SriMathe Ramanujaya Namaha: SriMadh Vara Vara Munaye Namaha: Acharyan Thiruvadigale Saranam: SriVenkatarya Thanayam TatPada Kamalasriyam | Vadularnava Purnendum Ramanuja Gurum Bhaje || Dear Guna and All, First-of-all, sorry for the delay to respond regarding sharing the kalyana guna ganas of Swami Mudaliandan. In fact I do not find words where to start with, but like to share whatever I know. Swami Mudaliandan was born in 1027 A.D at Pachhai Vaarana Perumal Sannidhi (referred to as "NazarethPettai" today) in Thondai mandalam, to Anandanarayana Dheekshidar and Nachiyaramman. Anandanarayana Dheekshidar did not have any children for a long time. He undertook a yatra to Thiruvengadam to worship Lord Thiruvengadamudayan and pray for a child. On his way at Thiruninravor, where he stayed overnight at Yeri Katha Ramar's sannadhi, Sriramar (Anandanarayana Dheekshidar's thiruvaradana perumal) appeared in his dream and instructed that he need not undertake yatra to Thiruvengadam for begetting a son as Thiruanandazvan(Adi Shesha, Five headed Serpent, on whom The Lord reclines ) has taken birth as Ramanujar in Sriperumbudur and that he (Lord) will be born as his son to serve Sri Ramanuja. It is believed that Perumal was very impressed by Thiruvananthazvan's kainkaryam as Lakshmana to him (Lord Rama) in Ramavatharam and wanted to taste kainkarya ruchi(Taste of Servitude) himself. Thus, when he was born as Krishna in Krishnavataram he performed kainkaryam to Balarama (Who in turn is Thiruvananthazvan's amsam). Not fully satisfied with this, when Thiruvananthazvan appeared as Sri Ramanuja in Kaliyuga, he was reborn as Mudaliandan and did kainkaryam to Sri Ramanuja and felt satisfied. Thus Mudaliandan is an amsam of Lord Rama. Nachiyaramman was the elder of Swami Emburumanar's two sisters. Hence Mudaliyandan is called SrI-ramanuja's BhaginEya (sister's son). Anandanarayana Dheekshidar named the child as Dasarathy. Dasarathy refers to Dasaratha's sons. This normally refers to Lord Rama. He was born in Vadamal Kulam, Vadhoola Gothram, Yajus sakhaai, Apasthamba Soothram in Prabava varusham, Chitra masam, Punarvasu natchatram. His other names are Ramanujan Ponnadi, Sri Vaishnana Serobooshanam and Ramanuja Paduka. The 'Tiruvadinilai' (= the sanctified mount of the footwear, The ~~ pAdukA ~~ of divinity and holy personages) of the Lord is named after Swami Nammazhvar as 'SrI-Sathakopam' or 'Sathari', and the tiruvadi-nilai of Swami Nammazhvar is known as Ramanujan. In the same vein, the pAdukA-pITham of svAmi emperumAnAr is referred to as 'mudali-ANDAn'. This honorofic is cited in the 'taniyan' of SrI ANDAn which goes :- "pAdukE yati-rAjasya kathayanti yad-AkhyayA tasya dASarathE: pAadav SirasA dhArayAam yaham". svAmi mudali-ANDAn is accordingly referred to as the rAmAnuja-pAdukA or yatirAja-pAdukA. The short name is simply 'ANDAn'. To find more details of "Sri Mudaliandan", please visit website: http://www15.brinkster.com/mudaliandan Here you can find history,photos gallery,Swami's "Tirumudi Vargam",Thirumaligai and much more. Adiyen RamAnuja dAsan, Acharyan Thiruvadigale Saranam, K.M. Shantha Kumar. -----Original Message----- From: Guna Venkat [mailto:guna_venkat@xxxx] Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 12:31 AM To: ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ramanuja] MudaliYandan ThiruNakshatram Ajahath Bhagineyathvam pAdhukAthvam ThiridandathAm Samproptham ethirajasya vande Dhasarathim Gurum Padhuke Ethirajasya Ghadayanthi YadAkyaya Thasya Dhasarethe Pahou Sirasa DharayAm aham Dear Srivaishnavas After Chitrayil Eyinda ThiruvAdhiray ....Today is Chitrayil Punarvasu.. ThiruNakshatram of Dhasarathi , our poorvacharya. As you know that Swamy Emberumanar sister's son is our Mudaliyandan , More than the Deha Sambandam its Athma Sambandam that made Swamy Ramanuja to say.. "Thuranthen , Thuranthen .. mudaliyi thavira" ..when Swamy took the Thrithandam Swamy relinquished all his dhea sambandams, but His relation to Mudaliyandan is more than that, Our porrvacharyas quote "Maman Magale manikadhavam thAl Thiravoy", Andal's verse where Andal was ready to call her "Maman Magal" only due to Bhagavad Sambandam . As we recite "Thiruvarangan selvam murrum thiruthi vaithAn vazhiye" towards Emberumanar, this was through MudaliyAndan . When Emberumanar was visiting various DDs the whole Koil Adminsitration was carried out by swamy Mudaliyandan. Once, on seeing NamperumAl , Mudaliyandan recollects Yasoda's Upacharam to Krishna and then offered NavalPazham to Namperumal , during the day emberumanar noticed a change in the Mogolasam of namperumAl and asked Mudaliyandan did he offered some thing different, on hering about Naval Pazham , emberumanAr thought NamperumAl got "cold" due to intake of Naval Pazham and Dhadiyordharnam (2 cold items to gether) , then Swamy offered KashAyam to NamperumAl.. Such was the love of both emberumAnar and Mudaliyandan towards NamperumAl. There are lot more incidents in the life of EmberumanAr and Mudaliyandan which every one may know, (egs- Mudaliyandan as seethana velaaty, Mudaliyandan's Sripadha thertham converts saivists, budhhists to SrivaishnavAs etc) Also " Mudaliyanin pathu Varthygal " is so wonderful to compare the JeevAthma with Seetha Piraty in Asoka Vanam,( I think Adiyen has posted the info few months back from the excerpts of Swamy KB Devarajan's Upanyasam) . I wish to request Bhagavadas to share their knowledge so that Adiyen can learn more about my Acharyan. Mudaliyandan Thiruvadigale saranam Mudaliyandan Syshyan Guna Ph 408 588 6672 (W) guna_venkat@xxxx Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
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