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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

Sri Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha



It has been a usual procedure followed by almost all our acharyas to start a 
prabhandam/strotra/kavithai with the salutations to the lord/acharya. 
Nammazhvar started his thiruvaimozhi as an instruction to his own mind, 
"tuyararu sudaradi tozhutezhu en mananE". Thirumangai mannan similarly followed 
his preceptor and starts his thirunedunthAndakam with "thalirpuraiyum thiruvadi 
en thalai mElavE". The interesting fact is that both of them have used the same 
adjective for the divine feet of emperuman. Nammazhvar says 'tuyararu sudaradi' 
which has been interpreted by our poorvAcharyas as either 'tuyararukkum 
sudaradi' (the divine feet that removes all our grief) or 'tuyar arum sudaradi' 
(the divine feet that gets relieved from all grief). Now thirumangai mannan 
says, "thalir puraiyum thiruvadi en thalai mElavE" again this has two 
interpretations. It is either understood as "thalir puraiyum thiruvadi en 
thalai mElavE" (the blossoming divine feet on top of my head) or "en thalai 
mElavE thalir puraiyum thiruvadi" (the divine feet that blossoms while on top 
of my head).



It is quite natural for us to pray for the divine feet of emperuman to bless us 
but what is the necessity for that divine feet to blossom on our heads or what 
is the sorrow experienced by that sarva shaktan which is relieved on attaining 
the jeevatma? These are the questions that arise in our minds as soon as we 
read through the above passage. The answer actually lies in the last paragraph 
of our previous posting itself. Imagine a son fighting with his father and 
leaving the house. Initially the father is angry with the son. But then when he 
sees his son suffering will he feel happy? No, instead he will feel very bad 
and literally wait for the instant when the son will change his mind and come 
back to him. The father tries to get his son back in many ways and when finally 
the son realizes his mistake and returns back what will be the reaction of the 
father and the son? The son falls to the feet of the father and apologizes for 
his mistakes but the father doesn't even remember the fight or whatever mistake 
the son has done instead he is fully satisfied and happy that atleast now the 
son has come to him and that he need not suffer any more. So the happiness of 
the father is greater than that of the son. Similarly it is emperuman who 
thrives to get hold of a jeevatma suffering in this samsAram and when even a 
single jeevan comes to surrender in his feet the joy of emperuman is so much 
that the divine feet blossoms (thalir puraiyum). The sorrow experienced by 
emperuman due to the separation from his dear kid vanishes (tuyar arum).



Eating the fruits of sAmsAric pleasures a jeevatma experiences sorrow but at 
the same time not being able to realize the jeevatma from this sorrow emperuman 
feels worried. Swamy periyavAchan pillai says, "evar vishaya prAvaNyaththAl 
vAdinAr; avar evarai peRAmaiyAlE vAdinAr"



(en thalai mElavE) those divine feet that adorn the heads of the nithya sooris 
has now become a beautiful jewel on my head.



Thereby in this single paasuram thirumangai mannan lists out all the good that 
emperuman has showered.



"prakruthi prAkrudhangalin astayryaththaiprakAsippiththal" [explain the 
temporary nature of the achit and chit]

"svasvaroopaththai prakAsippiththal" [explain about the nature of Ishvaran]



The above was done by emperuman in the first shatkam [1-6 chapters] of the 
geethA sAstram. We have enjoyed the same in the words of azhvar also.



"kaivalyaththil pugAmal thaduththal" [Prevent the jeevan from reaching the 
inferior moksha, kaivalyam ]

"thannudaiya svaroopaththaiyum svaroopa prakAsaka mAna vigrahaththaiyum 
kAttitharudhal" [To show his svaroopa and his form]



Sri Geethacharyan did the above in the second shatkam (7-12) of the divine 
sAstram. Again we have explained that along with kaliyan's words in the 
previous postings.



"adarkku mElE enakku tyAjyamAna sareeraththilE pugundhu nirpadhu" [Further he 
enters and stays even in my body that is worth shedding even by me]

"adarkku mElE tannudaiya thiruvadigalai en thalai mElE porundhavaippadhu" [on 
top of that placing his divine feet on top of my head]



This is the essence of the last shatkam (13-18). In bhagavat geetha Sri Krishna 
says, "sarva dharmAN parithyajya mAm Ekam sharaNam vraja" [leave all your 
efforts and fall to my feet] here azhvar says that emperuman himself placed his 
divine feet on top of his head. Is there a difference? We will see in the next 
posting.



(To be continued)



Azhvar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam



Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan











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