Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:
After surrendering to Bhattar, Nanjeeyar who was a very wealthy person
previously, came to Srirangam and gave him his remaining wealth.
Accepting it, Bhattar said the following:
"Do not wonder how the knowledge imparted to you by one who accepted wealth
from you, is going to save you. Consider this. A person saves a dying prince
who was bit
by a snake, using mantra and medicine. The King is ready to give him his whole
kingdom in return. He is satisfied though, by accepting a simple meal. Could we
then say that he is interested only in food or that his act matched the food he
accepted? Similarly, if acharyas accept wealth of this world from their
sishyas, it will not reduce the effect of the knowledge that they impart; that
knowledge which will cut their attachment to this world and give them His
abode."
That is, even if acharyas and Srivaishnavas accept things of this world, they
should not be equated to others of this world. Samsaris are those who think of
these things
as the final thing to be attained ("kamOpabhOgaparamA: EvAvaditi nishchitA:" -
Bhagavad Gita 16-11). Acharyas and Srivaishnavas accept things of this world
due to
the ageless vAsana and not because they take them to be the final goal
("sadrusham chEshTatE svasyA: prakrutEr njAnavAnapi" Bhagavad Gita 3-33).
Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam
A Day in the Life of Our Acharyas:
http://www.acharya.org/articles/aditlooa/index.html
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