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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"



Continuing with the divine anubhavam of swamy Nammazhvar, azhvar adds more 
adjectives to "paththudai adiyavarkku eliyavan" as "malarmagal virumbhum nam 
arumperaladigal" Who is that? Peyazhvar answers this question,

"endhai oruvalli thAmaraiyAl ondriya seer mArban thiruvallikeni yAn sendru" 



In both the paasurams 'malarmagal' and 'thAmaraiyAl' refer to Sridevi. 
Emperuman is sriyapathi. Sridevi nAchiyar with great love towards the lord 
(virumbhum) seated herself on the lord's divine chest (ondriya). So it is been 
clearly proved that the bhakthavatsalan talked about by nammazhvar is none 
other than our dear parthasarathi with the mark of udharabhandayam on the hip 
and Sridevi nAchiyar on his chest.



Nammazhvar has requested and cried for the divine darshan of lord Krishna as 
the geethacharyan, Parthasarathi in many places. Let us see one such example 
now.



"teerpAraiyAm eni enganum nAdudum! Annaimeer!

OrpAl evvaNNudal uttra nal nOyidhu tErinOm

PorpAguthAn seidhu andraivarai vel viththa * mAyatErp

PAganArkku eval sindhai tuzhAi disaikkindradE"



The above paasuram clearly shows that parankusa nAyaki (swamy nammazhvar) has 
lost his heart to that divine charioteer who did all amazing things and made 
the pancha pAndavas victorious in the bharatha war. Is there necessity for any 
other proof to substantiate the love and devotion azhvar had towards our dear 
Parthasarathi? But in the vyakhyanam to the above paasuram it has been stated 
that azhvar here refers to the vibhavAvathAra Krishnan. First of all, emperuman 
took archavatArams only for those who have missed the opportunity to have 
darshan during the vibhavAvatArams. So there is no difference between the 
vibhava lord and the lord in archai. Secondly, if we think a little deeper then 
we will actually feel sorry for nammazhvar who was unfortunate. Why because he 
took avatara just after the krishnAvatAram and hence missed the darshan and 
after crying to have the darshan of the lord he ascended to the divine abode 
even before parthasarathi came down to thiruvallikeni from thirumalai. So 
azhvar missed both the darshans being born in the intermediate period and hence 
was unable to enjoy the divya leelas of kannan both in vibhavam and in archai. 
In Periya thiruvandhAdhi, azhvar challenged emperuman stating "yAn periyan nee 
periyai enbhadhanai yAr arivAr". Since azhvar had got emperuman into his heart 
he considered himself great but actual 'periyan' is we all who are blessed to 
have the divine darshan of Parthasarathi and his leelas today. Aren't we 
blessed to have the divine darshan of MA indicating to his heart where we find 
nammazhvar who had placed our dear Parthasarathi inside and the very same 
Parthasarathi in archai doing all sorts of leelas in front of us 
simultaneously? What a wonderful darshani he gives us all in various 
thirukOlams 'DinE DinE navam navam' 'nam kannai vittru agandridAdu kaliyan Anai 
AnaiyE"



MA started his prabhandam undoubtedly with the mangalAsAsanams to our dear 
Parthasarathi being close to his acharyan Nammazhvar's heart but that was not 
his motto. MA considered only his acharya as his god and hence surely he wanted 
to show that his acharya had a stand higher than even parthasarathi. That is 
due to his acharya nishtai that is celebrated by all Srivaishnavas (emperuman 
himself) even today as 'Madurakavi bhAvam'. In the 8th paasuram MA says,



"arul kondAdum adiyavar enbura

arulinAn avvarumaraiyin porul

arulkondu Ayiram enthamizh pAdinAn

arulkandeer evvulaginil mikkadE"



Here MA once again talks about our dear Geethacharyan. Emperuman Sri 
Parthasarathi due to his bhakthavatsalyam for the joy of all his devotees gave 
the essence of all the Vedas in a single bhagavat geetha with 700 slokas. 
Though it is a concise one it is in Sanskrit and not that easy for all to 
understand and practice. So azhvar due to his ultimate grace on one and all 
sang the 1000 sweet and lucid tamil paasurams so that everyone can understand, 
cherish and get benefited. What a divine grace!



A comparison arises only when two people are related in some manner. Here MA 
compares the grace of Nammazhvar to that of our dear Parthasarathi to show that 
the grace of his acharya is even greater than the lord who his acharya 
considers to be full of grace. That is acharya nishtai. There is a legend in 
our sampradayam where erumbiappa, one of the ashtadiggajas of Swamy manavala 
mAmunikal once carried mAmunikal's thiruvArAdhana perumal in one hand and swamy 
mAmunikal's divine padhuka in the other. Swamy mAmunikal on seeing this 
criticized the act to be insulting emperuman. But at that time erumbiappa 
replied, "My perumal (acharya pAdhukai) is never lesser in greatness to your 
perumal (emperuman)" Such was the acharya bhakthi of our poorvacharyas. Such 
high devotion towards the acharya was initiated by MA but it is not that he 
didn't realize the greatness of emperuman close to his acharya's heart that is 
why though we say his prabhandam is fully about Swamy Nammazhvar we are able to 
spot two instances where MA has sung about our dear Parthasarathi who was 
surely inside MA's heart though indirectly (MA's heart-Nammazhvar; Nammazhvar's 
heart-Parthasarathi emperuman so Parthasarathi also stays inside MA's heart) So 
from the above it is very clear why MA gives special darshan in thiruvallikeni 
alone indicating to his heart. It is just to make us all amazed by seeing the 
very same emperuman once visualized by nammazhvar in his heart straight in 
front of us in archa roopam.



Next posting will be the concluding posting.



Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan













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