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 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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