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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

Paasuram-26

 

"maRRu thozhuvAr oruvaraiyum yAninmai

 kaRRai sadaiyAn karikaNdAi-eRRaikkum

 kaNdukol kaNdAi kadalvaNNA yAnunnai

 kaNdukolkirku mAru"

 

Though knowing well the mental stability of azhvar, emperuman asked, "We see 
that even the other devatas do jobs for the welfare of the devotees.  So can 
they also be worshipped"?  "I will not worship any other deity and moreover it 
is a well known fact that no one other than you (Sriman Narayanan) is capable 
of granting moksha.  The best witness for the above statement is rudra," 
declares azhvar.

 

(maRRu thozhuvAr oruvaraiyum yAninmai kaRRai sadaiyAn karikaNdAi) Sivan is the 
witness for my ekabhakthi (not falling to any other feet)

(kaRRai sadaiyAn) The very sight of rudra's hair makes intelligent people 
realize that he is not the paramatma.  Oh! Lord there is nothing that you don't 
know but still if you want some witness then ask your grandson rudra.

 

At this point azhvar probably was reminded of an incident in his lifetime.  
Once while azhvar was in yoga meditating on the supreme lord, rudra and parvati 
on top of a bull passed the area in the sky.  Parvati was pleased with the 
tapas of azhvar and thereby enquired about him to shiva.  Shiva replied that he 
was a great devotee of Narayanan.  Parvati said, "Let us also give him darshan 
and grant some boons".  Accepting parvati's request shiva along with parvati 
landed in front of thirumazhisai azhvar who ignored them and was busy with 
stitching a torn cloth.  Shiva enquired to azhvar, " we have come to bless you 
but you are ignoring us is it right?" Azhvar replied," I don't need anything 
from you that is why I ignored you" But shiva insisted," I do not want my visit 
to be wasted hence ask something" Azhvar said," If that is the case then grant 
me moksha" Rudra replied," I am not eligible to grant moksha that can be given 
only by Sriman Narayanan so ask something else" Azhvar with a smile said," Then 
atleast grant me long life so that I do a lot of penance in order to achieve 
moksha" Shiva said, "That is decided by your karmas I cannot grant long life 
for you so ask something else" Thirumazhisai azhvar with a kidding smile said, 
"Then grant me a boon whereby this thread will come at the back of this needle" 
Shiva got very angry with azhvar's cutting words and hence rudra opened his 
third eye raged with anger in order to burn azhvar to ashes.  Not worried even 
a little bit azhvar said, "even if you show eyes throughout your body like 
Indra I will never get worried" and opened an eye in his right leg's thumb.  
The fire from that eye overcame the heat from shiva's eye and as a preventive 
measure shiva made heavy rain to pour but least bothered about that 
thirumazhisai azhvar was immersed in the bhakthi of emperuman.  Amazed by that 
act of thirumazhisai azhvar shiva gave him the name, "bhakthisArar".  

 

Probably, reminded of the above incident azhvar says, "kaRRai sadaiyAn kari 
kandAi" [kari-witness]

 

What should I do to you for all the deep bhakthi (ananya bhakthi) you have 
towards me? Wondered emperuman.  Azhvar says,

 

(eRRaikkum kaNdukol kaNdAi kadalvaNNA yAnunnai kaNdukolkirku mAru) Oh! Lord you 
are filled with divine beauty pleasant to everyone's eyes like that of the 
ocean.  May you please bless me with ananyabhakthi and your darshan always not 
only in this janma but for 'ezhezh piravi'.  Oh lord! You made adiyen your 
bhaktha only by mesmerizing with your divine beauty may you for ever keep me 
under your feet and bless adiyen with your divine darshan.

 

(To Be Continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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