Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:
Srimath Varavaramunaye Nama:
Yatindra and Yatindra Pravana - 2
Translated from Yatindra Pravana Prabhavam
Ramanuja was born north of Srirangam, in Sriperumbudur, to
spread the Srivaishnava sampradhayam in both Sanskrit and
in Tamil. Through his birth "nArANanaik kAttiya vEdham
kaLipputradhu", "thenkurugai vaLlal vAttamilA vaNthamizh
maRai vAzhndhathu". Manavala Mamunigal was born south of
Srirangam, in Azhvar Thirunagari ("aranga nagarum mEvu
thirunagariyum vAzhavandha maNavALa mAmuni"), in order to
spread the sampradhayam in Tamil alone. Even though,
Mamunigal is well versed in both languages, one is stressed
to show his greater interest in it.
Periya Jeeyar left his janma bhUmi of Azhvar Thirunagari
and came to Srirangam, saw Lord Ranganatha in the middle
of the Kaveri, lived with SriVaishnavaSri, and continued
to develop SriRangaSri, the Sanskrit Vedas and the Dravida
Veda.
Ramanuja brought out the meaning that Sriman Narayana is
the Lord of all ("ellA uyirkatkum nAthan arangan").
Mamunigal brought out the meaning that Ramanuja is the
saviour for all ("palluyirkkum viNNinthalai ninRu
vIdaLippAn anaiththulagum vAzhappiRandha ethirAsa
mAmunivan").
Ramanuja's vaibhavam was subdued until Mamunigal's birth.
Mamunigal is the lamp that brought the light to Ethiraja's
vaibhavam.
Their avataram is similar to that of Nara Narayana. Just
as Narayana came as both acharya and sishya, so too
Adisesha came as acharya and sishya.
Ramanuja brought out the greatness of Narayana ('nArAyaNa
vaibhava prakAsha') while Mamunigal brought out the
greatness of Ramanuja ('rAmAnuja vaibhava prakAsha').
Both the namas Narayana and Ramanuja are made of four
aksharas. Since Mamunigal is the leader of those who
follow the fourth path, he follows the charama 4 akshara
name which is Ramanuja.
Even though Madhurakavi is the direct disciple of
Azhvar, the final thiruvadi of Azhvar is Ramanuja
(Azhvar's padhukas are known as Ramanujan). Similarly,
even though disciples such as Kooraththazhvan and
Mudhaliandan are close to Ramanuja, Yatindra's final
thiruvadi is Yatindra Pravana.
Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam
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