Dear Sri Venkatesh Swamin and others, AdiyEn thought I'd like to add to your query one more point. After Swami Nammazhvar surrenders to the Lord of the Seven Hills in his "agalakillen" pasuram, it is interesting to see what he says next in the following pasuram. This recently caught my attention, but has no doubt been analysed before. Nammazhvar starts the next pasuram with "adikkeezh amarnthu pugunthu vAzhumin adiyeer enRu aruL kodukkum". Here it is clearly said that the act of surrender and the kainkarya prApti is because of the will and the aruL of emperumAn. If anyone knows what the sampradAyic stands are in relation to this pasuram, please post them. I will also address briefly the article by Sri Anand Karlapakkam. I have noticed a trend in such articles to coat the words with some roundabout praise of Sri Manavala Mamunigal while in its heart it simply wishes to disallow any greatness to the Acharya. And some warped logic has seeped in of late, which states that those who praise the acharya are not well versed in his works (offered without any proof for this allegation) and are therefore disqualified to praise the acharya and an implied twist of logic left to the reader that the acharya himself was therefore not great. Somehow the purported lack of knowledge on the follower's part leads to the fall of the acharya! My personal opinion is that the best thing to do is to ignore these people, for reading their words leaves a hurt in me everytime. And since they have decided to throw out logic even, what is the chance of debating and convincing them? Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan TCA Venkatesan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/
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