--- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Pattangi <danp@xxxx> wrote:
>
>
> This ThiruAradhana Kramam work is unique as this enjoins
performance of
> Worship to Bhagawad Ramanuja.
> A direction that was not taken by others in ThiruAradhana Krama.
Dear Sriman Mukundan,
You have covered all that has to be covered. However, as you have
said, I would like to write something.
Instead of "samarpayAmi" for the upachArams, maNavALa mAmunihaL
says "kaNdaruLa vENum", I heard. This is in accordance with
ALavandhAr's thiruvuLLam according to which we have nothing to offer
Him since everything including ourselves are already His. So the food
we make is shown to Him and is eaten as His prasAdam. Lord krshNa
says whatever we give Him like leaf, flower, fruit, water, with
SEshatva buddhi, He accepts it and enjoys it.
We know Sri P B aNNan had some divine experience on the hill by which
he appraoches the AchArya and becomes his disciple.
In suprabhAtam (prapatti), he writes:
sattvOttarai: satata sEvya padAmbujEna
samsAra tAraka dayArdra drganchalEna
sowmyOpayantr muninA mama darSitau tE
SrIvEnkatESa charaNau SaraNam prapadyE
I submit myself to the feet of the Lord, the remover of iruvinai in
Whose niyamanam the world is (vEnkatESa), Who has shown me SrI
maNavALa mAmunihaL, whose (the muni's) feet are ever worshipped by
those who have excelled in the mode of meaningful existence (bhagavat
bhAgavata AchArya kainkaryam), and whose (muni's) gracious glances
deliver us from the bondage of samsAra. Here, it is worth remembering
eRumbiu appA's line: "tattvam divya prabandhAnAm sAram samsAra
vairiNAm", so maNavALa mAmunihaL gives the right knowledge to his
disciples out of his grace which is seen in his eyes. Hence he is
sowmya upayantA, moon-like bridegroom. sowmyatvam or being pleasant
is the lakshaNam of moon, who is amrta kiraNa or whose rays are
nectariferous.
In the very next verse, SrISa SriyA.., SrI aNNan teaches us
dwayArtham. This means, we learn that He is the means and goal from
an AchArya whom we obtain by His grace.
Where does the Lord reside? Is it in places where religion is
available as a commercial commodity?
He is everywhere, but explicitly in the hearts of AchAryas like
SrImannArAyaNa jIyar, maNavALa mAmunihaL, rAmAnuja, answers P B aNNan:
SrImat sundara jAmAtr muni mAnasa vAsinE
sarva lOka nivAsAya SrInivAsAya mangaLam
suprabhAtam is daily recited even on Thirumala hill even today. I
will not elaborate and people can interpret in their own way!
adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan
Vishnu
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