Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha
Sri Pillai Lokacharya (PL) starts his magnum
opus Srivachana bhooshanam with ?vEdArththam aridhiyiduvadhu smriti Ithihasa
purAnangalAlE? (The meanings of the poorva and uttara bhaga of the Vedas have
been conveyed in the smrithis, ithihasas and puranas). Ithyhasas and puranas talk about that
which has happened once upon a time.
But, ithihasas have been considered a step higher than the puranas by our
poorvacharyas. The 2 great epics,
Ramayana and Mahabharata are notable.
?vEda vEdhyE parE pumsee
jAthE dasaradhAtmajE vEda: prAchEdasAdAseet sAkshAt
rAmAyanAtmanA? [When the divine lord,
Sriman Narayana largely adorned by the Vedas took avatara as the son of
dasaratha, the Vedas took birth as Ramayana from the mouth of the son of
prAdEsasit, vAlmeeki maharishi] ?madhimandAra mAvidya
yEnAsou sruthi sAgarAt jagat hithAya janithO mahAbhAratha
chandramA? [While the great veda
vyasa churned the ocean of Vedas with his intellect as the stirrer, for the
benefit of the whole world emerged the moon,
mahAbhArata] What does mahabharata
convey? PL answers,
?mahAbhArathaththAl dhoothu pOnavan ERRam
sollugiradhu? Mahabharata is considered
as the fifth veda [bhAratham panchamO veda:] Here instead of saying that this
great epic elaborates the greatness of sarvEsvaran, the supreme almighty Sri PL
says that it elaborates the greatness of a divine messenger. Why? This is to show the
bhakthavAtsalyam of emperuman (he does anything for the sake of his bhakthas)
Krishna is dwarkAdeesan, king of kings with all valour but still he walked as
pandava dhoothan to the court of the gauravas. In those days, writing letters and
sending it through birds that fly from one place to other did
communication. The sender used to
tie the letter to the birds neck.
The same menial job was done by the divine lord Sri Krishna for the sake
of his close bhakthas (mama prAnAhi pAndava: ) ?ennAr dhoothan ena
nindrAn? [periya thirumozhi 2:2:3] ?kudai mannaridai
nadandha dhoothA? [Periya thirumozhi 6:2:9] Admires thirumangai
mannan, the divine act of the lord. The great tamil work,
silappadhikaram (Aychiyar kuravai) also talks the greatness of this divine
messenger; ?madanthAzhum nanjaththu
kanjanAr vanjam kadandhAnai nooRRavarpAl nARRisaiyum
pORRa padarindhu AraNamuzhanga panjavarkku
dhoothu nadandhAnai EththAdha nAvenna
nAvE! NArAyanA vennA nAvenna nAvE!
[The lord who overcame
the hatred in the heart of kamsa, the lord who amidst the praise of one and all
in all directions walked as the messenger for the sake of the five pandavas;
What is the purpose of the tongue that doesn?t talk his praise! What is the
purpose of the tongue that doesn?t say
?nArAyanA?!] Reading all these it is
quiet natural for all of us to aspire to have the darshan of that divine
messenger. How to do it now? Our
lord who is ever filled with mercy never leaves the wishes of his bhakhas
unfulfilled. So even today he gives
darshan as pandava dhoothan in the divine divya desa at kanchipuram celebrated
as ?ThiruppAdagam? by our azhvars.
BhoodatAzhvar, pEyAzhvar, thirumazhisai piran and thirumangai azhvar have
done mangalasasanams to this divya desam.
The emperuman (moolavar) is so huge that it is absolutely very rare to
see such a huge thirumeni in sitting posture in any other divya desam. The vastrams (clothes) and thiruabharanam
(jewels) along with thirumArpu lakshmi (piratti in the chest of the lord) all
form part of the thirumeni (divine body) itself. One archaka in that temple says that
about 16 (10x6) dhotis joined together are required for this perumal. The utsava
moorthi is so charming and ever ready to talk in favour of his bhakthas. While Krishna walked as
pandava dhoothan to the court of the gauravas, duriyOdhana made a tricky plan to
arrest Krishna with the help of about 100 soldiers and put him in jail till the
end of the bhArata yuddha. But
Krishna being sarvagnan (one who knows everything) suddenly took vishvaroopa
that was visible even to the blind DridharAsta. But unfortunately this vishvaroopa
darisanam did not create bhakthi or fear in the mind of duriyodhana instead he
claimed this act of Krishna to be magic.
Emperuman still gives the same visvaroopa darshan to all of us in this
divya desam. It is left to the
individuals to view like duriyodhana or like the saptharishis and mahans who
viewed the divine sight with atmost bhakthi and enjoyed the divine
experience.
More interestingly this
divya desam is the avatara stalam of ArulAlaperumal emperumAnAr, the great
scholar (yagya moorthi) with whom swamy Ramanujar argued for about 18 days and a
great acharya who later even sacrificed his mutt for the sake of establishing
the greatness and uniqueness of the jagadacharya swamy
ramanujar. Today
is the avatara thirunakshatram of arulAlaperumal emperumAnAr ?kArthigaiyil
bharani On this auspicious day the acharya receives honours from two divya stalams 1)
His acharya ? Swamy emperumanar in
Sriperumbudur 2)
Sri Parthasarathi emperuman, Thiruvallikeni ? who incarnated as Swamy
emperumanar. The dwajastambha
samprOkshana (jeernOdhArana mahotsavam) in this divine place occurred on
11th Dec.2005 as per panchararta agama. Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer
thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen ramanuja
dAsee Sumithra
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