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SrI:
SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

Dearest all,

kushyate yasya nagarE ranga yAtra dhine dhine..
everyday King Kulasekara wanted to go and visit
Srirangam and threw would be gOsham to commence the
journey. Later by the time he starts after ArAdhanam
and nithya karma anushtAnam, it would be afternoon,
and he would be advised that next day they can plan to
proceed. Such was his devotion for RanganAthan. 

Similarly PeriyAzhwAr asked [after AndAL got married
to and united with RanganAthan] ennudaiya
ThiruvarangaRkanRi maRRoruvarrkku ALAvarO? â?? would
anyone serve anyone else other than My Sri
RanganAthan?â?? asks AzhwAr. 

King Kulasekara spent most of his time only on
religious activities and attending discourses. Once
when the UpanyAsakar was narrating Rama RavaNa yuddham
where the battle was going on for a long time and
RavaNa was giving a tough fight, kulasEkara was so
much attached to the story and it the discourse he
ordered his Army General to immediately organize to
send the soldiers, elephants and horses and the king
was also making himself ready for the battle to give a
helping hand to Sri Rama. 

The upanyAsakar and all others were totally perplexed
and could not say anything. The upanyAsakar at last
came to the king and said" O, mighty king, We need not
go. The Lord Rama has already killed ravaNa and is on
his way back to AyOdhyA for his pattAbhishEkam". That
made the king silent and he came to normalcy; Such was
kulasEkarA's bhakti for Rama. That was Bhagawath
prEmai; Similar to PeriyAzhwArâ??s feeling
apprehensive about the evil glances that may befall on
the Lord when he had appeared.

The Lord appeared with MahA Lakshmi in the sky on the
back of Garudan to witness the honor accorded to His
dear BahkthA and student by the King of Mathurai for
establishing His supremacy (parathvam) in a scholarly
fashion with indisputable proofs from the VedAs and
Upanishads at the court of the Paandyan king; the
Joyous AzhwAr was overwhelmed with concern and fear
over the safety of the Lord as he drank deep the
beauty of the SaraNya Dampathis, who manifested 
over the sky. He marveled at the parAkramam of the
Lord as he saw the weapons that the Lord handles to
punish the wicked and protect His asritha janams.  The
Azhwar was totally overwhelmed by the grace of the
Supreme Being , who sanctified the occasion with His
appearance in person to witness the celebration over
his victory at the court. The Azhwar suddenly got
worried about any dhrishti dhOsham falling on the Lord
and causing Him( Sriya: Pathi) any harm. He forgot for
few moments that the Omnipotent Lord could take very
good care of Himself and fend Himself very well
against any undesirable happenings associated with the
"evil eye" of the malevolent people. The concern that
poured out of the AzhwAr was like water gushing out of
a deep fountain. MaNavALa Maamuni understood precisely
the outpouring of anxious concern of this kind and the
deep desire of the devotee to intervene and protect
the Lord from harm's way. AzhwAr's mood was described
by Maamuni precisely as" Ponghum Parivu". Maamuni
concluded that this unique anubhavam of the AzhwAr
entitled him to be recognized as PeriyAzhwAr. 

Though Sage Viswamithra had mentioned that: aham vEdmi
mahaathmaanam raamam sathya paraakramam..â??, I know
that Rama is the Mahaathmaa; He is the Paraman
Himself. Oh Dasaratha, you think he is your son who is
just 12 years of age; He is Omniscient; Omnipotent
Lord. â?¦etc.. 
However, when later Rama killed thaadakai, the
raakshasi.. Sage was apprehensive about Rama and
blessed the Boy Rama.. bhadhram thEâ?¦ BhaktHAs may be
highly knowledgeable; know vedanthic saasthrAs;
realize the Lordâ??s Supremacy and His Parathvam. When
it comes to Bhagawath prEmai, thety forget all that
and get worried like the motherâ??s love for her
infant child. They sing magaLaasaasanam for the lord. 

Devaki, Vasudevar, though had seen and enjoyed PerumAL
darshan when Lord Krishna was born; still they took
the child across to Nandhagopan. Even if the devotees
are aware of the Parathvam and Supremacy of the Lord,
if they are worried and take care of the Lord dhivya
mangaLa vigraham from the scorching sun, rains,
chilling climate with adequate protection, their
devotion is immense and is not be construed as being
ignorant of His Supremacy- says Emperumanar. 

Thus PeriyAzhwAr sang Pallaandu for the Lord and many
a time, he even forgot that he is PeriyAzhwAr himself.
Amudhanaar describes Ramanujaâ??s involvement and
enjoyment of PeriyAzhwAr here. 

15th verse on PeriyAzhwAr: 

chOraatha kaathal perunchuzip paal,chollai
maalaiyonRum
paaraa thavanaippal laaNtenRu kaappitum
paanmaiyan_thaaL
pEraatha vuLLath thiraamaa NnuchanRan piRangiyacheer
chaaraa manicharaich chErEn enakkenna thaazviniyE? 15

Due to his never fading, never ending flood of bhatki
for Emperumaan Sriman Narayanan, with the apprehension
that even He will be subjected to the evil eyes of
people casting on Him, PeriyAzhwAr sang hymns to greet
the Lord for many many years, singing pallANdu,
pallANdu. This Lord is always permanent.
Sarvarakshakan; 

and still AzhwAr sang and greeted long life for Him,
forgetting himself due to his bhagawath prEmai and
immense bhakti. Emperumaanaar Sri Ramanujacharya
always keeps this great AzhwAr in his heart and I
shall not join those who do not take refuge at the
Feet of Ramanujacharya and who do not hold on to his
kalyANA guNAs as their only support. After being
blessed with such a thought, what am I to grieve for?
Bhagawaan can never ever get affected by any dhosham
or defects. In spite of this knowledge, due to great
abhimaanam and love for Him, PeriyAzhwAr had concern
for Him since the beginning. In Paanyda kingdom, he
established His Parathvam [Supremacy] and immediately
there after, when the Lord appeared, he was concerned
about evil glances. What a great prEmai! That is the
guNA one should aspire for the Lord! That is the
Bhagawath prEmai one should pray for.  

EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan


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