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sri:
Dear BhAagavatas,

This is a translation of a beautiful article by Sri
PBA Swami, which analyzes the Srisailesa dayapatram
thaniyan given by our Namperumal to Manavala Mamunigal,
and shows why the author of the thaniyan could be none
other than Him.

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan
TCA Venkatesan

--

Sri Ranganatha and Sri Manavala Mamunigal
Translation of an article by Sri PB Annangaracharyar Swami

Sri Ranganatha of Srirangam took Sri Manavala Mamunigal as
His acharya and delighted in the act of becoming his
disciple. Having obtained an interest in listening to the
inner meanings of Thiruvaymozhi as explained by "eedu
36000padi", He commanded Sri Manavala Mamunigal to present
it in His presence in the temple. Sri Manavala Mamunigal
accepting the Lord's order started the upanyasam the next
day and continued it for a year. At the end of the year,
Sri Ranganatha Himself in the form of a young son of an
archaka presented the famous taniyan:

SrisailEsa dayApAtram dhIbhaktyAdi guNArNavam
yatIndra pravaNam vandE ramyajAmAtaram munim

(History records that the young boy who presented the
taniyan immediately disappeared and simultaneously the
taniyan was presented in a number of other temples
starting with Thirumalai.)

It is possible that some people, even those who have
surrendered at the lotus feet of Sri Manavala Mamunigal,
would doubt that this event occured. However it is clear
upon analysis of the arrangement of the words in the
taniyan that none but Sriman Narayana could have authored
it.

It is well known that Sri Ranganatha is none but Sri Rama
and Sri Krishna. Several azhvars have established this fact

through several pasurams so that there need be no doubt on
this matter.

As Sri Rama and Sri Krishna, Sriman Narayana had
surrendered to a few people and yet each time He was not
happy with those people. He found drawbacks in each of them

and was dissatisfied. As such, He took Sri Manavala
Mamunigal as His acharya and became happy that He finally
had surrendered to one who has all the qualities to be an
acharya. This is clearly shown by Him in each of the terms
of the taniyan.

1. SriSailEsa dayApAtram: In Sri Rama avatar, He took
refuge with a sailEsa dayApAtran. Now, He salutes
SrisailEsa dayApAtran. SailEsa dayApAtran is Sugriva. The
sailam here is Ricyamukha mountain. The Lord of that sailam

is Mathanka Muni, and Sugriva lived under this rishi's
dayA. At one time, Vali had fought an asura named Dundubi
and killed him. Vali then had tossed the body of the asura
a long distance and at that time some blood drops from his
body had fallen on Mathanka Muni's ashramam. Mathanka Muni
was angered by that and had cursed that whosoever had done
that and his associates would die if they stepped on that
mountain. Sugriva after earning the enemity of Vali had
taken refuge in this mountain to escape his brother. Hence
he is the sailEsa dayApAtra.

Sri Rama had taken refuge with Sugriva initially, but later

was disappointed by him. Even after the rainy season was
over, after the killing of Vali, Sugriva did not make any
efforts in helping Sri Rama locate Sri Sita. As such, Sri
Rama told Sri Lakshmana to meet Sugriva and tell him
that "one who forgets the help of a friend is a lowly
person; the way Vali was sent is also open to Sugriva; Sri
Rama is ready to send Sugriva, his friends and relatives to

the domain of Yama". Thus Sri Rama had become dissatisfied
with the sailEsa dayApAtran with whom He had taken refuge.
In order that this be rectified, He now takes refuge with
Srisailesa Dayapatrar who is Sri Manavala Mamunigal.

He salutes Sri Manavala Mamunigal who is the receipient of
the dayA of ThiruvAymozhippiLLai (Thirumalai AzhvAr also
known as Srisailesar).

2. dhIbhaktyAdi guNArNavam: In Rama avatar, He had bowed to

the lord of the salty ocean ("lavaNArNavam"). Based on
Vibeeshana's words, Sri Rama performed saranagati to the
ocean. However, the lord of the ocean chose to ignore Sri
Rama and at that time Sri Rama decided to send a fierce
astram and empty the ocean and make it into dry land. Thus,

He ended up with disappointment with one to whom He had
made saranagati. In order to make up the disappointment of
surrendering to the ocean of salt, He now surrenders to the

ocean of great guNas who is Sri Manavala Mamunigal.

3. yatIndra pravaNam: That Lord Sri Ranaganatha is the same

as Lord Srinivasa is known from pasurams such as "manthipAy

vadavEnkada mAmalai vAnavarkaL santhi seyya ninRAn
arangaththaravinaNaiyAn". And as Lord Srinivasa, He
received the Conch and Discus from Sri Ramanuja and
therefore took him as His acharya. While there was no
disappointment for the Lord with Sri Ramanuja, after
listening to the Ramanuja Noorranthathi verse
"thannaiyuRRat seyyum thanmaiyinOr", where it is said
that rather than being attached to Sri Ramanuja it is
better to be attached to those who are attached to Sri
Ramanuja, He decided on becoming the sishya of Yatindra
Pravanar rather than being the sishya of Yatindrar.

Yatindra Pravanar is a special name given to Sri Manavala
Mamunigal.

4. vandE ramyajAmAtaram munim: During avatars, He became a
disciple of muni's: as Sri Rama with Sage Vishvamitra and
as Sri Krishna with Sage Santhipini. However, He became
disappointed with them both. In Mythila, He heard about
the details of Sage Vishvamitra's past and became
disappointed that He had taken such a person who was
subject to rajas and tamas, as His acharya. In Sri Krishna
avatar, even after knowing that Sri Krishna was none but
Sriman Narayana, Sage Santhipini requested a lower
purushartha which was his son's life rather than the higher

purushartha which is moksha. As such, He became
disappointed with this muni as well. Thus, He decided to
take on the muni who is the ocean of satva guNas as His
acharya, who is Ramya Jamatru Muni.

Thus, this taniyan which has so many special and hidden
meanings could not have been authored by anyone but Sriman
Narayana.

Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam






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