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DEAR SREEVAISHNAVITES

Aippasi mOlam falls on 8th Nov. 2002. 
There are several flashes of greatness of swami maNavALa mAmunigaL. 

In this auspicious moment, I would like to share A flash of Swamis 
greatness with all of you.

Sree VachaNa bhOshaNam -83

Sri Pillai LokacharyAr describes the qualities of iLaya perumAL 
when explaining the concept of ubEyam- the End/Goal to be attained.

" pasiyai iruppAr........padai vEttil pugndha pinbu,kAttil thani idathil,swayam 
bhagathilE, vayiRRai perukkinapadiyAlE,oppUNuNNamAttAdhE, oru thirukkaiyAlE 
thiruveNkoRRak kodaiyaiyum, oru thirukkaiyalE veN sAmarathaiyum,tharithu adimai 
seidhAr'

After entering the forest, sri lakshmaNA, in a great desire to do kainkaryam to 
perumAL, held in one hand the Royal umbrellai.e veN koRRak kodai and on the 
other hand held sAmaram, indicating the eagerness and the manner in which he 
performed the kainkaryam. In absence of bharadhAzhwAn, with an intention to do 
all the kainkaryam iLaya perumAL, did these two kainkaryams simultaneously.

The commentary should have ended here.

However, balance commentary s portion is reproduced hereunder.
The above event is not in rAmAyaNam. 
Does not the rAmAyaNa slokam ' chathra sAmara pANisthu lakshmaNOnuja kAmaha" 
refer to the above episode.

NO. As the above slokam is in ayOdhyA kAndam, when perumAl leaves his 
andhappuram to King dhasarathAs palace, sri lakshmaNA does these 
kainkaryams,this slokam does not fit in here, as this episode refers to the 
event in the forest.

Then, how did Sri Pillai LokAcharya refer to this event ? 
He has referred this as per pAdma purANam. 
According to pAdma purANam, uthara kANdam, 49th chapter the slokam commences ' 
atha thasmin thithE puNyE ...and after elaborately explaining the events ' 
chatrancha sAmaram dhivyam thrithavAn lakshmaNas thathA' which precisely refers 
to the aforementioned event. 

The above vyAkyANam is self explanatory to the greatness. It is indeed really 
great that wherever one touches periya jeeyar s vyAkyANam such flashes of 
greatness are found in plenty.

It is his greatness to a. point that this is not in rAmAyaNam b. Refer to a 
rAmAyana slokam which is similar to the event and reject it logically and c. 
Identify the correct slokam from pAdma purANam to coherently place it to the 
meaning of the sOthram and the chapter the sOthram belongs to.

It is also pertinent to note that the event is most important than whether it 
is from vAlmiki rAmAyaNam or somewhere else.

vAnamAmalai padmanabhan




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