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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe rAmAnujaya Namaha

Sri vara vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

            ?poigaiyAr bhoodhaththAr pEyAr pugazh mazhisai

             iyan arul mAran sEralarkOn-tuiyapatta

             nAdhan anbartAl thooli narpAnan nankaliyan

             edhivar thOtrath thadaivAm engu?

 

In the next paasuram, ?keesu keesendru? Sri Andal awakens Sri kulasekara azhvar.  In this andal refers to kulasekara azhvar with three phrases, ?pEy pennE! Nayaka pen pillAi! DEsamudaiyAi!?  Kulasekara Azhvar in his perumal thirumozhi, ?meiyil vAzhkkaiyai? padhigam calls himself to be a pEyan.  Later in his other padhigams, viz., ?Er malar poonguzhal, Alaineel karumbhu, mannupugazh kOsalaithan? this azhvar talks considering himself to be a girl.  Since kulasekarar declares himself to be ?kollikAvalan koodalnAyakan? andal calls him nAyaka pen pillAi.  The gem in the center of a garland is referred to as ?nAyaka kal?.  In the acharya guruparamparai garland EmperumAnAr is considered to be the nadunAyakam (one in the middle).  Swamy desikan says this in his ethirAja sapthadhi as ?ethirAjEna nibhaththa nAyaka sri: mahathee gurupankthi hArayasti:? Similarly among the Azhvars kulasekarar stands in the middle.  On one side of the garland stands the first five, viz., poigaiyAr, bhoodhathAr, pEyAr, mazhisai pirAn and mAran and on the other side, pattanAthan, kOdhai, thondaradipodi, panperumal and kaliyan.  Hence it is apt to call kulasekarar in the middle as nAyaka pen pillAi.

 

(DesamudaiyAi)  In bhagavat geetha Sri Krishna says, ?sowryam thEjO thruthir dhAkshyam-kshAthram karma svabhAvajam? where tEjas has been told to be a characteristic of kshatriyas.  Thereby calling kulasekara perumal as desamudiyai! does suit him.   Further according to the acharya hrudhaya sutra, ?dEvathvamum niththaiyAnavanukku olivarum janigal pOlE brahmajanmamum ezhukkenbArkku pandai nAlil piravi vunnAttudEsirE? and Periya thiruvandhAdhi (79) paasuram, which has been the root cause for the above sutra, ? mannAttil ArAgi evvizhivittrAnAlum, Azhiangai pErAyarkku AlAm pirappu-vunnAttu dEsandrE? tEjas actually refers to that birth which supports bhagavat seshatvam.  Kulasekara azhvar in his ?voonEru selvaththu? padhigam clearly shows his deep wish to take a birth to do kainkaryam to emperuman in any form.  Hence there is no mistake in calling him ?dEsamudaiyAi!?

 

In this paasuram, andal uses the word ?Anai sAththan?.  This is actually a word in malayalam which refers to a bird (Anasaththam).  Since this azhvar took birth in kerala probably this word is used in this paasuram.  ?kAsum pirappum? reminds the jewellery incident in the life of kulasekara azhvar.  ?Arankeda parananbar kollAr endru avargalukkE vArankeda kudappAmbil kaiittavan? says a thaniyan on kulasekara azhvar.  The line ?vAsanarun kuzhalAychiyar maththinAl Osai paduththa thayiraravam? brings to our memory the following lines in perumal thirumozhi, ?kendai onkan madavAloruththi keezhaiyagaththu thayir kadaiyakkandu vandamar poonkuzhal thAzhindhulAva thaN thayir nee kadainthitta vannam?

 

(nArAyanan moorthi kesavanai pAdavum)  kesavan refers to the incident in krishnavadharam where lord Krishna killed the asura, kEsi who came in the form of a horse.  Kulasekara azhvar first of all talks only about this incident in his prabhandam as ?mAvinai vAipilandhukandha mAlai?.  And azhvar completes his prabhandam saying, ?nalanthigazh nArananadi keezh naNNuvArE?.

 

(kEttE kidaththiyO)  This azhvar has always enjoyed hearing Sri rAmAyanam from bhagavatas and not stopping with listening he got deeply immersed in the same and has even started off with his army to help rAmA fight the asuras. 

 

With the above points it is clear that in this paasuram andal awakens kulasekara azhvar.  In the next posting we will enjoy how Sri kOdhA nAchiyar awakens vagulabhooshana bhAskaran, prapanajana koodasthar mAran satAkOpan Sri nammAzhvar.

 

Azhvar EmperumAnAr Andal Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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