sri: Accept adiyen humble pranam Sri T. Parthasarathy has written this so beautifully, >SRIMATHE RAMANUJAYA NAMAHA >APPAN THIRUVADIGALE SARANAM > >You pretty well know there are 3 basic ?thathvas? in >our philosophy. One Easwara thathva and only one can >be considered as Easwara. No doubt it is Emperuman >only. Second ?Achethana vargam? or matter which cannot >express itself. Definetely ?Thayar? will not fit in >this catogery. Next is ?Chethana vargam? or jeevas. >The problem is how ?Thayar? can be included in >this category? Is it not below her dignity? Is it >not injustice? > >Is she inseparable like ?Siamese twins?? > >There is a sutra im ?Mumukshuppadi? >Sutra:41 athra bagavathSEnApathimisrar vAkyam: "avan >mArbai vittup piriyal ivvaksharam vittup pirivathu". > >Piratti has been accomadated in Emperuman?s chest >This should be taken to mean that Piratti is dear to >Emperuman and she always resides in his thoughts. >Otherwise how the following facts can be justified? >In Ramavathar she was separated by Ravana and was in >Lanka for ten months. > >Again she was sent to forest by Rama himself. On the >third occasion, when Rama asked her to prove her >?Ananyarhathvam? she departed from him once for all. >In archavatharam, there is a pasuram?Akalakillen >Iraiyum enru Alarmel mangai urai marba'. . This is >with reference to Lord Sreenivasa of Tirumalai >hills. In fact the lord is in Thirumalai and Thayar >is in Thiruchanoor far away from the hills.. >There are separate sannadhis for Thayar in many >temples. > >So, the point of ?inseparability? should be taken to >mean their thoughts are identical and one cannot >think in variance with the other. This stand can be >proved very easily. > >Rama was always thinking of Sita only. His anguish >is well exhibited in Ramayana that he did not take >food properly and did not have sleep properly while >Piratti was away in Lanka. Similarly Sita Piratti has >also exhibited her feelings that she will not live >long if Rama did not recue her quickly. >You may refer to Sutra 112 of Sreevachanabhooshanam >?Anasooyaikku Piratti arulicheyth vaarthayai >smarippathu? > >Here Piratti informs that her love towards Rama is a >natural one. It is not on account of his character >etc., as believed by ordinary people. >So, their love towards each other was so intimate >and mutual that it can be termed, as they are >inseparable wherever they are. > >Now the objection remains that it is not befitting >to Piraatti in Jeevas category. >Let us examine this position also. >>>From the angle of ?Thatva? out of 3 options, two are >ruled out. >The one remaining is this only. Jeeva category. Will >it be wrong to include Piratti in this category? >Who are Jivas? >1. Nithya soori who have no birth atall. >2. Mumukshus who were jeevathams from some time and >later got released from samsara. >3. Other jeevathmas who toil in samsara forever. >Piratti will not fit in the cases 2and 3. >She is above Nithyasooris and has a unique place. >She is Acharya for all jeeva vargam and her Acharyan >is Emperuman only. > >Let us consider Stotra 38 &39 of stotra ratna by >Alavandhar wherin the description of Piratti is >given. > >Pirati and Perumal are made for each other and she >is being entertained by strange wonderful pleasant >leelas. She is seated in Seshaasanam with Emperuman. > >Again let us consider ?Chatus sloki? by Alavandar, >entire 4 slokas dedicated to Piratti only. She is >worshipped by all devathas and their wives are her >attendants. Even Emperuman may not know her >greatness. The world would not have born with out >her consent of merciful glance of her eyes. >Emperuman does everything as per her wishes, which >he understands automatically and so on. >In fact Piratti is ?swroopa nirupaka bhoothai ?of >Emperuman. > >When we say? Jasmine flower?, it means white flower >with inseparable pleasant aroma which cannot be >seperated from the flower. >Again, when say a lighted lamp, the rays coming out >of the lamp and the other components of lamp are >inseparable. > >So, Piratti though, physically separate from >Emperuman, she is part and parcel of his very >existence and holds an exalted position which no >body has. In noway, she need be confused with >ordinary jeevas toiling in samsara. > >Adiyen Ramanuja dasan, T.Parthasarathy.
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