First point- every year on Aadi thiruvonam, jheshtAbhishEkam is done to Sri 
Parthasarathi emperuman. On this divine day, Thirumanjanam (divine bath) is 
done to emperuman's svayam thirumeni (after the kavacham, protective cover over 
the divine body of emperuman, is removed). After the divine bath the blessed 
souls who get the bhakyam to be present in the temple on that day are allowed 
to have a close darshan of the emperuman's thirumeni. During the darshan the 
archakas show us two divine happenings that speak for the sowlabhyam portrayed 
by the paramatma. One the udharabhandanam, the mark on the lord's hip due to 
the rope tied by yesodha as a punishment for the mischief (stealing of butter) 
done by kutti kannan in gokulam and the second one that makes all of us who 
have a special concern to our dear lord cry, that is the marks on the 
thirumugam and the divine thiruvadi due to the arrows of bheeshma that the lord 
accepted on behalf of arjuna during the bharata yuddham. The very same lord who 
did naughty leelas in gokulam and was scolded with love by yesodha and the 
other gopikas later took a strong position in front of the chariot of arjuna to 
establish dharma in this world and totally remove adharma. To show the same to 
the world today Sri Parthasarathi emperuman, who is the paratattvam filled with 
a lot of sowlabhyam gives darshan to even ignorant souls without any 
differentiation. Both yesodha and arjuna had bhakthi towards the lord and hence 
the lord went to any extent to overcome their sorrow. So only the bhakthi in 
our hearts matter it is not our level of education or wealth. In many divya 
desams jhestabhishekam is witnessed only by the archakas but parthasarathi 
showers his grace equally on one and all and makes everyone enjoy, feel and 
cherish divinity. Let us now come to our point. How is this related to our 
subject now?



So we find the marks of udharabhandanam in the thirumeni of parthasarathi 
showing that he is none other than the kutti kannan who resides in all our 
minds playing all astonishing leelas at gokulam. Nammazhvar was a great jnani. 
He was able to talk in length about the paratvam of emperuman but what happened 
when he thought about emperuman's sowlabhyam- he lost himself and descended 
into the state of divine coma ("paththudai adiyavarkku eliyavan.."). The 
darshan adiyen has explained above actually puts each one of us (depending on 
individuals anubhavam) to the same state. The darshan of Parthasarathi's svayam 
thirumeni is special and is surprising ("AscharyamAna sevai") but probably it 
is not that sweet ("bhOkyam") for the devotees of parthasarathi. Why? 
Parthasarathi throughout the year adorns himself with various thirukolams that 
makes all our eyes blessed and always stays in our minds. But on this day it is 
a darshan for our hearts and not just the eyes. The lord who stays in the 
nithya mandalam always hearing the sama gAnam amidst the caring and loving 
nithya sooris came down to this world as Krishna to uplift all of us. He didn't 
mind being punished by a gopi ("edakkai valakkai teriyAdha edaichchi") nor did 
he mind being hit by bheeshma for our benefit. But have we ever shed atleast a 
little tears at his feet with bhakthi for what all he has undergone? How can we 
just see his wound marks and say it is a great darshan? What amount of pain the 
lord has undergone for us shouldn't we atleast feel a little for the same? This 
darshan is not just for visualizing and enjoying but also to literally drain 
our hearts so that even that hard heart sheds a little tears. Parthasarathi is 
an embodiment of both beauty (who doesn't enjoy the beauty of kannan?) and 
jnAnam (he is the geethAcharyan). JheshtAbhisheka sevai is to initiate our 
thought process in order to lift us from the level of ignorant souls to souls 
filled with "jnanam kanindha bhakthi" so that we all finally land in the divine 
abode of emperuman and attain the mokshAnandam. Don't forget that "mAm ekam 
sharanam vraja... mokshaishyAmi" is the words of this very lord. The moolavar 
stills gives darshan with the divine panchajanyam in one hand and the varada 
mudra (showing his divine feet) on the other. So whomever falls to the feet of 
parthasarathi are surely assured to reach his divine abode.



[Sorry Bhakthas- whenever adiyen starts talking about parthasarathi adiyen is 
unable to control myself. So now let us proceed back to the subject]



Coming to the udharabhandana episode, all of you know the story of Krishna 
being tied by yesodha with the rope with number of knots. Each time she tried 
there was a shortage (two angulams, jnana and bhakthi say our acharyas). After 
trying for sometime yesodha got tired and retired with pain. Not being able to 
see the sad state of his mother kutti kannan made himself to be tied by the 
rope that is what MA says as "kattunna panniya perumAyan". So it is now clear 
that the 'perumAyan' told by MA is none other than "paththudaiadiyavarkku 
eliyavan.." praised by Swamy Nammazhvar and he is none other than our dear 
Parthasarathi giving divine darshan in thiruvallikeni.



While it is a painful darshan for devotees it is a darshan that shows that 
emperuman is still trying his level best to uplift souls atleast by dissolving 
hard hearts with his sad story. Nowadays it is a trend in politics to win 
election due to sympathy votes probably that was learnt by them only from our 
dear parthasarathi. But we are all strong enough not to give up even on seeing 
him with full of wounds accepted for the sake of devotees ('vudalenakku 
vurugumAlO!'). Should adiyen admire emperuman's krupai as amazing or our 
strength to be so hard as amazing!



We will see more in the next posting.



Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan













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