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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe rAmAnujaya Namaha

Sri vara vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

Our srivaishnava sampradayam is called as EmperumAnAr darshanam not 
becauseEmperumAnAr invented this sampradayam but our vaishnava matham is a 
paramavaidhika matham that was brought to light by EmperumAnAr. Andal?s 
vAzhithirunAmam says, ?perumbhoodur mAmunikku pinnAnAl vAzhiyE?. How did andal 
being an azhvar become the younger sister of EmperumAnAr who took birth so many 
years later? Our acharyas immediately reply that since swamy udaiyavar made 
andal?s words come true by submitting 100 vessels of butter and akaravadisal as 
per andal?s paasuram ?maliruncholai nambikku nAn noor thadA niraintha vennai 
vAi nErdhu parAvi vaiththEn nooru thadA nirainthaakkAravadisal sonnEn? andal 
herself accepted him to be her brother and called swamy with pleasure as ?nam 
kOil annano!? So even more than the other Azhvars EmperumAnAr had a special 
attraction towards andal and her prabhandams.  

 

When we start reciting the thaniyan for Periya thirumozhi we say, ?engal 
gadhiyE rAmAnusa muniyE sangai keduththu Anda thava rAsa pongu pugazh mangaiyar 
kOn Endra marai Ayiram anaiththum thangu manam nee enakku thA? and while 
reciting thaniyans for thiruvAimozhi we say, ?A-indha perunkeerthi 
rAmanusamunithan vAintha malarpAdham vanangugindren AindhaperunseerAr sadagopan 
senthamizh vEdham tharikkum pErAdha ullam pera?. This shows the involvement and 
deep knowledge of emperumAnar in the above two prabhandhams. But we don?t find 
anything about emperumAnar in the thaniyan for thiruppavai. Even while writing 
sribhasyam emperumAnar is supposed to have taken guidance from azhvar?s 
erachchorkal (nectarine words). Here we have to know the difference between 
learning and anubhavam.  

 

ThiruvAimozhi is the essence of sAma vedam and Periya thirumozhi is a veda 
angam. No doubt that EmperumAnAr was well versed in all the vedas and vedaangas 
but is just learning enough? What about putting it into practice? And that 
anubhavam swamy got only from thiruppAvai and hence swamy is praised by our 
acharyas as ?THIRUPPAVAI JEEYER?. Among the many thirunamams of swamy this is 
one of the special thirunamams.

 

Each day when swamy started to unja vruththi, it was his practice to recitethe 
thiruppavai and go from one door to the other. Once he stood in frontof Periya 
nambigal thirumAligai (some say it as thirukkoshtiyur nambi thirumaligai) and 
nambi?s daughter andal (or devaki piratti) opened the door with akshadhai and 
at that very instant udaiyavar fell to the feet of andal. Perplexed by swamy?s 
sudden action andal ran inside and told nambi about swamy?s action. Nambigal 
immediately came outside and asked udaiyavar, ?vundu madhagalitran anubhavamO?? 
(Where you enjoying andal?s vundumadhagalitran paasuram?). In this paasuram 
andal says, ?seerAr valaiolippa vandhu thiravAi? Andal begs nappinai piratti to 
come and open the door amidst the sound of the divine bangles in her hands. 
While swamy was reciting this line, andal opened the door and hence swamy 
considered nambi?sdaughter to be nappinai piratti and hence prostrated her. 
What a deep anubhavam? And that is why swamy is praised as thiruppAvai Jeeyer.

 

For further anubhavam, our acharyas show places in thiruppavai which pointsto 
EmperumAnAr. How andal enjoys talking about her brother we will see from the 
next posting.

 

Azhvar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan



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