Sri Parthasarathi thunai
SrimathE rAmAnujaya Namaha
Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha
Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha
"mEshE chittA samuthbhootham pANdyadEsE kaNamsakam I
SriparAnkusa sathbhaktham madhuram kavimAsrayE II"
Deep inside the heart of MA stays that emperuman who for the benefit of all of
us today gives darshan in thiruvallikeni, Sri Parthasarathi emperuman, giving
the same darshan to one and all as cherished by swamy Nammazhvar. Let see some
points to substantiate our view.
First point- every year on Aadi thiruvonam, jheshtAbhishEkam is done to Sri
Parthasarathi emperuman. On this divine day, Thirumanjanam (divine bath) is
done to emperuman's svayam thirumeni (after the kavacham, protective cover over
the divine body of emperuman, is removed). After the divine bath the blessed
souls who get the bhakyam to be present in the temple on that day are allowed
to have a close darshan of the emperuman's thirumeni. During the darshan the
archakas show us two divine happenings that speak for the sowlabhyam portrayed
by the paramatma. One the udharabhandanam, the mark on the lord's hip due to
the rope tied by yesodha as a punishment for the mischief (stealing of butter)
done by kutti kannan in gokulam and the second one that makes all of us who
have a special concern to our dear lord cry, that is the marks on the
thirumugam and the divine thiruvadi due to the arrows of bheeshma that the lord
accepted on behalf of arjuna during the bharata yuddham. The very same lord who
did naughty leelas in gokulam and was scolded with love by yesodha and the
other gopikas later took a strong position in front of the chariot of arjuna to
establish dharma in this world and totally remove adharma. To show the same to
the world today Sri Parthasarathi emperuman, who is the paratattvam filled with
a lot of sowlabhyam gives darshan to even ignorant souls without any
differentiation. Both yesodha and arjuna had bhakthi towards the lord and hence
the lord went to any extent to overcome their sorrow. So only the bhakthi in
our hearts matter it is not our level of education or wealth. In many divya
desams jhestabhishekam is witnessed only by the archakas but parthasarathi
showers his grace equally on one and all and makes everyone enjoy, feel and
cherish divinity. Let us now come to our point. How is this related to our
subject now?
So we find the marks of udharabhandanam in the thirumeni of parthasarathi
showing that he is none other than the kutti kannan who resides in all our
minds playing all astonishing leelas at gokulam. Nammazhvar was a great jnani.
He was able to talk in length about the paratvam of emperuman but what happened
when he thought about emperuman's sowlabhyam- he lost himself and descended
into the state of divine coma ("paththudai adiyavarkku eliyavan.."). The
darshan adiyen has explained above actually puts each one of us (depending on
individuals anubhavam) to the same state. The darshan of Parthasarathi's svayam
thirumeni is special and is surprising ("AscharyamAna sevai") but probably it
is not that sweet ("bhOkyam") for the devotees of parthasarathi. Why?
Parthasarathi throughout the year adorns himself with various thirukolams that
makes all our eyes blessed and always stays in our minds. But on this day it is
a darshan for our hearts and not just the eyes. The lord who stays in the
nithya mandalam always hearing the sama gAnam amidst the caring and loving
nithya sooris came down to this world as Krishna to uplift all of us. He didn't
mind being punished by a gopi ("edakkai valakkai teriyAdha edaichchi") nor did
he mind being hit by bheeshma for our benefit. But have we ever shed atleast a
little tears at his feet with bhakthi for what all he has undergone? How can we
just see his wound marks and say it is a great darshan? What amount of pain the
lord has undergone for us shouldn't we atleast feel a little for the same? This
darshan is not just for visualizing and enjoying but also to literally drain
our hearts so that even that hard heart sheds a little tears. Parthasarathi is
an embodiment of both beauty (who doesn't enjoy the beauty of kannan?) and
jnAnam (he is the geethAcharyan). JheshtAbhisheka sevai is to initiate our
thought process in order to lift us from the level of ignorant souls to souls
filled with "jnanam kanindha bhakthi" so that we all finally land in the divine
abode of emperuman and attain the mokshAnandam. Don't forget that "mAm ekam
sharanam vraja... mokshaishyAmi" is the words of this very lord. The moolavar
stills gives darshan with the divine panchajanyam in one hand and the varada
mudra (showing his divine feet) on the other. So whomever falls to the feet of
parthasarathi are surely assured to reach his divine abode.
[Sorry Bhakthas- whenever adiyen starts talking about parthasarathi adiyen is
unable to control myself. So now let us proceed back to the subject]
Coming to the udharabhandana episode, all of you know the story of Krishna
being tied by yesodha with the rope with number of knots. Each time she tried
there was a shortage (two angulams, jnana and bhakthi say our acharyas). After
trying for sometime yesodha got tired and retired with pain. Not being able to
see the sad state of his mother kutti kannan made himself to be tied by the
rope that is what MA says as "kattunna panniya perumAyan". So it is now clear
that the 'perumAyan' told by MA is none other than "paththudaiadiyavarkku
eliyavan.." praised by Swamy Nammazhvar and he is none other than our dear
Parthasarathi giving divine darshan in thiruvallikeni.
While it is a painful darshan for devotees it is a darshan that shows that
emperuman is still trying his level best to uplift souls atleast by dissolving
hard hearts with his sad story. Nowadays it is a trend in politics to win
election due to sympathy votes probably that was learnt by them only from our
dear parthasarathi. But we are all strong enough not to give up even on seeing
him with full of wounds accepted for the sake of devotees ('vudalenakku
vurugumAlO!'). Should adiyen admire emperuman's krupai as amazing or our
strength to be so hard as amazing!
We will see more in the next posting.
Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam
Adiyen ramanuja dAsee
Sumithra Varadarajan
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