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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

Sri Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri Vanachala mahA munayE Namaha

 

?Sri parasara bhattAryA: srirangEsa purOhita:

srivatsAnga sutha: srimAn srEyasE mEstu bhooyasE?  

 

Today (13th June 2003) is vaikAsi anusham, the thirunakshatram dhinam of Sri 
parasara bhattar. Yesterday we all celebrated the thirunakshatram of Swami 
nammAzhvAr. Visakam is considered as one of the ?mupuriootiya 
thirunakshatrams?. The star, which has to its credit the birth of perumal, an 
azhvar and an acharya, is considered to be a ?mupuriootiya thirunakshatram? 
e.g., thiruvonam, which is the common star for perumal, poigaiyAzhvar, the 
first among the mudal Azhvars and two great acharyas, Sri pillailokAchariar and 
Sri vedantha desikan. Similar credit goes to punarvasu and 
swathithirunakshatrams. How is visakam considered to have the same credit? 
Which perumal has visakam as the thirunakshatram? In rAmAyana, valmiki says, 
all ekshvAku kings had the common star of visAkam. Considering the same, rAmA 
pirAn born in that heritage can be considered to belong to visakam star. 
Nammazhvar was of course born in that thirunakshatram and one great acharya who 
was responsible for
reconstructing the nava thirupathis around Azhvar thirunagari (?kAdu thiruththi 
nAdAkkinAr), Sri ThiruvAimozhi pillai was also born in this very star. The 
bhakthi of thiruvaimozhi pillai towards nammazhvar and azhvar thirunagari is 
beyond words and we are all indebted to him forever. He was responsible for 
building the ramanuja chaturvedi mangalam and also initiating swami Manavala 
mAmunigal to sing the ?yethirAja vimsathi? as praise to swamy ethirAjar.

 

Coming to the star of this day, Sri parasara bhattar, he was considered to be 
the foster son of Periya pirattiyar. Swamy parasara bhattar was the sonof 
koorathAzhvan and a disciple of embar and was graced by swamy EmperumAnAr from 
his childhood. Even today, bhagavatas of parasara bhattar?s lineage continue 
their sincere kainkaryam to Periya perumal in Srirangam. Sri ParAsara bhattar 
is considered as the purohit of ranganatha. To think about the born genius on 
his thirunakshatram day is our bhakyam. He did two master pieces, one for the 
ubhaya vibhoothi nAthan, Sri ranganathan, Sri rangaraja stavam and one for the 
Sridevi nAchiyar, Periya pirattiyar who adornsthe thirumArpu of perumal always 
(?agalagillEn eraiyum endru alarmEl mangai vurai mArbhA?), Sri guna ratna 
ghOsam. Though it will be a treat to enjoy the inner meanings in these stotras 
of the great acharya on this day,it is not that easy. So just as a token to 
show his mastery in sampradayam let us see the two
thaniyans which swamy submitted to the divine work of yesterday?s star, swamy 
nammAzhvar?s thiruvAimozhi.

 

?vAn thigazhum sOlai madhilarangar vaNpugazhmEl

Andra thamizhmaraigal Ayiramum ? Endra

Mudal thAi saTakOpan moimpAl valarththa

EdhaththAi irAmAnusan.?

 

Meaning: Nammazhvar is the mother who gave birth to the divine work, the tamizh 
vedam, the 1000 paasurams in thiruvAimozhi, which is nothing but praise on the 
divine qualities of the emperuman who reclines in thiruvarangam which is a 
beautiful place surrounded by gardens touching the sky. The mother who brought 
up the child, with his charm is none other than EmperumAnAr.

 

Like devaki and yesodha to Krishna paramatma, nammazhvar and rAmAnujar where 
two mothers (one who gave birth and the other who brought it up) to the divine 
tamizh vEdam thiruvAimozhi. Without the vyakhyanams of the mahAcharyas the 
inner meanings of thiruvAimozhi will be like the sound of the wavesin the beach 
(kadalOsaipOlE) to us. ?PillAn nanjeeyer periyavAchAn pillai, thellAr 
vadakkuthiruveedhipillai, manavAla yogi thiruvAimozhiyai kAththa gunavAlar 
endru nenjE kooru? says Swamy ManavAla mAmunigal in his upadesa ratina mAlai. 
Out of the 5 great acharyas who did vyakhyanam to thiruvAimozhi, the first and 
foremost was thirukkurugai pirAn pillAn who did the 6000-padi vyakhyanam under 
the order of Swamy EmperumAnAr (thellArum jnana thirukkurugaipiran pillAn 
ETHIRASAR PERARULAL - vullArum anbudanE mAran maraipporulai andruraiththadhu 
enbhamigu ArAyiram, says mAmunigal). So swamy emperumAnar was only responsible 
for the first vyakhyanam to sprout out. InAcharya hrudhayam, Swamy
azhagiya Manavala perumal nAyanar says, ?bhashyakArar edhukondu sootra 
vAkhyangal orungaviduvar? (EmperumAnAr used to clarify his doubts while doing 
the brahma sootra bhashyam with the help of thiruvaimozhi paasurams). In this 
way Swamy ethirajar, spread the divine arthas of the thiruvAimozhi to many.

 

Though there are only 11 paasurams, ?kangulam pagalum? padhigam for lord 
ranganatha in the whole thiruvAimozhi it is a tradition of our acharyas to say 
that all the 1000 paasurams belongs only to ranganatha. The same hasbeen 
repeated by Sri parasara bhattar here. He says that the whole thiruvaimozhi was 
submitted to the divine feet of Periya perumal and then it was distributed to 
various other divya desa emperumans. (?thiruvEnkataththukku evai paththum? ?van 
thirumOgoorukku eendha paththivai? etc.,).

 

?mikkavirainilaiyum meiyAvuyirnilaiyum

thakkaneriyum thadaiyAgi- thokkiyalum

voozhvinaiyum vAizhvinaiyum vOdhum kurugayarkOn

yAzhinisai vEdaththiyal?

 

Meaning: Azhvar who is the head of people in thirunagari gave the sweet 
paasurams of thiruvAimozhi which can be equated to the sweet music from a 
divine instrument, which explains about the svaroopa of emperuman, the svaroopa 
of the permanent jeevatma, the upaya svaroopa, the virothi svaroopa 
whichprevents us from attaining the divine upEyam and also the parama 
purushArtha svaroopam.

 

Each and every mumukshu should first have the knowledge of the artha panchakam, 
which has been clearly explained in thiruvAimozhi by azhvar. Thiruvaimozhi 
holds the 3 important rahasyams inside. Artha panchakam, which each one should 
know, is nothing but the knowledge about the paramatma svaroopa,jeevatma 
svaroopam, upaya and upEya svaroopam and virOdhi svaroopam. Emperuman is the 
omnipotent, omniscient brahmam, the jeevatma is a seshan to the paramatma, 
sharanAgathi is the only way to attain emperuman, ?poinindrajnAnamum pollA 
vozhukkum azhukkudambum? these are the virodhi (hindrancewhich prevent us from 
attaining emperuman?s divine feet) and finally ?ozhivilla kAlamudanAgi manni 
vazhuvilA adimai seiya vEndum nAm? is the parama pushartham, the final goal 
which has been clearly explained in the thiruvaimozhi paasurams.

 

It is not a wonder if azhvar explains these in his 1000 paasurams but bhattar 
has put the whole essence in just a single thaniyan. What a genius he was!! 
Once bhattar went to EmperumAnAr and asked ?jeeyA! Why is dvayam regarded as 
such a great manthra. What if adiyen does another manthra conveying all the 
arthas in dvayam?? Ethirajar immediately replied, ? Oh! bhattar there is no 
doubt. You are capable of making not one but 10 manthrasconveying the same 
meaning and more. But those will not get the credit ofbeing considered as so 
dear by our poorvAcharyas. So greatness of dvayam can never be overcomed by any 
other manthra. Dvayam reserves its greatnessfor ever?. Bhattar was considered 
as a genius by even our jagadAcharaya, Sri rAmAnujar.

 

Let us do mangalAsAsanams to that great acharya today and forever.  

 

Any mistake is due to adiyen?s ignorance and hence may be please pardonedby the 
learned bhagavatas of this group.

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 



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