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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

SrimathE rAmAnujaya Namaha

Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

We celebrate many days, Mother?s day, Father?s day etc. But today is avery very 
special day for all of us-bhAgavata sEshatva day. Why is it so?Lets see,

 

?manniya seer mArgazhiyil kEttai endru mAnilaththeer

ennidhanukku EttrameniluraikkEn-tunnupugazh

mAmaraiyOn thondaradi podi Azhvar pirappAl

nAn maraiyOr kondAdum nAl? (upadesa ratina malai-11)

 

One azhvar who has taken birth in this divine month of mArgazhi celebrated as 
?mAsAnAm mArgaseershOham? by Parthasarathi emperuman and as ?mArgazhi thingal 
madhi niraindha nannAlAm? by his consort Sri bhoomi piratti, gOdhA nAchiyar is 
none other than our dear thondar adi podi azhvar. This is the month in which 
the divine adhyayana utsavam is celebrated in all our divya desams. But on top 
of all this, this month got its significance onlyafter the thiruavadhAram of 
our thondaradi podi azhvar who did the divine prabhandam ?thirupalliezhuchi? to 
wake up ranganatha in this month of mArgazhi (this is the intermediate period 
between dakshinAyanam and uttarayanam similar to the early morning, ushat kAlam 
time which appears after the night and before the day.). Not only the month but 
also the birth star of thondaradi podi azhvar has his significance. Like the 
month of margAzhi being considered as topmost among the months, the star kEttai 
is considered prominent among the stars (jhestA). 
The star also gained more significance after the birth of azhvar. Therebythis 
day has a very special significance in many ways.  

 

Thondaradipodi azhvar?s avatharam was primarily to show the greatness of 
bhagavata seshatvam to the world. ?So Oh! Those who are blessed to live in this 
world in which the great azhvar who considered him to be a bhagavata pAda 
dhooli took birth listen- Do you wonder why this mArgazhi kEttai hassuch 
significance amidst all the other days in this month? Let me tell youwhy?-Says 
Swamy manavAla mAmunikal and proceeds to bless us with the answer. This day 
gets its divinity because this is the day that gave birth tothat azhvar who 
has, ?tulabhaththondAya tholseer? (the greatness of doing tulasi kainkaryam to 
the divine emperuman) and ?kattrinam mEiththa endhai kazhaliNaikkeezh-uttra 
thirumAlai pAdumseer? (the wealth of singing the praise of the divine lord who 
went at the back of the cows). He is the?mikka seer thondar? who is celebrated 
by thiruvarangathamudhanAr as ?seiyum pasumthulabhath thozil mAlaiyum 
sentamizhil peyyum maraithamizh mAlaiyum-pErAdha seerarangaththu Iyan?. This
azhvar like periazhvar and andal did both pushpa mAlai kainkaryam and pAmAlai 
kainkaryam. Like elaiyAzhvar to ramapiran, thondaradipodi azhvar always 
remained in the kainkaryam of Periya perumal (?aham sarvam karishyAmi?) not 
turning his face even towards any other divya desa perumal. So this day gets 
its greatness due to azhvar?s birth [?azhvar pirappAl?- only that is ?pirappu? 
birth what we all have attained is still a question mark ?enseivAn thOndrinEnE? 
(these words were uttered by azhvar for our sake only)].

Great scholars who are well versed in vedas celebrate this day. Azhvar himself 
was born in a good Brahmin clan and his birth is celebrated by nAn maraiyOr 
(those well versed in the four Vedas). So oh! People in this world all of you 
understand the significance of this day and celebrate it.

 

This is day in which one another great mahan took avatharam. Who is that? He 
was the acharya to the jagadhAcharya, Sri Periya nambigal who did 
panchasamskArams to swamy EmperumAnAr. The bhagavata abhimAnam of this great 
acharya is beyond words. Though there was a great opposition to him doing 
charama kainkaryams to mAranEri nambi, who was supposed to be born in a 
lowercaste still Periya nambi didn?t hesitate even a bit as he considered 
mAranEri nambi to be a great bhagavata and a uththama shisya of Swamy 
Alavandaar he felt it was his prime duty to do the necessary rites to that 
divine soul. In the later part of his life history we find that lord ranganatha 
also supported his act. This great mahan even stopped the gruhapravesam ritual 
in his newly built house since he considered the stepping in of a bhagavata 
inside the house itself purifies the whole house and there was no need for any 
other ritual.  

 

So we find that this day, the mArgazi kEttai is a day to show the importance of 
dhadheeya seshatvam (bhagavata seshatvam). Let us all on this divine day take a 
vow to have great respect towards the fellow bhagavatas and refrain from any 
sort of bhagavata apacharam (illtreatment to the bhagavatas) with all the three 
karanas (mano-mind, vAk-speech, kAyam-physical)

 



Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 



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