Sri Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha Srimad Vara Vara MunayE namaha Sri Vanachala mahA munayE
namaha Sri Andal and her ghosti with great enthusiasm proceeded to attain the divine krishnAnubhavam. On the way they found that one of the gopi who they all liked a lot and one who is a favourite of krishna haven’t joined them yet and hence andal and a few of them went to the entrance of that gopi’s house and awaken her giving her all the proof for dawning in this eighth paasuram, “keezhvAnam vellendru” Andal says, “pOvAn
pOginrArai” Here their journey is equated to three important
journeys that should remain always in the minds of every Srivaishnava. “ArchirAdi
gadhiyAlE Srivaikundaththukku selluvArai pOlEyum, akkrooran kaNNanai parka
vandhAr pOlEyum, thiruvEnkata yAtrai seivAraipOlEyum pOvadhaiyE prayOjanamAga
kondu pOnArgal” The last journey of any Srivaishnava is to the divine
abode of emperuman through (via) the ArchirAdi gadhi. Every prapannan should always remain in
the thoughts of that very day when emperuman is going to grant us that ultimate
result in order to attain the nithya kainkaryam of emperuman along with the
nithyasooris (‘koovikkollum kAlam ennum
kurugAdhO’). Swamy
nammazhvar explained about that divine journey in his “soozhvisum pani mugil”
padhigam. But can we all really
visualize the same, placing us in the state of nammazhvar? The next journey that happened in this world is the
journey of akkrooran to gokulam as per the orders of kamsa during the
krishnAvataram. The divine state in
which akkrooran traveled thinking of what all will happen in gokulam when he met
Sri krishna as explained in bhagavatam and other puranas increase our pAruppu
(interest to attain krishnAnubhavam).
So meditating on ‘akkroora yAnum’ is very important to every
Srivaishnava. Even the journey of akkroora happened in a different
yuga, how do we put us in his state? Don’t we see the enthusiasm and interest
each one of us show when we plan to go and have the darshan of
thiruvenkatamudaiyan. There are so
many other divya desams and even it is easier to have the lord’s darshan in
those divya desams but we find all of us striving hard to have the darshan of
thiruvenkatamudaiyan in some way though both climbing the hills and reaching the
emperuman in the queue is a very difficult process. Still even if it is a matter a few
seconds we (here includes not only Srivaishnavas/prapannas but all astikas)
undergo all hardships to have the darshan of Srinivasan. Though everyone wants to have the
darshan of thiruvenkatamudaiyan there is a very great difference between the
visit of Srivaishnavas to thirumalai and others. Srivaishnavas visit thirumalai for doing
mangalasasanams to the lord and for the very purpose of enjoying the divine
darshan only (no other prarthanas) and hence this yathra is equated to the
yathra of akkroora to have darshan of krishna and the final yathra of jeevatma
to the divine abode of emperuman. In the same paasuram andal also shows that what ever
was done by Sri Krishna in his avataram was only for the sake of his devotees to
get them closer to him and give them the divine anubhavam. (To be
continued) Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE
sharaNam Adiyen ramanuja dAsee Sumithra Varadarajan azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam Yahoo! Groups Links
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