Sri Mudaliandan
Sarrumurai purappadu # Thiruvallikkeni 2018
Sure
you have travelled many a times on this road by-passing the town of
Poonamallee, situated at a distance of 23 kilometres from Fort St George and 17
kilometres from Sriperumbudur on the Chennai-Bangalore highway. The name
"Poonamallee" is derived from "Poovirundavalli", meaning
"the place where flowers are cultivated". Had posted about the
avathara sthalam of Thirukachi Nambigal here…
nearer is another place of significance to us, which is not known to
many. This place many may know as Pettai [there are some references as
Nazarathpettai – changed for obvious reasons now !]
In our Srivaishanava
Sampradayam, Pontiffs carry tridandam signifying our philosophy - chit, achit and easwara. Today (22nd Apr 2018) Chithirayil
Punarpusam ~ a day of significance associated with Aandan considered as
Trithandam of Swami Ramanujar.
padhuke yathi rajasya
kathayanthi yadhakh yaya |
thasya daasarathe: paadav
Sirasa dhaarayaam yaham ||
Meaning: Yathiraja paduka
(Swami Ramanujar's Lotus feet) is what he is known as. Hence we pay our respect
to Daasarathi's (Mudaliandan) Lotus feet.
Yesterday was the grand
celebration of ~ ‘Swami Ramanujar
Sahasrabdi poorthi – 1001 years of the
birth of the greatest Acharyar’. On His
Millennium year, there was the spectacle at Thiruvallikkeni divyadesam – grand
purappadu of Sri Parthasarathi Emperuman, Emperumanaar and Mudaliandan – yes,
because Chithirayil Thiruvadhirai and Punarpusam fell on the same day. So
there was purappadu of Acharyar, his foremost disciple and Sri Parthasarathi
Perumal.
Chithirai Month (mesha
month), day of Punarpusam – a day after the Great Chithirayil Seyya
Thiruvathirai of Swami Ramanujar comes the avathara celebrations of Mudali
andan, Lord Rama's amsam also known as Yathiraja's paduka is our guru
Daasarathi (Mudaliandan). Pettai is the avathara sthalam of Acharyar Mudali
Andan, who was so close to Swami Udayavar.
“Sree Ramanujo Vijayathe–Yathiraja Rajaha”( ஸ்ரீராமானுஜோ
விஜயதே யதிராஜ ராஜ:) – the concluding lines of ‘Thadi (dhaTee) Panchakam’ – rendered
by Swami Mudaliandan, which speaks of the victory of Swami Ramanuja over
other philosophies and his establishing the Visishtadvaita philosophy
that was built by Azhwars and Purvacharyas. In those golden days when
Swami Emperumanar walked on the streets of Thiruvarangam and other Divyadesams
– tens of thousands of his disciples and hundreds of Jeeyars followed him
hailing “Ramanujo Vijayathe – Yathiraja Rajaha:”
Of those who remained
closest to Sri Ramanuja – Sri Mudaliandan, Sri Koorathazhwan, Sri
Embar, Sri Ananthazhwan, Arulalaperumal Emperumanar, Kidambi Achaan,
Thirukurugai Piraan Pillan, Thiruvarangathu Amuthanar and more. Sri
Mudaliandan Swami is reverred as Trithandam and Sri Koorathazhwan as
Thiruppavithram for Swami Ramanujar. Our Acaryar Swami
Mudaliandan was born in Prabhava year 1027 in Chithirai punarpoosam. [so we have another 9 long years to celebrate his
sahasrabdi !] at Pachai
Varana puram near Poonamallee (now Pettai) – on birth was named as Dasarathi –
and he came to be known as Yathiraja
paduka, Nam Vadhoola Desikan (given by Sri Ranganthar), Vaishnav Siro Bushaa,
Aandan (given by Swami Ramanujar), Tridandam (given by Swami Ramanujar), Sri
Vaishnava dasar (given by Sishya's)
Understand that at
Sriperumpudur, there is no vigraha for Mudaliandan as he stands in the
Trithandam and Thiruvadi of Acharyar. Daasarathi (Mudaliandan)
[முதலியாண்டான்] is
Avathara of the Lord Himself. Lord Rama was so pleased with Adiseshan's
service to him as Lakshmana that he wanted to serve him in future Avatharas. As
a result, he bestowed the Avathara of Balarama to Adiseshan and himself as Sri
Krishna. Still unable to fulfill his desire, Lord Rama took the avatar of
Mudaliandan in order to pay his reverence to Swami Ramanuja. When
Thirukoshtiyur Nambi asked Swami Ramanuja to come to him to learn the
"Rahasya Granthas" with his Pavithram (flag which is tied up on the
top of Tridandam) and Tridandam (triple staff) he took with him Koorathazhwaan
and Mudaliandan saying that they were his Pavithram and Tridandam.
Mudaliandan's impeccable service to his mentor secured for him the status of
being Ramanuja's Paduka (lotus feet), Tridandam & also the administrator of
the Srirangam Temple.
Here are some photos of his sarrumurai at Thiruvallikkeni today.
adiyen Srinivasadhasan.
22nd Apr 2018.
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