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Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha
Sri VanAchala mahA munayE Namaha

SrisailEsa dayA pAthram deebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam
Yateendra pravanam vandhE ramya jAmataram munim

RamyajAmatru yOgeendra pAdha rEkhA mayam sadhA
thathAyathatAthma sadhdhAthim rAmAnuja munim bhajE

Azhagiya varadar, a bAla brahmachAri, stayed along with his acharyan, 
considering his guru, nAyanAr to be his god (?peethaka vAdai pirAnAr pirama 
guru vAgi vandhu?, ?ThEnAr kamala thirumAmagal kozhunan thane? guruvAgi). He 
considered his acharyan, who has blessed him with all happiness and joy, to be 
everything for him and engaged himself in the kainkaryam of the acharyan as per 
the acharyan?s wish (?mAdum manaiyum kilaiyum maraimunivar thEdum vuyar veedam 
senneriyum peedudaiya ettezhuthum?thandha Acharyan. An acharya has blesses a 
shisya with cattle, house, relation and the high arthas of the veda adorned by 
the pandits and also the astAksharam, the manthra raja.) 

Very pleased with the shisyas kainkaryams, nayanAr with great interest thought 
him the sastras, viz., tarka, meemAmsa etc. Azhagiya varadar grasped all the 
lessons in the very first shot, which surprised nAyanar and also made him very 
happy. He then continued to teach him the drAvida vedam starting with 
thirupallAndu. After that nAyanar proceeded to give the shisya themost 
important lesson in our sampradAyam, the rahasyas. He first blessed azhagiya 
varadar with the rahasyam which has 8 aksharAs, 3 padhams which isbeen always 
meditated in their minds by Srivaishanavas(?nAth thazhumbhezha?) who are 
mumukshus filled with jnana, bhakthi and vairaghya, the thirumanthram, which 
bestows all good results. Nayanar thought all the inner meanings and all the 
explanations as given by the poorvAcharyas to azhagiyavaradar(?nalam tharum 
sollai nAn kandu kondEn NarayanA ennum nAmam?).

Followed by the manthra raja, nAyanar blessed azhagiya varadar with the 
detailed explanation of the meaning of the manthra ratnam, the dvayam. Next 
lesson was on the words of geethAcharyan, the charama slOkam, thereby teaching 
the shisya the essentiality to leave all other upAyas and fall into emperuman, 
Sri Parthasarathi?s feet considering him to be the siddhOpAyam. Then azhagiya 
varadar learnt all the nalAyira paasura vyakhyAnams and their corresponding 
rahasya arthas.

Azhagiya varadar, was filled with extreme joy to have obtained all the divine 
meanings from his own acharya, but he still remained without any ahankAra 
mamakArams(ego and pride), looking at anything with a balanced mind and as a 
foremost paramaikAntin, considering sheshatva(master), saranayathva(towho?s 
feet one surrenders) and prapyathva(the ultimate goal) all to be his own 
acharya. He remained in madurakavi bhAvam (?Dhevu mattruariyEn?) and with 
strong belief in the alwars words,?vun padha yugamAm yEr kondaveetai elidhinil 
Aidhuvan?. Like lakshmana (?aham sarvam karishyAmi?) azhagiya varadar was also 
always (?ozhivil kAlamellAm vudanAi manni?) involved in all types of 
kainkaryams to his acharya. When one fine day, nAyanAr who is none other than 
the reincarnation of ethirAjar himself, always in the thought of the way to 
uplift the masses, called azhagiya varadar and with a graceful look suggested 
him to go to do mangalAsAsanam to deivanAyagan if he desired. Azhagiya varadar 
was shocked to hear this, and unable to digest the thought of separation from 
his beloved acharya, started thinking why nAyanAr has suddenly ordered for 
separation?

Let us find the answer in the next posting.

(To be continued)

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai
Sumithra Varadarajan


 



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