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Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe Ramanujaya namaha
Sri Vara Vara munaye Namaha

Sri ILaiyAzhwAr Vaibhavam-1 

Periya thirumalai Nambi, one of the prime sishyas of Aalvandar, was cherishing 
his kainkaryams (services) under the divine lotus feet of ThiruvengatamudaiyAn 
as per the words of Alwar ?Venkataththai padhiyAga vAzhvErgAl?.He had two 
sisters, namely Sri Bhoomi Piratti and Sri Periya Piratti. Among them the elder 
sister, Sri Bhoomi pirAttiayAr was wedded to one Sri Asoori Kesava perumal, a 
sarva kradhu dheekshidhar, in Sriperumbudur. The younger sister, Sri Periya 
pirAttaiAr was wedded to kamalanayana bhattar, of Mazhalaimangalam belonging to 
vattamani kulam. As per the verse, ?Ananda: prathamam roopam, lakshmanascha 
thatha: Paraha ? Balabadhras tridheeyas kalow kaschit Bhavishyathi.? 
ThiruvanandhAzhwan who took birth as Ananda,Lakshamana and Balaraman in the 
previous yugas decided to take birth in kali yuga, to uplift all the 
jeevathmas. Like Ramadivakarar (Rama) and Achyuta Bhanu (Krishna) who chose 
Kausalya mother?s and Devaki matha?s wombsrespectively to take birth (avatar), 
Adishesha chose the womb of Sri Bhooma pirAtti of Sriperumbudur to be born as 
Ramanuja divAkarar.

?sruthir nasthA smrithir lupthA prAyEna pathi thathvijA:-
AngAnicha ViseernAni hAvriththO VarththathE kali:?

As said in the above verse, kali was ruling the world (Erul tharum nyAlam) when 
Sri Ramanuja, to fight the kali, (?kaliyum kedum kandu konmin; kalierul neengi 
periya kidayugam pattri pErinbhavellam perugumpadi?) took birth in accordance 
to a date called ?Theerlaptha? in the year 939, pingalasamvatsara, chitra 
maasam(month), sukla paksham, panchami thithi, in the star of guru, 
ThiruvAdhirai subhamugurtham.

Sri Asoori Kesava Perumal did Jatakarmam on the occasion of the birth of his 
divine son who has taken birth to uplift the masses. Coming to know about this, 
Periya Thirumalai Nambi went to Sriperumbudur and conveyed his hearty wishes to 
the newborn and his parents. He also revealed, ?as this child is filled with 
all lakshanas, he will learn and become well versed in all the sastras. Hence 
he is eligible to be named after Elaya Perumal, famously known as LakshmanO 
lakshmi sampanna:? Then on the twelfth day, he performed the thiruvilachinai 
(symbol marking) ceremony first and then did the namakaranam. He named the 
child as ?Elaiyazhvar? according to the verse, ?Dakshinanthu bhujam poorvam 
chakrEna pradhapEchisO: - VamAm sampradha bheth paschAth sankE naiva 
dvijOthamaha:? After this, Annaprashnam, sowlopanam etc were also done in the 
respective time periods as per the shastras.

ElaiAzhwar then learnt the sastras along with angAs and upa-angAs and became a 
chaturdasa vidhyApArangan and shodasa kalApoornan and then he accepted the 
gruhatAshramam (he got married).

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

 


 



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