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Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:

Dear Sriman Guna Venkat,
                  
                 I know that a person from mudaliyANdAn vamsam
(???,if so, I envy you to the core) can not doubt HH's motive. The 
problem is we(atleast I'm) are not at HH's level. Lot of people 
write different nAmAs. Infact, next to nammAzhvAr(just kidding) I 
can vouch for the power of the pAsuram "ozhilvil kAlamellAm..." in 
granting from alpa to the highest purushArtham. Unfortunately I knew 
this pAsuram for a very very long time(without knowing the true 
meanings)and I would ask tiruvEnkaTamudaiyAn some material benefits 
and He(acted like varadhan) would fulfil it. After I heard the 
meanings(atleast to some extent)I felt so cheap about myself. 

                 From then onwards,I had a different frame of mind
(He changed my mind thro' a bhAgavata) and yet He didn't bless me an 
AcAryA and I was waiting for it(many births perhaps)for almost three 
years after understanding little bit of "ozhivil kAlamellAm". I used 
to envy people who write "adiyen ramanuja dasi/dasan". Even when HH 
Chinna Jeeyar was right across me and said HH would first do 
samashrayanam for me(there were other people who wanted to undergo 
too)my samashrayanam was hanging in air due to some mundane external 
factors. Then HH also said why don't I come to this place and HH can 
spare more time for me,as I had lot of doubts... I was going 
restless and I told HH, "if that God makes me wait for more than 
this day, there is no relationship between Him and me. He and I are 
done forever. If I have AcArya's anugrham, it will happen today 
itself". Finally I was so happy that I could spend almost a day in 
the viscinity of my AcAryA and I learnt so much from HH and I can 
not explain that experience. As sri piLLai lOkAcArya says, "without 
an AcArya, bhagavad prApti hangs in air,we will always be in a 
dilemma about Him". Once we have the AcArya prApti, we don't have to 
worry about the bhagavad prApti! 

                 Why did I say this? I was amazed and felt sri 
piLLai lokAcAryA's greatness and SVB 4th prakaraNam only in front of 
my AcAryA. Even if our motive is faulty, an AcAryA's grace will 
rectify it in due course(didn't AzhvAn go behind the disciple(I'm 
forgetting his name,was it vElvetti piLLai?)). It is b'coz of 
ahankAram and mamakAram, our buddhi thinks differently(stands in the 
way of selfless/flawless service) and my AcAryA told me that only 
AcArya's pAda tIrtham can destroy that(while perumAL's pAda tIrtham 
takes care of sAttvik,rAjasik,and tAmasik aspects). It is the 
attitude that matters for the servitude/dAsatvam. 

dAsAnu dAsI
NC Nappinnai    


    
> So my query was not to question Sri .Tridhandi Chinna Jeeyar swamy 
> (for which Adiyen neechan has no gnAnam and Anushtanam , totally
> not fit as well), my thinking was mainly to fellow bhAghavadAs
> mind set while writting this nAmA.

> Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan
> Guna









azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam
 
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