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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe rAmAnujaya Namaha

Sri vara vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

?poigaiyAr bhoodhaththAr pEyAr pugazh mazhisai

iyan arul mAran sEralarkOn-tuiyapatta

nAdhan anbartAl thooli narpAnan nankaliyan

edhivar thOtrath thadaivAm engu?

 

In the next paasuram, ?keesu keesendru? Sri Andal awakens Sri kulasekara 
azhvar. In this andal refers to kulasekara azhvar with three phrases, ?pEy 
pennE! Nayaka pen pillAi! DEsamudaiyAi!? Kulasekara Azhvar in hisperumal 
thirumozhi, ?meiyil vAzhkkaiyai? padhigam calls himself to be a pEyan. Later in 
his other padhigams, viz., ?Er malar poonguzhal, Alaineel karumbhu, mannupugazh 
kOsalaithan? this azhvar talks considering himself to be a girl. Since 
kulasekarar declares himself to be ?kollikAvalankoodalnAyakan? andal calls him 
nAyaka pen pillAi. The gem in the centerof a garland is referred to as ?nAyaka 
kal?. In the acharya guruparamparai garland EmperumAnAr is considered to be the 
nadunAyakam (one in the middle). Swamy desikan says this in his ethirAja 
sapthadhi as ?ethirAjEnanibhaththa nAyaka sri: mahathee gurupankthi hArayasti:? 
Similarly among the Azhvars kulasekarar stands in the middle. On one side of 
the garland stands the first five, viz., poigaiyAr, bhoodhathAr,
pEyAr, mazhisai pirAn and mAran and on the other side, pattanAthan, kOdhai, 
thondaradipodi, panperumal and kaliyan. Hence it is apt to call kulasekarar in 
the middle as nAyaka pen pillAi.

 

(DesamudaiyAi) In bhagavat geetha Sri Krishna says, ?sowryam thEjO thruthir 
dhAkshyam-kshAthram karma svabhAvajam? where tEjas has been told to be a 
characteristic of kshatriyas. Thereby calling kulasekara perumal as 
desamudiyai! does suit him. Further according to the acharya hrudhaya sutra, 
?dEvathvamum niththaiyAnavanukku olivarum janigal pOlE brahmajanmamum 
ezhukkenbArkku pandai nAlil piravi vunnAttudEsirE? and Periya thiruvandhAdhi 
(79) paasuram, which has been the root cause for the above sutra, ? mannAttil 
ArAgi evvizhivittrAnAlum, Azhiangai pErAyarkku AlAm pirappu-vunnAttu dEsandrE? 
tEjas actually refers to that birth which supports bhagavat seshatvam. 
Kulasekara azhvar in his ?voonEru selvaththu? padhigam clearly shows his deep 
wish to take a birth to do kainkaryam to emperuman in anyform. Hence there is 
no mistake in calling him ?dEsamudaiyAi!?

 

In this paasuram, andal uses the word ?Anai sAththan?. This is actually a word 
in malayalam which refers to a bird (Anasaththam). Since this azhvar took birth 
in kerala probably this word is used in this paasuram. ?kAsum pirappum? reminds 
the jewellery incident in the life of kulasekara azhvar. ?Arankeda parananbar 
kollAr endru avargalukkE vArankeda kudappAmbil kaiittavan? says a thaniyan on 
kulasekara azhvar. The line ?vAsanarun kuzhalAychiyar maththinAl Osai paduththa 
thayiraravam? brings to our memory the following lines in perumal thirumozhi, 
?kendai onkan madavAloruththi keezhaiyagaththu thayir kadaiyakkandu vandamar 
poonkuzhal thAzhindhulAva thaN thayir nee kadainthitta vannam?

 

(nArAyanan moorthi kesavanai pAdavum) kesavan refers to the incident in 
krishnavadharam where lord Krishna killed the asura, kEsi who came in the form 
of a horse. Kulasekara azhvar first of all talks only about this incident in 
his prabhandam as ?mAvinai vAipilandhukandha mAlai?. And azhvar completes his 
prabhandam saying, ?nalanthigazh nArananadi keezh naNNuvArE?.

 

(kEttE kidaththiyO) This azhvar has always enjoyed hearing Sri rAmAyanam from 
bhagavatas and not stopping with listening he got deeply immersed in the same 
and has even started off with his army to help rAmA fight the asuras.  

 

With the above points it is clear that in this paasuram andal awakens 
kulasekara azhvar. In the next posting we will enjoy how Sri kOdhA nAchiyar 
awakens vagulabhooshana bhAskaran, prapanajana koodasthar mAran satAkOpan Sri 
nammAzhvar.

 

Azhvar EmperumAnAr Andal Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

 

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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