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Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

SrisailEsa dayA pAthram deebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam
Yateendra pravanam vandhE ramyajAmataram munim

Due to the divine grace of perumal and piratti we have been blessed with 
anAcharya, who has made us realize that everything in this world is temporary 
and that we are all destined to attain the divine kainkaryam of emperumanin the 
nithya vibhuti after shedding this body due to the nirheduka krupaiof emperuman 
(?vaikundam puguvadhu mannavar vidhiyE? ?maranamAnAl vaikundam kodukkum pirAn?).

But then even after this realization we have to still live in this world till 
the last day comes. What shall we do? Sri manavala mAmunigal, vishadhavAk 
sikAmani clears our doubt and says, ?THIRUVARANGAM THIRUPATHIYE ERRUPPAGA 
PETTROM?. Emperuman has blessed all of us with divya desa vAsam. Srirangam, is 
considered as the bhooloka vaikundam.

Thondaradi podi alwar says, ?pachchai mA malai pOl mEni pavala vAi 
kamalachengan achchudhA amararErE Ayartham kOzhundhE ennum echchuvai thavira 
yAnpOi endira lOkam Alum achchuvai perinum vEndEn arangamAnagarulAnE? In this 
paasuram alwar refuses even paramapadam if he could just sit in a cornerin 
Srirangam and call the divine names of emperuman. But in the very nextpaasuram 
he says, ?vedha nool pirAyam??.pini pasi moopu thunbham AdhalAl piravi vEnden 
arangamAnagarulAnE? Perumal listened to both the paasurams and got confused. He 
asked alwar, ?Oh! Alwar I possess only two vibhutis, one is the leela vibhuti 
and other the nithya vibhuti. In the first paasuram you refused coming to the 
nithya vibhuti so I thought you want to be in this leela vibhuti but now you 
are saying that you do not want to live here too then whatelse can I grant 
you?? Alwar replied, ?you are mistaken Oh! Ranganatha you have one more 
vibhuthi, the third one, Srirangam, where the miseries of this leela vibhuti 
will never enter and the joy will be more than that even experienced by the 
nithya sooris in vaikundam.

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Thus our alwars and acharyas considered Srirangam to be a third vibhuti of 
perumal different from the other two. But Srirangam is still in leela vibhuti, 
how can we say that it is different?
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Life in Srirangam (here srirangam can be considered a representative of 
alldivya desams) is totally different. People schedule themselves only 
corresponding to the schedules of Sri ranganatha. Always the temple has some 
utsavam or the other and hence people are always engaged with some kainkaryamor 
the other. Even if they don?t engage themselves physically, all minds are 
always with ranganatha and his leelas. So people never care for hunger, sleep 
or their health. Only rangan comes first the rest are taken careonly later. So 
their minds always linger around rangan. If there comes atime when they 
slightly forget him, then rangam comes in front of their houses and reminds 
them that they are living for rangan and hence should always be filled with 
only joy and the samsAric miseries should never touch them. So though Srirangam 
is part of the leela vibhuti, periya perumal is protecting it in such a way 
that the word misery can never enter it in any form.

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Ok. Then how is it different from nithya vibhuthi? 
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Anyone can go to Srirangam at any time and have darshan of periya perumal and 
namperumal if they wish to do so. But can we have the darshan of 
Srivaikundanathan in the similar manner. Namperumal is accessible even by the 
nasthikas but paramapada nAdan is not accessible so easily even to 
srivaishnavas till they shed this body here and go to paramapadam. We enjoy so 
manyutsavams in each divyadesam today but we are not aware if such utsavams 
exist in vaikundam. Sri parasara bhattar before attaining paramapadam said, ?I 
will go over there and see and if I am unable to see the same beauty of 
namperumal with kaviththa mudi, mugamum muruvalum (beautiful face with a 
pleasant smile) anjEl endra kaiyum (hands which give abhayam) AsanapadmaththilE 
azhuthina thiruvadinilaigal (the divine feet on the Asanapadmam), thenI will 
pitch a hole at one end and jump back to this world. Such was the experience of 
our acharyas. They were so involved with ranganatha that they never wanted to 
go even to Srivaikundam.

So divya desa vAsam is a blessing for all srivaishnavas. A srivaishnava wants 
to live in a divya desam not because it will fetch him something else but a 
divya desa vAsam itself is a boon, a joy for srivaishnavas. 
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But does this grant moksha? Our acharyas considered Srirangam itself has 
moksha. 
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There is one legend in guru parampari. A king, kulOthunga cholan (kirimikanda 
chola) wanted to convert on srivaishnavas to saivaits so he forced them to do 
so and give in writing that shiva was the supreme. One member in his court 
named nAloorAN told the king that his wish will be fulfilled if hemade Sri 
ramanuja, considered as a greatest acharya of srivaishnavas do the same. So the 
king ordered, to bring ramanuja to the court but before thenews could reach 
ethirajar, koorathAzhvan in the disguise of ethirarjar accompanied by periya 
nambi and his daughter Andal, visited the king and when the king asked them to 
accept the sole supremacy of shiva, koorathAzhvan replied sarcastically which 
made the king angry. So he punished both of them and both periya nambi and 
Azhvan lost their eyes. On the way, due to old age and due to the harassment of 
the king periya nambi became very weak and was in the stage of attaining 
paramapadam. At that time, Azhvan said, ?if we could hurry a little bit we can 
reach srirangam and then nambigal can breath his last in the divine land and 
attain the divine feet of emperuman.? Periya Nambi refused saying that, if we 
rush to srirangam and if Ibreathe my last there, then it will leave a wrong 
impression to the next generations that if a person dies in srirangam then he 
will attain moksha, when perumal?s nirheduka krupai alone can grant us moksha.  

So from this it has been proved that divya desa vAsam for Srivaishnavas is a 
gift only for spending a good life while in this leela vibhuti. It is byitself 
a result and will not grant any other result. Moksha can be granted ONLY BY THE 
NIRHEDUKA KRUPA OF EMPERUMAN?.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------mAmunigal
 says only thiruvarangam, then isit that the other divyadesams are not worth 
living. What about the srivaishnavas who are living in US and other places?
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Let us see in the next posting.

(To be continued)

Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai
Sumithra Varadarajan

 


 



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