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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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