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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"



In the previous posting we saw that in thiruvallikeni, the divine abode of 
parthasarathi emperuman, Sri Madurakavi Azhvar (MA) is found in a special 
posture with his right hand indicating to his heart. Let us now try to analyze 
a little bit and try to find the probable reasons for this divine happening.



We all know that MA is the only azhvar who didn't sing about any divya desa 
emperuman but instead choose to sing only about his acharyan, Swamy Nammazhvar 
with great enthusiasm. Though his intent was to sing about his acharyan to all 
our amazement MA's "Kanninun ciruthAmbhu" starts with the following line: 
"Kanninun ciruthAmbhinAl kattunna panniya perumAyan" This is a reference to 
Krishna who did the leelai of udharabhandanam and made yesodha to tie him with 
a rope with number of knots. So confusion arises, towards whom did MA have 
actual bhakthi and about whom he wanted to sing in his prabhandam? There is no 
doubt that MA believed his acharya as god ("devu mattrariyEn") but he 
deliberately starts his prabhandam with the divine episode of Krishna leela to 
make his acharya happy. Lakshmana didn't have a special attachment towards 
bharata (he even had a lot of hard feelings for the way Seetha rama were sent 
to forest due to kaikEyi's plot considering bharata to be part of the plot) but 
still he talked about bharata while walking along with Sri Rama on the banks of 
godavari because he knew very well that Rama cherished talking about bharata 
and his greatness. Similarly here MA starts talking about Krishna and 
specifically the udharabhandana leela to make his master happy. 



Swamy Nammazhvar in his divine prabhandam "Thiruvaimozhi" started talking about 
the paratvam of emperuman. He sang the first padhigam, then he did a small 
lecture to all those around in the second padhigam. When he wanted to sing the 
third he was reminded about the sowlabhyam of emperuman so he started singing 
"paththudai adiyavarkku eliyavan." and nammazhvar totally lost himself and 
reached a divine state of comma for about six months. Then slowly azhvar 
regained his equanimity and continued to sing "paththudai adiyavarkku eliyavan 
pirargallukku ariya viththagan malarmagal virumbum nam arumperal adigal 
maththuru kadaivennai kalavinil uravidaiyAppundu eththirum! UralinOdu 
enainthirundhEngiya elivE" So the Krishna with the mark of udharabhandanam is 
very close to nammazhvar's heart and hence that Krishna fills azhvar's heart 
but MA's heart is totally filled with Azhvar. So when MA indicates to his heart 
it is like asking all of us to have the darshan of Parthasarathi inside 
nammazhvar's heart inside MA's heart. How do you say that it is only 
parthasarathi emperuman inside azhvar's heart?

Wait till the next posting to know about the same.





Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan











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