Dear Sri Sukumar, At the outset I am sorry for
delay in response as I was out of station.
There is no doubt that the Lord is full of
compassion and my posting is also about that only.
As far as comparing udayavar's compassion to the
Lord, perhaps there may be two reasons for which we can conclude that sri
rAmAnuja was more compassinate
1. The Lord had several compulsions and
restrictions while granting salvation. He had to heed to sAsthra mariyAdhai -
reckoning the good and bad deeds and decide accordingly. He does decide on His
own even on this( veRidhEA aruL seivar, seivArgatku vugandhu), but generally by
and large He goes by the good and bad deeds as per the sAsthric prescriptions.
sri rAmAnuja did not have this restricitions and hence he can be more termed as
compassionate.
I would like to refer thiru-voi-mozhi 4-10-6
" pORRi maRROr dheivam pENap puRath ittu, vummai innEA thEARRi
vaithadhu
ellErum vEdu peRRAl vulagillai
enREA...."
Edu commentary on this runs as follows:
'ellArum irundhadhE kudiyAga mOkshathaip peRRAl, lElaikku adiyAna
sAsthram nirarthamAi vidum. sath karmathai paNNuvArum, asathkarmathai
paNNuvArumAyiREa nAdudhAn iruppadhu;pApam paNNinavargaLum, puNNiyam
paNNinavargaLudaiyaLudaiya palathai anubhavikkum anRu, sAshthra mariyAdhai
kulaiyum....'
The essence of this is that the Lord has to
maintain the rules framed by Him.
sri rAmAnuja did not have this restriction and
hence definitely can be more liberal and freedom to do as per His
will.
2. Further, we find from sri rAmAnujA's history
that He threw open the philosophical studies to one and all who were interested
which was earilier restricted to one-to-one study. This was out of His pure
mercy.
Kindly refer to "OrAn vazhiyAi
upadhEsithAr munnOAr, yErAr ethirAsar innaruLAl,
Asai udaiyOrkellam, AriyargAL kUrum
enRu, pEAsi varmbu aRuthAr pin' upadhEsa rathinamAlai
Hence, rAmAnuja's compassion also had no
bounds.
There is no doubt that Lord was the innermost
propellor of sri rAmAnuja but should that eclipse sri rAmAnujA's great benign
attitude.
We should also accept the fact that irAmAnusa
nURRandhAdhi is dedicated to sri rAmAnujA by thiruvarangath amudhanAr and the
prime focus was on sri rAmAnujA and him only. If I remember correctly -please
correct me if I am wrong, this will fall under the category of nahi-nindhA
nyAyam.
Thank you and regards
vanamamalai padmanabhan
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Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 2:12
PM
Subject: [Vanamamalai] DEGREE OF
COMPASSION
Sri Krishnaya Namah!
The Lord is inside every soul
-antharyAmi- and does only the good for them for their betterment.
However, even the Lord can be termed as compassionless- parivu ilan Am
padi - when compared to sri rAmAnujA who by his works and deeds
granted salvation to one and all by descending to the earth from the
Lord's abode.
I beg to differ as I believe that Lord being antharyami
resides in the heart of Sri Ramanuja and propelled him to come down and
save us. To this extent, Lord cannot be termed as compassionless,
once we are agreeing as Him being antharyami and reason behind our action
(all knowing, all pervading Lord).
Sukumar
Sri Krishna
Parabrahmane Namah
-----Original
Message----- From: nsp
[SMTP:aazhwar@xxxxxxxx] DEGREE
OF COMPASSION
How does one measure compassion?It is a subjective and
relative one. Is it subject to comparison? It is not quanitifiable like
bananas or oranges. Hence, can be termed as compassionate, more
compassionate and most compassionate or no compassion.
Who is the
most compassionate one? The Lord of course. He is the most compassionate
Supreme Being who strives for our retrieval and again and again creates
the universe and gives us opportunity directly or through AzhwAr-AchAryAs
despite our indifference. He takes pity on us and tries to elevate us from
this samsAra and grant us salvation. He resides in the inermost of our
souls and thinks and does things for our good. He is thus the most
compassionate being. The first sUthram of AchArya hrdhayam will amply
corroborate this point. "kAruNikanAna sarvEswaran aRivilA manisar
vuNarvenum chudarvilakku yERRi....." The compassionate Lord bequeaths
the sAsthric knowledge for the good of the souls for discerning between
good and the bad. He does not come in front of the soul as the soul
may reject Him outright. Notwithstanding this indifference The Lord does
good for the souls remaining in the backstage and seeing to it that the
soul attains the benefit.
Full of compassion is the attribute of
the Lord. Having said so, can His compassion be compared with Others? Is
there any chance for anybody else to near to His compassion. Being a
subjective phenomenon can this study be undertaken. After observing that
He is the most compassionate one, it can be mathematically argued
that nobody else can be as compassionate as He is.' He being less
compassionate and anybody more' can be categorised into a null
set.
Nevertheless, if somebody else can shower more compassion which in
a way eclipses His, can it not be termed as less compassion or
compassionless? That is really implausible. However, thiru
arangahtamudhanAr in his 'irAmAnusa nURRandhAdhi' has dealt this very
topic in the following pAsuram:
"vuL ninRu vuyirgaLukku vuRRanavE
seiyyum , avarku vuyavE paNNum, paranum parivu ilan Am
padi, palluyirkum viNNin thalai ninRu vEd aLippAn em irAmAnusan maNNin
thalthudithu, maRai nAlum vaLarthananE" irAmAnusa nURRandhAdhi
95
The Lord is inside every soul -antharyAmi- and does only the good
for them for their betterment. However, even the Lord can be termed as
compassionless- parivu ilan Am padi - when compared to sri rAmAnujA
who by his works and deeds granted salvation to one and all by descending
to the earth from the Lord's abode.
AzhwAr emperumAnAr jEyar
thirvadigaLE charaNam vanamamalai padmanabhan
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