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Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe Ramanujaya namaha
Sri Vara Vara munaye Namaha

Meanwhile, deivavAriAndAn?s health started deteriorating mainly due to his 
separation from his acharya, Aalavandaar. The physicians tested him and 
diagnosed that his illness is mainly due to a mental turbulence rather thana 
physical problem. The other shisyas enquired about deivavAriAndAn?s mental 
worry and came to know that it is mainly due to the separation of a shisya from 
his acharya. Thereby, by the advice of the physicians the othershisyas started 
carrying deivavAriAndan towards thiruvanandhapuram. Slowly, he started 
recovering and gained enough strength to walk.  

At the same time, Aalavandaar also started his return journey back to 
Srirangam. On the way, he met his oncoming shisyas at the banks of the river 
karaimani. On the very sight of his Acharya, DeivavAriAndan with great respect, 
fell onto his feet. Due to his illness he couldn?t even get up. Aalavandaar was 
surprised to see his shisya in this state and he remarked,

?Perumal was both a svathantran(independent entitiy) and sooran (capableperson) 
and that is why bharathAzhvAn stayed in ayodhya as per the order of perumal but 
I am neither a svathantran nor a sooran, probably that is whyyou rushed here 
against my orders!?  

This remark made deivavAriAndan further weak due to the realization of his 
mistake that he has done an act which is against his own svaroopam (nature). 
Aalavandaar further asked him, ?Are you going to stay lying down until I become 
a svathantran and sooran?? Hearing this deivavAriAndAn raisedin a great hurry 
not wanting to commit one another mistake, which will cause svaroopa hAni 
(deterioration of his nature) along with the one already committed by going 
against his acharya?s order.

The other shisyas (SreepAdhaththu mudaligal) then explained in detail the state 
to which deivavAriAndan went, equating it to the state, explained by ilaya 
perumal if he had to get separated from perumal (?jalAn matsyAn 
nivOdhrudhou:?). Alavandaar was highly pleased with the acharya bhakthi of his 
shisya and he patted him on his back and felt for the sad state of 
deivavAriAndAn. Later showing the Gopuram of thiruvananadhapuram, Alavandaar 
asked deivavAriAndan to go and visit the perumal, anantha padmanAbhan lying on 
thousand headed adisesha, and return back. But deivavAriAndAn refused saying 
that his anandhapuram is right in front of him (referring to his acharya).

Aalavandaar was amazed to see such a great shisya bhAvam and he was reminded of 
the following verses: ?yEnaivagurunAyasya nyAsa vidhyA pradheeyathE-tasya 
vaikundha dukthApthi dvArakAsarva Eva sa:? ?villAr mani kozhikkumvenkatap 
porkundra mudal sellAr pozhil soozh thiruppathigal ellam, marula mirul Oda 
maththagaththuth thandhAr arulAlE vaiththa avar? and the verse starting with 
?nindra vankeerthiyum????.vunninai malarththAl endranakkum adhu?  

Aalavandaar along with deivavAriAndAn and his other shisyas reached srirangam 
and had the darshan of periya perumal with great joy. Aalavandaar sat in the 
seat of darshana pravartakar and started spreading our sampradayam. One fine 
day, a question aroused in his mind- ?Who will follow me to be the darshana 
pravarthakar and spread this sampradayam?? Not finding a suitable person 
aalavandaar was worried when: -----------------

(To be continued as IlayAzhvAr Vaibhavam)

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam
Adiyen,
Varadarajan Ramanuja Dasan
Sumithra Ramanuja Dasyai




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