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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

SrimathE rAmAnujaya Namaha

Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

?SrisailEsa dayApAthram dheebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam

yatheendra pravanam vandhE ramyajAmAtharam munim II?

 

2. maneendra paritha: - The ocean is otherwise called as ?ratnAkAram? due to 
the presence of number of precious gems. Both ratnam and mani are similar terms 
referring to gems. In case of mAmunikal, swamy can also be called as maneendra 
paritha:. Let?s see how. (1) While describing the beauty of thiruvanandhAzhvan 
in his stotra ratnam aalavandaar says, ?panAmanivrAdha mayooka mandala prakAsa 
mAnOdha divyadhAmani?. From Alavandaar?s words it is clear that 
thiruvanandhAzhvan has precious gems on his head. Swamy mAmunikal is none other 
than the aparAvathAra of thiruvanandhAzhvan so the same praise suits him also. 
(2) Further in Arthi prabhandham mAmunikal himself says, ?munnavarAm namkuravar 
mozhigal vullappettrOm? which shows that mAmunikal was the locker for the 
storage of all the poorvAcharya granthams. Swamy was filled with a number of 
valuable gems inside him viz., purana ratnam, stotra ratnam, manthra ratnam etc.

 

3. saththApasAnthargatha:- saththApasa:-munistrEshta: agasthiya mahA muni: The 
sea was swallowed by the great agasthiya muni as per the puranas. Swamy desikan 
in his pAdhukA sahasram says, ?vishvak AshAnthasindhO: kumbeesoonO:? So the sea 
stayed inside agasthiya muni for sometime. Now let us see how this suits 
mAmunikal. There is one discussion in thaithreeya Upanishad to find what tapas 
actually means. On one side ?sathyamidhi sathyavachArAdhidhara: tapa ethi 
thapOnithya: pourrusishti:? refuting the same the other side argued that 
(moukalya paksham) ?svAdhyAya pravachanE A-vEthi nAkOmouthkalya:? Finally the 
judge the veda purushan declared the moukalyapaksham to be the truth 
?thaththitapas thaththi tapa:? Therefore those mahans who are involved in 
svAdhyAyam (self reading) and pravachanam arecalled as saththApasargal. DEshAm 
anthargatha: or dEshu anthargatha: indicating that mAmunikal resides in the 
minds of such mahans or he is one among such mahans. Swamy himself in Arthi
prabhandam says, ?pandu palavAriyarum pArulagOr uyya parivudanE paniththarulum 
palkalaigal thammai kandathellAm ezhudhi avai kattrunarindhum pirarkku 
kAdhaludan karpiththum kAlaththai kazhiththEn? showing his involvementin 
svadhyAyam and pravachanam.

 

4. mathsyAthmAsrithavarka sEvithapatha:- mathsyAthma refers to the bhagavan who 
took mathsyAvatharam to enter into the sea. His bhakthas including the devas 
and the munis run for rescue shouting for help only to the emperuman who lies 
on bed of adhisesha in parkadal. Thereby the ocean is the starting place for 
the avatharas. The devas come and surrender to the divine feet of emperuman 
thereby forcing emperuman to take the various avatharas atthe starting point 
the sea. In the case of mAmunikal, swamy says in his upadesaratinamAlai, 
?AchAryan seidha upakAramAnavadhu tooidhAga nenju thannil thOndrumEl- 
dEsAndharaththilirukka mannamthAn porukka mAttAdhu? and further wonders, 
?AchAryanai pirindhiruppArAr?? These words indicate that swamy?s disciples, the 
great ashtadiggajas where like a fish out of water, while away from their 
acharya mAmunikal.

 

(To be continued)

 

?apagatha madhamAnai: anthimObhAyanishtai:

athikatha paramArththai arthakAmAnabhEkshai:

nikila jana suhruthbhi: nirjithakrOdha lObhai:

vara vara munibruthyai asthumE nithya yoga: II?

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 



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