Sri Parthasarathi thunai
SrimathE ramanujaya Namaha
Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha
Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha
Our sampradayam is called as Srivaishnava
sampradayam. According to this sampradayam emperuman along with piratti is
considered to be everything. We fall to the divine feet of Sriman
Narayanan. The prime identification (svaroopa niroopaka dharmam) for
perumal himself is the Sri sambhandam. Nammazhvar praises
thiruvenkatamudaiyan as, "agalagillEn eraiyum endru alarmEl mangai urai
mArbA". Thirumazhisai piran says, "thiruvillA dEvarai thErEnmin
thEvu". Though we find the importance of Sridevi nachiyar in the paasurams
of other azhvars one azhvar who started his prabhandam with the Sri sabdham and
ended with the same is none other than our peyAzhvar who took avataram in
mAdamAmayilai. The first two among the mudal azhvars lit lamps (loka
deepam and jnana deepam) but the third azhvar, peyazhvar without any difficulty
of lighting any lamp enjoyed the divine beauty of emperuman and sung
"ThirukkandEn ponmEni kandEn thigazhum arukkan aniniramum kandEn" First he
saw only 'thiru' Sridevi nachiyar. Why? Thayar is the embodiment of
mercy. She doesnt see our faults and hence easily gives darshan and not
stopping with that she does purushakaram and makes emperuman forgive all our
mistakes and shower his krupai on all of us. That is why our elders say
that whenever we go to a temple we have to first visit the sannadhis of
azhvar/acharyas, followed by thayar sannadhi and with the permission of thayar
visit perumal's sannadhi so that emperuman's anger on us due to the innumerable
apacharams committed by us will be softened by thayar in the appropriate
manner. So azhvar also says that he saw only 'thiru' Sridevi nAchiyar
first. While completing his prabhandam also peyazhvar ends saying,
"thEnamarum poo mEl thiru". So he started the prabhandam with 'thiru' and
ended with 'thiru'. Usually the crux of the prabhandam can be understood
by seeing the first, middle and last paasuram. We have seen that the
first and last talk about Sriman Narayanan. In the middle lets see in the
thiruvallikeni paasuram what azhvar says, "endhai oruvalli thAmaraiyAl ondriya
seer mArban thiruvallikeniyAm sendru" Again he talks about emperuman on whose
chest resides the divine piratti. So in his single prabhandam peyazhvar
has excellently put the main aspect of Srivaishnava sampradayam. He
ends the prabhandam stating that the divine couples are our sole refuge.
Probably only because of the great interest shown by peyazhvar towards
establishing the importance of sridevi nAchiyar, his avathara stalam is called
as "mahila pur" (now changed to mylapore) and probably keeping this in mind only
thirumangai mannan sang mangalasasanams to the ladies in mAdamAmayilai
thiruvallikeni (piratti being on the top of the list) as "oppavarillA
mAdargal vAzhum mAdamAmayilai thiruvallikeni".
Andal in her last paasuram in thiruppavai did
mangalAsAsanams to "vanga kadal kadaindha mAdhavanai kEsavanai". Where to
see mAdhavan and kEsavan together? In mylapore there are two temples one for
mAdhavan and one for kEsavan and inbetween the two temples we find the avathara
stalam of peyazhvar and the big well in which azhvar was born in a alli
flower. Peyazhvars from both the above sannadhis visit the avathara stalam
on Iyppasi sadhayam day, thiruavathara thirunAl every year and undergo
thirumanjanam. Here are the links to the photos of both the azhvars taken
after thirumanjanam and alankaram.
1. Peyazhvar at Keshavan Sannidhi: http://www.pbase.com/svami/image/35536400
2. Peyazhvar at Madhavan sannidhi: http://www.pbase.com/svami/image/35536407
It is amazing that many of the azhvars have not
given that much importance to their avathara stalams and hence not sung about
the same. But peyazhvar has done mangalasasanam to emperuman in
thiruvallikeni that too first among divyadesa
mangalasasanam. There is a separate sannadhi for peyazhvar in
thiruvallikeni and the street is itself called as "peyazhvar koil street".
Some say that azhvar took avataram only here in the alli flower since the place
itself is named only after the pond filled with alli flowers. The
speciality here is that for all azhvar/acharya thirunakshatram Sri Parthasarathi
emperuman due to his atmost sowlabhyam undergoes thirumanjanam with the
respective azhvar/acharya in the morning and purappadu followed by
sattrumarai in the evening. The thirumanjanam and sattrumarai occur
only inside the temple premises. But only on peyAzhvar thirunakshatra day,
first peyazhvar comes from his sannadhi does mangalasasanams to parthasarathi
and invites emperuman to his sannadhi. Parthasarathi without any second
thought follows suit straight to azhvar sannadhi and stays the whole day in
azhvar sannadhi and everything thirumanjanam, sevai, sAttrumarai occurs only in
peyazhvar sannadhi. Doesn't this show that emperuman is surely bhaktha
parAdheenan. He runs to celebrate the avathara mahotsavam of his dear
devotee. Who else other than our dear Parthasarathi can show such a great
sowlabhyam? He ran to the call of the gopis will he not run for the sake
of Peyazhvar?
Photo of Thiruvallikeni pEyazhvar on the
sattrumarai day is uploaded in the site under the following link.
3. Peyazhvar at Triplicane: http://www.pbase.com/svami/image/35536412
Adiyen will send the link to photos of Parthasarathi
during the morning purappadu to peyazhvar sannadhi and evening thiruveedhi
purappadu soon.
Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE
sharaNam
Adiyen ramanuja dAsan/dAsee
Varadarajan/Sumithra
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