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Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha
Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha
Thaiyil magam endru dhAraniyeer!!!

?thaiyil magam endru dhAraniyeer Ettram endha
thaiyil magaththukku sAttruginrEn-thuyyamadhi
pettra mazhisai pirAn pirandha nAlendru
nattravargal kondAdum nAl.? (URM-12)

Today is thaiyil magam, the thirunakshatram of thirumazhisai Alwar. This alwar, 
a disciple of pEyAzhvar was born in the place called thirumazhisai. This place 
by itself has a lot of greatnesses. Many divya desams gain their greatness due 
to the perumal, piratti over there or due to the alwar or acharya born in that 
place. But thirumazhisai is a place, which has its owngreatness,

?vulagum mazhisaiyum vullunarindhu* thammil
pulavar pugazh kOlAl thookka*- vulaguthannai
vaiththeduththa pakkaththum* mAneer mazhisaiyE
vaiththeduththa pakkam validhu?
(Some scholars placed the greatness of thirumazhisai in one of the plates of a 
balance and then the rest of the world in the other plate and found that the 
plate in which thirumazhisai was placed was heavier than the rest of the world)

and hence this alwar has been named after the place in which he was born as 
THIRUMAZHISAI ALWAR. This alwar is otherwise called ?bhakthisArar? (a name 
given by siva perumAn himself to this alwar pleased with the bhakthiof alwar). 
Our acharyas praise this alwar as ?vuraiyil idAdhavar? (one who never places 
the sword inside the cover). One doubt may arise in ourminds now. We have seen 
only thirumangai alwar with a knife and never thirumazhisai alwar with a sword 
or knife then how does the acharyas call him like that? In case of 
thirumazhisai alwar the sword is nothing but his owntongue. Alwar never keeps 
his mouth shut when it comes to argue against other philosophers and establish 
our sampradayam. Since thirumazhisai alwarhas learnt all other philosophies 
(?samanam kattrOm, sAkiyam kattrOm, sankaranAr Akkivaiththa Agama nool 
kattrOm?) and then finally became a vaishnavite he is the best judge to say 
that there is no other philosophy as great as vaishnavism and hence alwar talks 
staunchly without any hesitation. That is why he is regarded as vuraiyil 
idAdhavar. Thirumazhisai Alwar?snAnmugan thiruvandhAdhi and thiruchandha 
viruththam are great proof for the above.

The greatness of thirumazhisai alwar is beyond words and there are many 
instances in his own life history where emperuman himself has proved it to 
theworld as in the incident with kanikannan and ?sonna vannam seidha perumal? 
and also the incident at perumpuliyur. Since all these legends are known to all 
of you, adiyen stops without elaborating the same. Let us now enjoy the 
greatness of this day thaiyil magam as expressed by Sri Manavala mAmunigal in 
the above pAsuram in upadesa ratna mAlai-12 (the meaning is given based on the 
vyakhyanam of pillai lOkam Jeeyer).

In this paasuram (URM-12) mAmunigal explains the greatness of this day, thaiyil 
magam, the birthday of thirumazhisai Alwar to everyone in this world.

thaiyil magam endru : This is the tamil month of thai (?thaiyoru thingalum? 
regards andal).

dhAraniyeer: Oh! The blessed ones, who have the bhakyam to be born in this 
world where thirumazhisai alwar was also born.

Ettram endha thaiyil magaththukku sAttruginrEn : Only mAsi magam is considered 
to be mahA nakshatram then why do you say that thaiyil magam is a important 
day? If you have this doubt then listen, I will tell you the greatnessof this 
very fine day.

thuyyamadhi pettra : This is the day, which is celebrated by great mahans (who 
are enriched in good penance)as a day in which thirumazhisai alwar who,due to 
the divine grace of emperuman, has been blessed with clear and absolute 
knowledge (?mayarvara madhi nalam arula?pettra) took birth. Thirumazhisai alwar 
himself wonders, ?enmadhikku vinnellAm vundO vilai? (Will the space become a 
price for my intelligence?). 
What is purity for mind? ?mananakamala marakazhuvi? To remove the thought of 
the devathAnthara parathvam. That is considering sriman nArAyanan alone to be 
the supreme master and all others to be under him. Azhvars purity in mind is 
thus reflected in his following verses:
?thAdhulAvu kondrai mAlai thunnu senchadai sivan needhiyAl vanangu pAdha?
?pOdhil mangai bhoodhalak kizhaththi dEvi?
?vEda nool Odhugindradhu vunmai yalla dillai mattru vuraikkilE?
?vulla nOigal theer marundhu vAnavarkkaliththa em vallalArai yandri mattrOr 
deivam nAn madhippanE?
?seermiguththa ninnalAl Or deivam nAn madhippanE?
?nAnmuganai nArAyanan padaiththAn nAn muganum thAn mugamAi shankaranai thAn 
padaiththAn?
?pidhiru manamillEn pigjakan thannOdu ethirvanavan enakku nErAn?
?kallAdhavan ellangai kattazhiththa kAguththan allAl oru deivam yAnilEn?
?eni arindhEn Esarkkum nAn mugarkkum deivam eni arindhEn emperumAn vunnai?

In this way, all through his prabhandam alwar has shown the clarity in his 
words and proved to be ?uraiyil idAdhavar?. 

mazhisai pirAn pirandha nAlendru: This is the day in which Thirumazhisai alwar 
(mazhisai piran) took birth blessed with great jnanam and hence has 
hadpunarjanma.

nattravargal kondAdum nAl: Since this alwar was born to a rishi, all the other 
rishis celebrate this day and hence mAmunigal says nattravargal kondAdum nAl.

Which is ?pirandha nAl?? As per thirumazhisai alwar?s verses ?andrunAn 
pirandhilEn? I was not born earlier. ?pirandha pin marandhilEn? here alwar 
refers to the birth with bhagavat sambhandha jnanam (knowledge about the 
relationship with emperuman) as the actual birth and rest to be equal to not 
born at all. Thus this great day in which this great intellect took birth is 
considered special by great mahans.

What is ?thavam?? prapaththi. ?sArvE thavaneri?. So the prapaththi, which is 
done under the divine feet of emperuman as an act of surrendering one?s self 
under the holy feet is referred to as ?nattravam? here.AcharyAbhimAna nishtai 
is referred to as, ?mattravarai sAththiyiruppAr thavam?. Examples for 
acharyAbhimAna nishtai are kanikannan, perumpuliyuradigal and others. So from 
this it is seen that this day is to be celebrated by all acharyAbhimAnis.

Any mistake is due to adiyen?s lack of knowledge and ignorance and hence shall 
please be pardoned by the other bhagavatas.

Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee
Sumithra Varadarajan




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