Sri Parthasarathi
thunai Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha Sri vAnAchala
mahA munayE Namaha Note: Today is a divine day in thiruvallikeni, Davanotsavam
for Sri Mannathan and vedavalli thayar along with acharya Swamy manavala
mAmunikal. Morning thirumanjanam
for the divine couples along with the lord’s acharya Swamy mAmunikal was held
and then the divine couples with the acharya gave darshan inside the thayar
sannadhi. In the evening,
davanotsavam with be celebrated. On
the panguni uttaram day, we all can have darshan of the divine couples along
with swamy emberumAnAr and today is the day when we can have the divine darshan
with the purushakaram of Swamy mAmunikal.
Ranganathan gave the ubhaya vibhoothi to Swamy emperumAnAr and made him
“udayavar” but the same ranganatha gave a special thaniyan and also his adisesha
peedam to Swamy mAmunikal and made himself to be his disciple. So is it not great to have the divine
darshan of the couples with the purushakaram of swamy mAmunikal? Let us all now
enjoy that mannathan along with the mangalasasanam of thirumazhisai
piran. Paasuram-35 “thAlAl vulagam alandha asaivE
kol, vAlAkidandharulum vAi
thiravAn-neelOdam vandhalaikkum
mAmayilai mAvallikEniyAn IyintalaivAi
nAgaththanai” In the
31st paasuram, azhvar got vexed with the acts of the lowkikas, who
have forgotten emperuman “perumAnai EththAdha pEygAl” The following paasurams
were on the same lines. In this
paasuram, thirumazhisai piran feels, “Oh! When I don’t have enough time to talk
about the wonderful acts of emperuman why talk about other things?” and hence
azhvar proceeds to talk about the great acts of
emperuman. (thAlAl vulagam
alandha asaivE kol) “vadivinai ellA malarmagal maRRai nilamagal pidikkum
melladiyai” (thiruvai 9-2-10) Emperuman’s thiruvadi is so soft that even if
piratti presses it with love still it becomes red. With the same divine feet emperuman
measured forests, mountain, rocks and valleys due to which his divine body
became tired. Oh Lord! Are you
lying down in silence without moving only due to this
tiredness? (thAlAl) Just due
to your relation with all the jeevas you placed your divine feet on all of them
to uplift them. You were the one
who created everything in this world not stopping with that did you want to
uplift them by placing your divine feet on top of
them? (vulagam) Did you
undergo such hardships for this cruel world? (alandha asaivE
kol) Due to azhvar’s deep love for the lord (astAnE baya sankai) he feels that
the lord (ayarvaru amarargal adhipathi) has become tired due to these
acts. (vAlA
kidandharulum) Emperuman is not moving this side or that side. He lays still. We missed seeing the lord measuring the
worlds but can’t we at least enjoy his divine thirumeni
moving? (vAi thiravAn) He
doesn’t talk words that are very valuable to his
devotees. “AsayA yathi vA rama: puna:
sapthApayEthiti “ [I waited there for a long time with the wish that rama could
call me again] “priyavAdhee” (neelOdam
vandhalaikkum mAmayilai mAvallikEniyAn) Emperuman lies in thiruvallikeni, a part
of mylapore very close to the sea.
Since this is a place where emperuman reclines with love, the waves come
to touch his divine feet and like a mother tapping the child with her hands to
make it sleep the waves touch the divine feet of the
lord. (neelOdham) When
we all feel tired we relax in the beach.
Both the fresh air and the serene atmosphere of the water and waves
remove all our tension and tiredness.
Sri Mannathan, got tired after measuring the worlds and choose this place
close to the beach to relax. (iyinthalai vAi
nAgaththanai) To relax we need a good bed and also a shelter to protect us from
sunlight and rain. Emperuman is
very lucky. He has a two in
one/multipurpose bed, Adiseshan who acts as both a bed and a protective
shelter. Moreover this shelter has
its own capacity to even protect the lord from any enemy. Adisesha is always active to protect the
lord (due to his ‘parivu’ (atmost care) for the
almighty) (To Be Continued) Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer
thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen ramanuja
dAsee Sumithra
Varadarajan
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