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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe rAmAnujaya Namaha

Sri vara vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

In the sixteenth paasuram, ?nAyaganAi nindra? Sri kOdhai nAchiyar regards 
EmperumAnAr as the king of leaders. Sri rAmAnujar will show the path tomoksha 
and he himself will act as the guide for the route. About 12,000 Srivaishnavas, 
thousands of ammaiyars (female disciples), 700 jeeyers will follow EmperumAnAr 
and will always remain in his shadow and hence Andal clearly says, ?nAyaganAi 
nindra? He is going to be the head of all acharyas.

 

In the seventeenth paasuram, ?anbaramE thanneerE? andal shows how EmperumAnAr 
is going to be everything for his disciples. Swamy will be like food and life 
for all his disciples. Andal calls EmperumAnAr as ?ambaramE! thanneerE! Sore!? 
indicating that he is going to be all three purusharthas for adiyars (dharma, 
artha, kama) since Srivaishnavas never worry about their food, water or shelter 
swamy will be thirumanthram, dvayam and charamaslokam for Srivaishnavas. 
Further indicating that adisesha who took avatharam as balarama is again going 
to take another avatharam as ramanuja andaldoes mangalAsAsanam as 
?semporkazhaladi selvA baladEvA!?.

 

In the eighteenth paasuram, ?vundhu madhakalittran? andal talks about the 
strength of EmperumAnAr. Sri rAmAnuja will gain all his strength from the 
knowledge attained from his panchAcharya and will win over all the pAshandhis 
and mAyAvadhis and remain with fame. That is why andal praises as ?vundhu 
madhakalittran OdAdha thOlvaliyan?

 

In the nineteenth paasuram, ?kuththu vilakkeriya? andal tells about thebright 
lamp of knowledge and bhakthi that is going to glow to enlighten the lives of 
all the disciples. EmperumAnAr will have the four vedas as his cot?s 4 legs and 
the vedantha will be his cozy bed. In the room the light which will glow will 
be his works namely, vedantha saram, vedantha deepam, Sribhashyam, geetha 
bhashyam, gadhyatrayam. That is what andal says, ?kuththu vilakkeriya kOttukAl 
kattil mEl meththendra panja sayanaththil? lies Sri ramanuja.

 

In the twentieth paasuram, ?muppaththu moovar? Sri andal praises how Sri 
rAmAnujar will remain like a fire to all his enemies. EmperumAnAr will appear 
like a fire of knowledge in front of all those who have come to arguewith him 
and will burn all their ignorance and will make them realize the heat of fear. 
Those who come opposing ramanuja will be burnt in the fire of defeat. That is 
what Sri andal says, ?settrArkku veppam kodukkum vimalA!?

 

(To be continued)

 

Azhvar EmperumAnAr Andal Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 



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