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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

SrimathE rAmAnujaya Namaha

Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

Sri VanAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

While talking about the two brothers Sri PillaiLokA ChAriar (here after will be 
referred as PL) and Azhagia Manavalap Perumal NAyanAr(here after will be 
referred as AMP) adiyen was reminded of a very pleasant legend in our guru 
parampara. The works of both the brothers are mostly in the form of aphorisms 
(sutra). ?surunga cholli viriththurappadhE (vilangavaipadhE?) sutram? that is 
in a single sentence it conveys a lot of meaning. But there is a difference 
between the works of the two brothers. Sri PL?s sutras are clear in words but 
have indepth meanings whereas in case of the sutras of Acharya hrudhayam the 
words themselves are difficult to understand. Our acharyas term this difference 
as ?drAkshA pAkam? and ?nArikEla pAkam?. We enter a grape vine and find a lot 
of grape fruits hanging. Immediately we can take and taste them but incase if 
we enter a place with number of coconut trees can we taste them immediately? 
No. We have to first climb the tree; get hold of the
coconut then remove the shell and finally we can taste the coconut water. So it 
takes so much process before we really enjoy it. Sri PL?s Sri Vachana 
bhooshanam is the draksha pAkam and Sri AMP?s Acharya hrudhayam is the nArikEla 
pAkam. Why this difference? The answer is amazing.  

 

As you all know, Sri vadakkuthiruveedhi pillai (VTP, father of the great 
brothers) was the sath sishya of Nampillai. Swamy VTP was an excellent disciple 
and very close to his acharya. But VTP showed indifference to family life. So 
one day, VTP?s mother approached nampillai and told him, ?Yourshisya performs 
his duties as a disciple well but as a husband he doesn?t care about the family 
life. It is not for a lowkika reason adiyen is talking to you now, but there 
should be a worthy successor for him, to hand over all the divine arthas that 
you have passed on to your disciple through the oran vazhi sampradayam? 
Accepting the request, nampillai showeredhis blessings on VTP because of which 
some months later, VTP couples were blessed with a child. The child who was 
born due to the anugraham of nampillai is none other than our great lOkacharya 
(Sri PL). Not being able to keep quiet, ranganAtha for his claim, inturn, 
blessed VTP with another childwho is none other than Sri
AMP. Our acharyas say, ?And that is why the works of AMP are so tough since he 
was born due to the grace of emperuman?. Emperuman has two qualities; he knows 
both nigraham and anugraham whereas our acharyas know only anugraham. If Swamy 
Manavala mAmunikal didn?t bless us with his vyakhyanams then surely none of us 
will be really able to even understand a single word in Acharya hrudhayam. So 
in our sampradayam an acharya holds a post higher than even bhagavan.

 

Azhvar says, ?neesanEn niraiondru milEn en kan pAsam vaiththa paramsudar 
jhOdhikkE?. According to adiyen the paramsudar jhOdhi is none other 
thanadiyen?s acharya, HH Sri paramahamsEdyAdi Sri Vanamamalai kaliyan ramanuja 
Jeeyer swami who has uplifted this neecha jeevatma from drowning in the samsAra 
sAgaram, by his nirheduka krupai. What else, other than acharya krupai could 
have got adiyen to the memory of Smt. Nappinai as one among the bhagavatas? 
Even the Azhvars want to put them amongst the bhagavata ghosti. Thondaradipodi 
azhvar in his Thirupalliezhuchi says, ?thondaradi podi ennum adiyanai 
aliyanendraruli vun adiyArkku AtpaduththAi? So what a greatpalasruthi it is? 
Kulasekara azhvar literally cries not knowing when he will join the bhagavata 
ghosti. But adiyen has got the same so easily. ?sanakAdhiyar pala yOgam seidhu 
sAdhiththadhai punidha mAdhE elidhil pera enna thavam seidhanai? wonders one 
kavi. But adiyen need not wonder as adiyen knows hundred percent it is only
due to the grace of our acharyan. One kavi humoursly told emperuman, ?Oh! Lord, 
you are a-nathai?. Emperuman didn?t know how to react. Yes he is sarva sakthan, 
sarva sankalpan but does he have a Nathan (Protector orMaster)? So surely he is 
anathai and that is why he wanted to atleast have a father and a mother during 
his avathara kalam. But we are all blessed with ?matha pitha uvadhayahas 
thanayA vibuthi sarvam? ?thandhai nattrAi thanayar endhanakku neeyE ethirAsa?.

 

More than the happiness adiyen received on seeing Smt.Nappinai?s mail, adiyen?s 
happiness reached its height as adiyen received this reward duringthis time. 
Our swamy?s thirunakshatram kArthigaiyil pooram is right round the corner (18th 
Nov 2003). Shouldn?t more jeevatmas like adiyen get uplifted? So let us all 
pray for the long living of swamy for many many more years. As you all know 
swamy is filled with utmost sowlabhyam. Emperuman himself gets his greatness 
not because of his parathvam but because he is filled with sowlabhyam. That 
very sowlabhyam is a characteristic guna ofall acharyas but with our swamy it 
is beyond words. That is why swamy notstopping with blessing shisyas in 
Vanamamalai, travels from one place to another frequently to bless all his 
shisyas all over India and now his voicetravels even to US through the 
telebridge to remove the agnana (ignorance)in our minds and make all of us true 
vaishnavites. Swamy emperumanar did a revolution by giving the
divine rahasya arthas to all who were interested irrespective of his acharya?s 
words to keep it as a secret. Now our swamy is following the path of 
emperumanar as shown by Swamy Manavala mAmunikal and Swamy ponnadikkAl Jeeyer 
to shower the divine arthas even without seeing the faces of the shisyas but 
with only the interest in the disciples mind as the necessary qualification.

 

So we are all very much indebted to the great acharya who is ever ready to 
clear all our (even very very silly) doubts. Swamy is filled with jnanam and 
anushtanam. He holds the torch of Srivaishnavism handed over from 
SwamymAmunikal thro Ponnadikkal swamy and 29 other jeeyers and finally passed 
on to swamy till today for the welfare of each one of us. Let us all chant the 
vazhi thirunamam of swamy on his thirunakshatram and always and pray tothe 
divine couples to bless us with such an acharya for many many more years.

 

?seer thigazhum mangai nagar sirakka vandhOn vAzhiyE  

kArthigaiyil pooraththil vudhiththa vallal vAzhiyE

pArpugazhum pAdiyaththai parindhuraippOn vAzhiyE

panmozhiyil tamizh maraiyai pagaravallOn vAzhiyE

A-rar ethirAsaradi Eththumavan vAzhiyE

eramAnusan thAlinaiyai adaiyindhuvuindhOn vAzhiyE

pArpughazhum bhattarpiran aruludaiyOn vAzhiyE

emkaliyan Enai adigal enidhoozhi vAzhiyE.

 

vAzhi kalikandri mAmunivan vankazhalgal

vAzhi varaipuyamum mukkOlum vAzhiyE

enthai bhattarpiranin pAngarulAl mAranthan

senthamizh tErindhu vuraikkum seer.?

 

On this divine occasion adiyen would like to request, all the 
Srivaishnavasgoing through this mail who are yet to get initiated 
(samAsrayanam) to do it immediately. Thirumazhisai azhvar says, ?andru nAn 
pirandhilEn pirandha pin marandhilEn? So till we get the sambhandam of an 
acharya we are equal to being not born and after that the athma gunas of our 
acharyas will fill our heart that it will never slip our memory. So my humble 
request to all of you is not to waste time or wait for it to happen. It is our 
prime duty to undergo samAsrayanam immediately at any cost. As a Srivaishnava 
weshould never enjoy anything alone ?koodiyirindhu kulirindhu?. So adiyen just 
wanted to share adiyen?s anubhavam and make all of you obtain thesame great 
reward.

 

?Acharyan thiruvadiyil thalai allAl kainkamArilEnE?

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan               

 

 

 



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