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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

Sri Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

It is a usual procedure to start chanting the Vedas with ?Hari: OM? andending 
with the same. This is done because the pranavam is considered to be the 
essence of all the vedas. Swamy pillai ulagariyan in his mumukshupadi says, 
?moondru thAzhiyilE thayirai niraiththu kadaindhu vennai thirattinArpOlE 
moondru vEdaththilum moondru aksharaththai eduththadhu? that is the three 
aksharas in the pranavam ?a? ?vu? ?ma? was taken by churning the three Vedas 
like churning butter from the curd in three different vessels (the Vedas). 
Further, he says that ?enimEl pranavaththai vivarikkiradhu? indicating that the 
narayana padham and nama: padham in the thirumanthram is only a explanation to 
the first word, the pranavam. Similarly, periazhvar?s thirupallandu is 
considered as the essence of the wholedivya prabhandam that is shown in his 
upadesa ratina malai by swamy Manavala mAmunikal as, ?kOdhilamA Azhvargal 
koorukalaikkellAm Adhi thiruppallAndAnadhuvum vedaththukku OM ennumadhupOl
vulladhukkellAm surukkAi thAn mangalamAdhalAl?.  

 

Swamy nammazhvar started his thiruvaimozhi with ?vularvaru vuyarnallam 
vudayavan? paasuram. This paasuram is considered as the crux of all the 1000 
paasurams of thiruvaimozhi. The first ten-paasuram brief the meaning given by 
the first paasuram and then the rest of the prabhandam detail the meaning 
conveyed by the first ten. While nammazhvar (vedam tamizh seidha mAran) has set 
his prabhandam in this manner following the mode followed by the vedas will not 
thirumangai azhvar who took avataram to give the Arangam, ?mAran paniththa 
thamizh maraikku Arangam koora avadhariththa? follow the same? That is why his 
first paasuram in his thirunedunthAndakam gives the essence of what he further 
conveys in his prabhandam. The first paasuram itself gives all the 
VishistAdvaitic principles in a very clear manner. This very paasuram gives the 
meanings conveyed by the 18 chapters of the geethA sastram. What to say about 
the mastery of our dear kaliyan? But at this point adiyen wonders if
there is any point in adiyen (personification of agnAyam-ignorance) divinginto 
this ocean of knowledge. While starting from our poorvAcharyas till the present 
day scholars all have dived into this ocean and are still are unable to find 
the shore in the divine anubhavam of thirumangai mannan?s this divine sAstram, 
what is adiyen going to do? 

 

Sri Periyavachchan pillai in his vyakhyanam to ?tivalum venmadhi pOl? Periya 
thirumozhi paasuram on thiruvedavendhai divya desam says, ?tannil alavudaiyAr 
AzhangAl padakkandAl karaiyilE nindrArkku thappavirE aduppadhu? We are standing 
on the shore. One person who is taller than us went into the water and he 
drowned, then will a person who is shorter than him do the mistake of jumping 
inside? Here achchan pillai talks about nammazhvar and thirumangai azhvar. 
Nammazhvar is the taller person who first dived into the ocean of bhagavat 
gunAnubhavam and has not yet reached the shore then will the person thirumangai 
azhvar shorter than him do the same mistake? But then thirumangai azhvar 
without any second thought does the same due to his deep thirst for bhagavat 
anubhavam.

 

Our acharyas are capable to enjoy their struggle in this ocean since they have 
atleast the capacity to swim overcoming the strong waves that are coming one 
after the other without any halt, but adiyen doesn?t even know swimming surely 
adiyen will drown deep inside as soon as adiyen jumps inside but still drowning 
in that ocean is better than living without knowing the greatness of this 
prabhandam. The vittil poochi very well knows that it will die due to the heat 
of the lamp, but still it happily goes near the light(Are we cheaper than that 
small insect?). We all prefer to drown in the ocean of samsAram (ocean of 
ultimate sorrow) but fear to go near the ocean of ultimate joy (the bhagavat 
anubhavam). Adiyen is going to take that risk. Due to this adiyen may land in 
committing a whole lot of mistakes but adiyen proceeds with the following 
paasuram of thiruvarangaththamudhanAr in mind- ?vaippAya vAnporulendru 
nallanbar manaththagaththE eppOdhum vaikkum erAmAnusanai erunilaththil
oppArilAdha vuruvinaiyEn vanja nenjil vaiththu eppOdhum vAzhththuvan ennAmadhu 
avan moi pugazhkkE? (All the great mahans always preserve swamy eramanusar as a 
great precious ornament in their hearts. But adiyen who is themost unfit 
personality in this whole world now dares to place swamy in adiyen?s mind and 
is singing his praise but in what way is it going to affect the greatness of 
swamy?)

 

Though adiyen is not fit for the job but with the deep confidence in the 
Nirheduka krupai of emperuman who has blessed adiyen with a divine acharya and 
the blessings of the acharya himself adiyen proceeds with this task. First of 
all adiyen falls to the feet of our dear swamy ethirajar to take adiyen in the 
right path ?ennudaiya pizhai porukka yAvarukku mudiyum? EthirAsA! Vunakkandri 
yAnoruvarkkum AgEn? (Oh ethiraja! Who else can forgive allmy mistakes? Adiyen 
is always your property so show me the right path)

 

This long introduction has been given by adiyen in order to make you all aware 
of the fact that the postings that are going to follow are not the writings of 
any one who is authoritative in the subject but ?elaya pun kavidhai? of a 
beginner. So adiyen requests all of you to keep your eyes and mind wide open 
and analyse whatever is written. If any of you find any mistakes please be free 
to correct it at that point so that all of us can learnthe right meanings as 
given by our poorvacharyas. ?munnor mozhindha murai thappAmal kEttu pinnOrindhu 
thAm adhanai pEsAdhE thannenjil thORRinadhE solli edhu sutta upadesa vara vARRa 
thenbhAr moorkarAvAr?. So please help adiyen from getting into the category of 
?moorkar? from the divine mouth of our swamy Manavala mAmunikal.

 

Azhvar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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