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SrI:
SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

Dearest all,

Thus far about EmperumAnAr bhakti towards AzhwArs /
Acharyaayas:  EmeprumAnAr [as mentioned in earlier
verse] took refuge at the lotus feet of Yamunai
thuRaivan- Yamunacharya. Hence he has immense bhakti
to the Other [Original] Yamunai thuRaivan ? namely
KaNNan- Lord Krishna. He is theertthan- the One who
purifies. He is Paramaacharyan. He is Saadhu
rakshakan; He is JagadhAchAryan. His only objective is
to save the Go, Gopa, Gopikas. He used to play with
them in the banks of Yamuna and thus is called Yamunai
thuRaivan. 

He saved the folks from the poisounous of Kaalingan
and purified Yamuna also. Thus He is the theertthan.
That?s why Krishnan has a great liking for Yamunai
thuRaivar also.. for his bhakti, jnAnam and vairAgyam.
How? It is an interesting anecdote:

[Extract from Sri Dileepan's write up] After Sriman
Nathamuni only Thiru Kurugai Kavalappan had the
knowledge of Ashtangayoga required for the performance
of Bhakti Yoga. The last person known to have
performed this yoga in this yuga is this saint. The
incident of Sri Alavandhar meeting Sri Kavalappan is a
fascinating one.

Sri Manakkal Nambi sent Sri Alavandhar to Kavalappan
to study the yoga. When he arrived, Kavalappan was in
deep meditation with Bhagavath Sakshatkaram (direct
vision). Suddenly he (Sri Kavalappan) woke up and
asked whether there was any descendent of "sottai
kulam" present in the vicinity. Alavandhar being one
answered, "adiyEn". And, he enquired how Sri
Kavalappan guessed his presence. For this Sri
Kavalappan explained that during his meditations
KaNNan?s attention is never distracted by anything.
But on this occasion KaNNan was not paying attention
to Kavalappan. In stead, Sriman Narayana was moving
about and trying to take a peak behind Kavalappan.
This could happen only if a descendent of Sriman
Nathamunigal was present behind him.  That was the
greatness of YamunaithuRaivar. 

And that is the GREATNESS of Paramacharyan KaNNan.
Hence Sri Ramanujacharya lost himself to KaNNan?s
kalyANa guNAs. And that is not surprising. kaNNan
kaNNalladhu illayOr kaNNae.. krushim jushaamahE
krishNathrushNa tatthvamivOdhitham.. The
personification of Krishna bhakti was Nammaazhwaar.
Thus our Srivaishnava acharya/ azhwaars were
resplendent with Krishna bhakti. That is also due to
the KrishNa avathAram wherein He declares Himself time
and again that He is Paradevatha and He is Supreme
Lordship and none else crystal clear. How?            
 

Let us enjoy the 22nd verse

kaartthikai yaanum karimukath thaanum kanalummukkaN
moorththiyum mOtiyum veppum muthukittu moovulakum
pooththava NnE!enRu pORRita vaaNan pizaipoRuththa
theerththanai yEththum iraamaa NnuchanenRan
chEmavaippE. 22

KaarthikEyan- SubrahmaNyan, Gajamukhan- Vinayakan,
Sivan, DurgaDevi were all chased away, showing their
backs, when they came to support VaaNaasuran, during
his battle with Emperumaan Sriman Narayanan. They all
praised the greatness of Lord Sriman Narayanan saying
"Oh the Cause of all three worlds!" (?kaaraNa
bhUthanE!"), and hence, Lord pardoned the asuran (and
left him alive after cutting his shoulders).
Emperumaanaar- Sri Ramanujacharya, who praises such
greatest Lord always, is our invaluable saved wealth
for our protection. [why do we have to wander and
search as to who is the Supreme and then realize like
VaaNan? Instead, get to know straight away and seek
EmperumAnAr Ramanuja?s lotus feet to reach Him]. 
Banasura was a thousand-armed asura. Banasura was a
powerful and terrible asura. All people even the king
of earth and devas were afraid of him. Bana was a
devotee of Rudran. 

Banasura had a beautiful daughter named Usha. When
Usha grew up, number of proposals came for her
marriage but Banasur accepted none. Usha one day saw a
young man in her dream and fell in love with him.
Chitraleka was a friend of Usha and daughter of
minister of Banasura. She was a talented lady who
helped Usha to identify the young man seen in the
dream of Usha. He was Aniruddhan the grandson of
Krishna.  Chitralekha through supernatural powers
abducted Anirudh from the palace of Krishna and
brought him to Usha. When Krishna knew it he came with
a huge army and attacked Banasura. There was a severe
battle. Shiva helped Banasura by coming with his whole
family of Subramanya, Vinayaka and even his devi. This
is found in Srimad Bhagavatham. Krishna effortlessly
won in the battle and chased Subramanya, Vinayaka and
others run away from the battle field. 

When Krishna defeated Rudra in the battle, BaaNaasura
seeing that realized that his supporters are not the
ultimate. It is Krishna who is more powerful. Hence he
took the fight on himself. When Krishna tried to kill
him with his ChakrA, Rudran praised Krishna and asked
him to spare his life. Krishna merely cut his thousand
shoulders. He thus spared Bana's life on Siva's
request but cut off all but four of his arms. Krishna
excused Bana and married Usha and Anirudh.
EmperumAnAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana  
dAsan


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