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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

Sri Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha



There are three tattvas, chit, achit and Ishvaran according to our ramanuja 
sampradayam. Achit is classified into 24 tattvas, the 25th tattvam is the 
jeevatma tattvam (chit) that is conveyed by the makAram in the Omkaram and the 
26th tattvam is the Ishvara tattvam. Both in the geethA sAstram and 
nedunthAndaka sAstram emperuman Sri Parthasarathi and thirumangai azhvar have 
tried only to make us realise the above 26 tattvas and finally reach the divine 
abode of emperuman by doing sharanAgathi unto his divine feet. Our ultimate 
goal is to realize the 26th tattva emperuman and hence this series of posting 
will also come to an end with the 26th posting that will give the crux of the 
whole geethA sAstram and nedunthAndaka sAstram. The last shatkam in 
geethAsastram is divided into two by our acharyas, poorvatrikam and the uttara 
trikam. The poorva trikam includes the 13, 14 and 15th chapters that give the 
tattvatraya jnAnam. This part is otherwise called the siddatrikam, this has 
been equated to "vuyar vara vuyar nalam" padhigam of Swamy Nammazhvar. The next 
part, the uttara trikam includes the 16th, 17th and 18th chapters otherwise 
called the sAdhyatrikam that tells us about the karma, jnana, bhakthi, 
prapaththi yoga anushtanams that has been equated to "veedu min muttravum" 
padhigam of Swamy Nammazhvar.



Sri Azhagiya manavalap perumal nAyanar in his excellent sutra prabhandam 
acharya hrudhayam says,



"rahasyaththukku Orezhuththum adhukku Oruruvum pOlE Ana vattrilE, 
emaiyOradhipathi adiyEn mananE poimayarvu pirandharulinan vinnappam 
tozhuthezendra panjagaththOdE,avidhyAdhi svaroopa svabhAva AthmEshvara bhandha 
rakshana guna vigraha vibhoothi yoga dhadheeyAbhimAna upadEsa vishaya 
anyApadEsa hEthu Adhi galum sangruheetham" (212)



In the above sutra Sri Azhagiya manavala perumal nAyanar shows how the first 
paasuram in thiruviruththam and the first paasuram in thiruvaimozhi conveys the 
essence of all the paasurams in both the prabhandams. Like the first letter 
akAram in the pranavam conveys the crux of the OmkAram the first paasuram in 
these prabhandams convey the essence of the whole prabhandam. Will not 
thirumangai azhvar who has taken avatara to provide the six angas to mAran 
kalai (mAran paniththa thamizh maraikku Arangam koora avadhariththa) follow the 
procedure showed by azhvar? Yes he does the same and thereby the first paasuram 
in his divine prabhandam thirunedunthAndakam summarizes the whole essence of 
the prabhandam. The other 29 paasurams are only a detailed explanation of what 
kaliyan has conveyed in the very first paasuram. So this series of posting 
intended to show the similarity in the words of kaliyan and geethAcharyan ends 
with this posting. The divine arthas conveyed by geethAcharyan in the 18 
chapters have been clearly conveyed by our dear kaliyan in just a single 
paasuram that has been enjoyed by us within our limited knowledge in this 
series of posting. At the very start of this series we saw about the great 
nirvAham of Swamy Parasara bhattar that categorised the meanings conveyed by 
the 3 sections of paasurams in this divine prabhandam. Adiyen leaves it to the 
readers to dive deep into this ocean of divine learning and know more about 
this prabhandam. It is for sure that even if we succeed in understanding the 
thiruvullam of the geethAcharyan it is never that easy to understand the 
thiruvullam of our azhvars. But thank god that he has blessed us with the 
acharyas who act as a guiding torch.



So let us end this posting by doing mangalAsAsanams to them with Swamy 
mAmunikal's words,



"AzhvArgal vAzhi arulicheyal vAzhi 

thAzhvAdumil kuravar thAm vAzhi-A-zhpArum

vuyya avargal vuraiththavaikal thAm vAzhi

seyya marai thannudanE sErindhu"



"adiyArgal vAzha aranganagar vAzha

satakOpan than tamizh nool vAzha

kadal soozhindha mannulagam vAzha

manavAla mAmuniyE ennum oru nootrAndirum"



"BrindAranya nivAsAya balarAmAnu jAyacha

rukmini prAnanAdhAya pArtha soodhAya mangalam"

"Sri madAli Sri nagari nAdhAya kalivairinE

chatushkavi pradhAnAya parakAlAya mangalam"



Azhvar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam



Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan















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