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SrI:
SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

Dearest all,

Sri Ramanuja was as much enamoured of Tiruppavai as he
was of the Lord, which earned him the title
"Tiruppavai Jeer". Sri RamunujachArya 
regarded the AndALâ??s Thiruppaavai the very essence
of the
four Vedas It is the seed of all Vedas. It is
"Upanishad sAram".
He himself recited it everyday of his life
("soodi-kOdutthaval tol-aruLAl vAzhginra vaLLaL
Ramanujan"), proudly declaring to the world as he went
around the streets of Srirangam during his uncha
vritthi. 

Sri Periya Vacchaan Pillai opines that AndAL is far
superior to all other AzhwArs. If we keep all
AzhwArsâ?? works as compared to PeriyAzhwArâ??s
PeriyAzhwArâ??s plate would go down [when weighed in a
scale of quality]; and as compared to PeriyAzhwArâ??s
andALâ??s works would go down due to its heavy weight.
It is to be regarded in nahi nidhA nyAyam. It only
praises ANdALâ??s work and not to belittle other
AzhwArsâ?? works. 

Let us enjoy the 16th verse on EmperumAnArâ??s
enjoyment of ANdALâ??s srI sookthi as beautifully
narrated by Amudhanaar: 

thaazvonRil laamaRai thaaznthu thalamuzu thumkaliyE
aaLkinRa naaLvanN thaLiththavan kaaNmin arangarmauli
choozkinRa maalaiyaich chootik kotuththavaL
thollaruLaal
vaazkinRa vaLLal iraamaa Nnuchanennum maamuniyE.  16
The One who had the greatness of having placed the
fragrant garland of flowers on her head and thereby
made them more fragrant and more divine for Sriman
Narayanan, was Sri AndAL. The recipient of Her natural
dayA and compassion was Sri Ramanuja, whose breath and
life was only the thoughts of Sri AndAL. And Her
grace. What this Ramanuja muni- King among Saints-did
was: He took avataara, when the blemishless,
faultless, Vedas were wrongly interpreted and
misinterpreted and were completely destroyed by
"other" religious sects and darkness engulfed the
whole world with kalipurushan reigning the whole
earth; He established the Vedic truths unambiguously
and accurately, not contradicting with any other
sruthis/ Vedic statements with his philosophy and
protected the Vedas, the world (form the darkness) and
thereby mankind. (So, you too shall take refuge at His
Lotus Feet like me; for He has saved you too from the
darkness!) 
Pepole were misled by avaika religions and baahya
kuthrushtis and were not able to comprehend or
understand that Sriman Narayanan alone is Parathvam
[as unamibiguously declared and established in Vedas]
and He possesses innumerable kalyANa guNAs with dhivya
mangaLa vigraha srI visishtan. People were getting
under the influence of Kali purushan slowly and
steadily. The Lord took pity on them and instructed
Bhumi PiraaTTi being most merciful and compassionate
on human beings and She took avathAram as Sri AndAL as
the [adopted] daughter of PeriyAzhwAr. She appeared in
his nandha vanam near thuLasi plant. Herr wonderful
works Thiruppaavai and Nacchiyaar Thirumozhi are the
essence of Vedas and are thus able to teach people
about His glories and save them from the hands of
Kalipurusha. They are so sweet to recite and enjoy.
With such simple chaste tamil, the Lord decided to
save the humanity. The entire Srivaishnava doctrine
and philosophy, religious practices are declared in
Thiruppavai. The love for the Lord is declared so well
in Nachiyaar Thirumozhi and Rsivaishnava sampradayic
concepts are subtly expressed therein. It is the Lord
who then made Ramanuja appear to expound these
concepts of Thiruppavai and Nacchiyaar Thirumozhi of
AndAL as the essence of Bhagavath vishayam and
Upanishad Truths and propagate the same as Sri
Ramanujacharyaâ??s instruction. He is reverently
called as Thiruppavai Jeer. 

EmperumAnArâ??s mother was called BhoodEvi. BhUdEvi
ANdAL herself perhaps appeared to give birth to
Ramanuja. She is also called as Ramanujaâ??s younger
sister. [Perumpudhoor maamunikku pinnaanaaL vaazhiyE].
Thus she was in his mind always and thus enabled him
to propagate her works which are vedic truths. Thus he
crushed the Kali purushanâ??s influence in this world.
 

Sri Nammaazhwaar had declared this kali purusha
conquered by Ramanuja much before Emperumaanaarâ??s
arrival:

"Poliga Poliga Poliga Poitru valluyir saabam" and
hence rejoice..!!, rejoice..!! and rejoice..!! -
"Poliga..!!, Poliga..!!, Poliga..!!".

when Emperumaanaar had come to this world as our
Lokaachaaryan, Kali will get crushed and there will be
only good and no influence of Kali purusha. 

EmperumAnAr is even addressed at AndAL's elder
brother... 

EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan


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