Sri Parthasarathi thunai SrimathE rAmAnujaya
Namaha Srimad Vara Vara munayE
Namaha Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE
Namaha ?mEshE chittA samuthbhootham pANdyadEsE
kaNamsakam I SriparAnkusa sathbhaktham madhuram
kavimAsrayE II? Deep inside the heart of MA stays that
emperuman who for the benefit of all of us today gives darshan in
thiruvallikeni, Sri Parthasarathi emperuman, giving the same darshan to one and
all as cherished by swamy Nammazhvar.
Let see some points to substantiate our
view. First point- every year on Aadi
thiruvonam, jheshtAbhishEkam is done to Sri Parthasarathi emperuman. On this divine day, Thirumanjanam
(divine bath) is done to emperuman?s svayam thirumeni (after the kavacham,
protective cover over the divine body of emperuman, is removed). After the divine bath the blessed souls
who get the bhakyam to be present in the temple on that day are allowed to have
a close darshan of the emperuman?s thirumeni. During the darshan the archakas show us
two divine happenings that speak for the sowlabhyam portrayed by the
paramatma. One the udharabhandanam,
the mark on the lord?s hip due to the rope tied by yesodha as a punishment for
the mischief (stealing of butter) done by kutti kannan in gokulam and the second
one that makes all of us who have a special concern to our dear lord cry, that
is the marks on the thirumugam and the divine thiruvadi due to the arrows of
bheeshma that the lord accepted on behalf of arjuna during the bharata
yuddham. The very same lord who did
naughty leelas in gokulam and was scolded with love by yesodha and the other
gopikas later took a strong position in front of the chariot of arjuna to
establish dharma in this world and totally remove adharma. To show the same to the world today Sri
Parthasarathi emperuman, who is the paratattvam filled with a lot of sowlabhyam
gives darshan to even ignorant souls without any differentiation. Both yesodha and arjuna had bhakthi
towards the lord and hence the lord went to any extent to overcome their
sorrow. So only the bhakthi in our
hearts matter it is not our level of education or wealth. In many divya desams jhestabhishekam is
witnessed only by the archakas but parthasarathi showers his grace equally on
one and all and makes everyone enjoy, feel and cherish divinity. Let us now come to our point. How is this related to our subject
now? So we find the marks of udharabhandanam
in the thirumeni of parthasarathi showing that he is none other than the kutti
kannan who resides in all our minds playing all astonishing leelas at
gokulam. Nammazhvar was a great
jnani. He was able to talk in
length about the paratvam of emperuman but what happened when he thought about
emperuman?s sowlabhyam- he lost himself and descended into the state of divine
coma (?paththudai adiyavarkku eliyavan?.?). The darshan adiyen has explained above
actually puts each one of us (depending on individuals anubhavam) to the same
state. The darshan of
Parthasarathi?s svayam thirumeni is special and is surprising (?AscharyamAna
sevai?) but probably it is not that sweet (?bhOkyam?) for the devotees of
parthasarathi. Why? Parthasarathi
throughout the year adorns himself with various thirukolams that makes all our
eyes blessed and always stays in our minds. But on this day it is a darshan for our
hearts and not just the eyes. The
lord who stays in the nithya mandalam always hearing the sama gAnam amidst the
caring and loving nithya sooris came down to this world as Krishna to uplift all
of us. He didn?t mind being
punished by a gopi (?edakkai valakkai teriyAdha edaichchi?) nor did he mind
being hit by bheeshma for our benefit.
But have we ever shed atleast a little tears at his feet with bhakthi for
what all he has undergone? How can we just see his wound marks and say it is a
great darshan? What amount of pain the lord has undergone for us shouldn?t we
atleast feel a little for the same?
This darshan is not just for visualizing and enjoying but also to
literally drain our hearts so that even that hard heart sheds a little
tears. Parthasarathi is an
embodiment of both beauty (who doesn?t enjoy the beauty of kannan?) and jnAnam
(he is the geethAcharyan).
JheshtAbhisheka sevai is to initiate our thought process in order to lift
us from the level of ignorant souls to souls filled with ?jnanam kanindha
bhakthi? so that we all finally land in the divine abode of emperuman and attain
the mokshAnandam. Don?t forget that
?mAm ekam sharanam vraja?.. mokshaishyAmi? is the words of this very lord. The moolavar stills gives darshan with
the divine panchajanyam in one hand and the varada mudra (showing his divine
feet) on the other. So whomever
falls to the feet of parthasarathi are surely assured to reach his divine
abode. [Sorry
Bhakthas- whenever adiyen starts talking about parthasarathi adiyen is unable to
control myself. So now let us
proceed back to the subject] Coming to the udharabhandana episode, all of you know the story of Krishna being tied by yesodha with the rope with number of knots. Each time she tried there was a shortage (two angulams, jnana and bhakthi say our acharyas). After trying for sometime yesodha got tired and retired with pain. Not being able to see the sad state of his mother kutti kannan made himself to be tied by the rope that is what MA says as ?kattunna panniya perumAyan?. So it is now clear that the ?perumAyan? told by MA is none other than ?paththudaiadiyavarkku eliyavan..? praised by Swamy Nammazhvar and he is none other than our dear Parthasarathi giving divine darshan in thiruvallikeni. While it is a painful darshan for
devotees it is a darshan that shows that emperuman is still trying his level
best to uplift souls atleast by dissolving hard hearts with his sad story. Nowadays it is a trend in politics to
win election due to sympathy votes probably that was learnt by them only from
our dear parthasarathi. But we are
all strong enough not to give up even on seeing him with full of wounds accepted
for the sake of devotees (?vudalenakku vurugumAlO!?). Should adiyen admire emperuman?s krupai
as amazing or our strength to be so hard as
amazing! We will see more in the next
posting. Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE
sharaNam Adiyen ramanuja
dAsee Sumithra
Varadarajan
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