Sri
Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe
Ramanujaya Namaha
Sri
Vara Vara MunayE Namaha
Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha
SrisailEsa
dayA pAthram deebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam
Yateendra
pravanam vandhE ramyajAmataram munim
Dear
bhagavatas,
Today (Nov.8th 2002) is IYPASI
THIRUMOOLAM. This is the day our revered Periya Jeeyer, eetu
perukkar, ramyajAmAtru muni, vara vara muni, vishadhavAkshikAmani,
yatheendra pravanar Sri Manavala mAmunigal took avataram. Our elders
celebrate this day as the day in which, the adhisesha avatara Sri
ethirajar, emperumAnAr Sri rAmanujar reincarnated as Sri Manavala
mAmunigal. This day is celebrated in a very grand manner in many
divya desams. In thiruvallikeni this is a very special occasion.
Emperuman Sri Parthasarathi shows one of his excellent sevai’s on
this day, which is obtained only once a year. Let us all enjoy the
great anubhavam with our mind’s eye though the actual darshan needs
thousands of eyes (“Ayiram kan vEndumE avanai kAna”).
On
the Iypasi thirumoolam day, early in the morning everyone in
thiruvallikeni wakes up to have the divine darshan of emperuman Sri
Parthasarathi along with the revered acharya, Sri Manavala mAmunigal.
The Geethacharya undergoes suprabhadam and he himself waits to honor
the acharya with his divine sevai as a token of the service done by
this revered acharya to humanity and to the god himself by bringing
so many baddha jeevatmas to his divine feet. On top of all these the
lord recollects the days in Srirangam, when he enjoyed the divine
bhagavat vishaya kalashepam from eetu perukkar, Sri mAmunigal as
ranganatha along with his consorts and also submitted the excellent
“SrisalEsa” thaniyan/ mahAmantram to the divine feet of mAmunigal
as a sambhAvanai to his acharya after learning the divine meanings of
thiruvAimozhi from him.
Leaving
the lord in the memory of the acharya the archakas proceed to the
sannadhi of Periya Jeeyer and do divya alankaram to the acharya. The
acharya’s thirumeni is decorated with divine Abharanams and with
number of flower garlands. When the alankAram is over, the
arrangements for the purappadu are done. By this time, there is a
huge crowd waiting to fulfill their eyes eagerness to enjoy the
beauty of the revered acharya.
The
dol indicating the start of purappadu is banged and the acharya comes
out of his sannadhi. The divine instruments are played and amidst
the sound the acharya comes out of the sannadhi and stands in front
of the sannadhi of his beloved acharya, Sri Udaiyavar. Mamunigal
salutes Sri ramanujar who inturn honors him with his thirumAlai and
mudaliyAndan. Then the ghosti starts reciting starting with the
thaniyan “SrisalEsa thayApAthram” and proceeds to recite the
excellent strotra, “YathirAja vimsathi” given by mAmunigal
flooded with divine arthas as a praise to his revered acharya, Sri
EmperumAnAr.
Amidst
the ghosti’s sound reverberating in all directions, swamy mAmunigal
proceeds towards the thAyAr sannadhi. Swamy enjoys each and every
verse uttered by the ghosti and with great joy showers his divine
grace on everyone and walks with might towards the sannadhi of
Vedavalli thAyAr. Now swamy has come in front of the sannadhi and at
the same time the ghosti also complete the yethirAja vimsathi with
“vignApanam yathitha mathya…” and then the ghosti concludes
with the sloka,
“yen
moolam AsvayujamAs avathAra moolam
kAnthOpayanthru
yamina: karunaikka sindhO:l
Aseetha
sathsukanithasya mamApi satthA-
Moolam
thathEva jagathapyu dhayaika moolamll
Sri
math rangam jayathu paramam thAma thEjO nidhAnam
BhoomA
thasmin bhavathu kusalee kopi bhoomA sahAyaha:l
Divyam
thasmai dhisathu vibhavam dEsikO dEsikAnAm
KAlE
kAlE varavara muni: kalpayan mangalAni ll
(Erumbiappa’s
Uttara dinacharyA-18 & 19)
Then
the acharya does mangalasasanam to thAyar, Vedavalli, the divine
consort of ranganatha, Sri mannAtha perumal. Vedavalli thayar
showers her divine grace on the lord’s acharya and honors him with
great love. Accepting the same, amidst the sound of divine
instruments, swamy proceeds towards the sannadhi of Gajendra
varadaraja perumal. In Arthi prabhandam, swami says, “kanaga giri
mEl kariya mugil pOl vinadhai siruvan mErkondu*- thanuvidum pOdu ErAr
arangar ethirAsarkA enpAl vArA munnirpar magizhindhu” (AP-52). Now
in front of swamy stands Sri Gajendra varadan in nithya garudasevai.
Swamy deeply enjoys the divine darshan and does mangalasasanam to
varadarajan. Sri Gajendra varadan honors swamy with his garland and
Sri saTakOpan along with arulappadu (announcing the arrival of swamy done by one of the
stalatars (person from the ghosti)).
Then
swamy proceeds to do mangalasasanam to Sri bhakthisArar,
thirumazhisai Azhvar and from there to the Azhagiya singar sannadhi.
Thelliya singa perumal invites the acharya with a grand smile on his
face and honors him with pleasure. Then swamy proceeds towards the
nAchiyar (soodikkoduththa nAchiyar) sannadhi. After accepting the
blessings of nAchiyar, Sri Andal, swamy literally leaps forward,
walks with long steps since his mind has already started longing for
the divine darshan of Parthasarathi in thirukkaithalam. On the way,
swamy salutes Alavandaar, acharya of his own acharya Sri ramanujar.
Then swamy proceeds to the mandapam in front of the periya sannadhi
(sannadhi of rukmani sametha Sri Venkata Krishnan).
Now
the grand festival begins. First Sridevi nAchiyar comes out of the
sannadhi in thirukaithalam, carried in hands by 3 archakas. Sridevi
nAchiyar slowly walks showering her blessings on all the crowd of
people collected over there on one side and the alwars and acharyas
on the other (the sannadhi of alwars and acharyas is inbetween the
periya sannadhi and the mandapam). Nachiyar comes amidst the sound
of “swamini yechcharikai!….. swamini yechcharikai” and sits in
a divine Asanam in front of Periya jeeyer who is held in hands
(instead of shoulders) by the SripAda thangigal. Next the bhoomi
piratti, bhoodevi nAchiyar comes out in thirukaiththalam again amidst
the calling, “swamini yechcharikai!…. swamini yechcharikai!”
showering her divine grace filled with mercy on all and gets seated
on the other end of the Asanam.
And
now finally the hero of the day, for whose darshan Swamy mAmunigal is
eagerly waiting and all the eyes of the devotees are expecting comes
out in thirukkaithalam amidst the calling, “Swami yechcharikkai!
Swami yechcharikkai!”. The lord who has been praised as
“Virperuvizhavum kanjanum mallun vEzhamum pAganum veezha kOl kaiyil
kondu parthan than thEr mun nindrAn!” “Indiran than siruvan thEr
mun nindrAn!” “vinjai vAnavar sAranar siththar viyanthudhi seiya
pennuruvAgi anjuvai amudham andru aliththAn!” “enthai oru valli
thAmaraiyAl ondriya seer mArpan thiruvallikEniyAn!” “pOrppAguthAn
seidhu andru Ivarai velvithta mAyappOr thErpAganAr!” by our revered
alwars, the geethAcharyan, Parthasarathi who rode the chariot of
arjuna and made the pandavas win the war by going to the level of
accepting all the arrows of bheeshmA on his thirumugan (divine face)
which still stands as the proof that he is bhakthavatsalan, one who
goes to any levels when it comes to save his bhakthas, Sri
Parthasarathi emperuman with the divine beauty and grace and a
svaroopam of divine knowledge who gave the geetha sastra to this
world proceeds forward and showers his blessing on one and all. Two
archakas hold him on the sides and one at his back. Suddenly Sri
Parthasarathi leans to the back making his divine feet visible to all
present there like instructing them as per his geetha verse, “sarva
darmAn parithyajja mAm Akam charanam vraja”. Sure everyone present
over there will fall to his feet without any doubt not because they
have understood his supremacy or divine indepth meaning of the
charama sloka, but due to their attraction to the divine beauty of
emperuman. The beauty which mesmerized thirumangai mannan and made
him an azhvar; the beauty which mesmerized pillai urrangAvilli dAsar
and made him a dasa of ethirajar; the beauty which mesmerized even
duriyOdhana and others in his court when Sri Krishna took the role of
pandavadhoodha; the beauty which has made even a illiterate (in
sampradaya vishayam) like adiyen write a few words in the forum of
educated scholars to share the divine anubhavam with all and ofcourse
overcome adiyen’s grief for not being able to be present to have
the darshan of adiyen’s beloved parthasarathi with the revered
acharya, Swamy manavala mamunigal.
Now
slowly Parthasarathi emperuman reaches the mandapam and seats himself
on the Asanam inbetween the nAchiyars. Sri mAmunigal and ofcourse
everyone over there come back from the transcendental state of divine
anubhavam of Sri Parthasarathi emperuman in thirukkaiththalam to this
world. It is like visiting the divine abode of emperuman,
Srivaikundam as explained by azhvar in “soozh visum panimugil”
and coming back to this world. Now Sri Periya Jeeyer salutes
parthasarathi emperuman and does mangalasasanam (periyAzhvar sang
pallandu fearing something will happen to emperuman due to the
drishti of evil eyes. We surely have to sing pallandu a many times
to parthasarathi now since his beauty today is really beyond words
and the drushti which would have fallen on him is uncountable). Then
accepting the thirumAlai and SriSaTakOpan swamy seats himself on a
seat to the right of parthasarathi emperuman right opposite to
udaiyavar sannadhi.
The
curtains role down and the divine sevai comes to an end. Sri
Parthasarathi showers this divine sevai to mAmunigal since mamunigal
has great bhakthi towards udaiyavar, who is none other than Sri
Parthasarathi himself. Only Thirukkaithala sEvai comes to an end
with this but the celebration of the holy day continues. Sri
Parthasarathi along with mAmunigal infront, comes out in veedhi
purappAdu to give darshan to all the sick, old and others who have
missed the sevai inside the temple. It is another deepavali in
thiruvallikeni. The purappAdu is started with the bursting of
crackers and number of umbrellas (12-16) to celebrate this divine day. Then after finishing the
purappAdu periya Jeeyer swamy enjoys thirumanjanam inside the temple
along with Sri Parthasarathi. In the evening, our ears attain the
actual purpose of their existence. The sound of ghosti reverberates
in all directions. We are able to see even small small kids reciting
the upadesa ratnamalai and ThiruvAimozhi nootrandhAdhi fluently with
deep involvement.
After
the ghosti, sattrumurai is done and all the honors of
thiruparivattam, thirumAlai, Sri saTakOpan along with arulappadu are
given to swamy by Sri Parthasarathi and the theertham and prasadam
are given to one and all and the grand celebration of the day come to
an end leaving everyone in awe with the divine experience of the day
but in deep sorrow as the divine occasion for the year has come to an
end.
This
is just the very poor expression of adiyen of the divine occasion.
Adiyen has just attempted to write a few words which nowhere matches
the excellent anubhavam experienced by those lucky souls in
thiruvallikeni today. Still let us all just remember the revered
acharya, Sri periya Jeeyer on this day and recite the thaniyan
submitted by the lord himself and also the vAzhi thirunAmam of this
great acharya.
“SrimathE
ramyajAmAtru munindrAya mahatmanE l
sriranga
vAsinE bhooyAth nithyasri nithya mangalam ll
Alwar
EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigale Sharanam
Jeeyer thiruvadigale sharanam
Adiyen
Ramanuja dAsee
Sumithra
Varadarajan
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