SwAmy MaNavALa mAmunikaL
on Sri PiLLai ulagAsiriyar works -7
SwAmy MaNavALa mAmunikaL in his upadhEsa RathinamAlai details the AzhwAr-s serially with
their birth stars- thirunakshathiram-s and also their greatness. This is
followed, by the vyAkyAnam-s and the greatness of EDu.
Then comes the six pAsuram-s exclusively
dedicated to Sri PiLLai ulagAsiriyar
The first of it 'anna
pugazh mudumbai aNNal ulagAsiriyan .." 53
That Sri piLLai ulagAsiriyar out of His
immense sweet Grace blessed to us several rahasyam-s and that
SrEVachaNabhUshaNam is the best is unequivocally mentioned
therein.
That these are not just random thoughts of
a pUrvAchAryA but are string of words made into garland of works of pUrvAchARyAs
and AzhwAr-s and from idhihAsa purANam goes to prove its
authenticity
'munn nam kuravOar
mozhindha vachanangaL thannai ' 54
The next pAsuram highlights that it is not
easy to understand and more so to follow ;
'Ar vachana
bhUdanathin Azh poruL ellAm aRivAr ..Aradhu sol nEAril anuttippAr'
55
The next pAsuram adivises one and all not
just to study but to follow it meticulously
'vuyya
ninaivudaiyEr..kaRRadhukkAm nilaiyum nillum aRindhu'
56
The next three pAsuram-s underline the
fact that these can be studied and learnt thorugh AchAryan-s and one should
value these contents.
The 60th pAsuram highlights the crux of
the SrEvachaNa bhUshaNam -AchArya abhimAnamEA
uthArakam
Even though one may have immense love,
affection faith and devotion towards the Lord, unless one surrenders unto one-s
Acharyan, the salvation will not fructify.
The definition of Lord is then given as
one who has complete knowledge and the appropriate
practices
'gnAnam anuTTanam ivai
nanRAgavEa udaiyanAna ..' 61
One falling at the feet of such an
AchAryan will attain the highest elevation with the grace of pirATTi and
blessing of the Lord.
Summary:
There are so many works of Sri PiLLai ulagAsiriyar. Several of them go in
determining the vyAkyAnam-s of complex terms. MumUkshuppadi is one.
thathvathrayam and artha-panchakam are another.
In case of SrEvachana-bhUshaNam, the
sifting of various paths, the final solution is given in a silver salver for us
after comprehensive process of selection and elimination and finally arrives at
the conclusion that AchAryA-s abhimAnam is the most desired
solution.
Sri MaNavALa mAmunikaL further gives to us
this in a nutshell and therefore terms this works as the greates and also
hastens to add that this is not just flattery or exaggeration
'.. vunnil thigazh
vachana bhUdanathin sErmai onRukkillai
,
pugazh alla ivvArthai
mei ippOadhu' 53;
And That is the greatness of
aNNa pugazh mudumbai
aNNal - Sri PiLLai UlagAsiriyar
Concluded
Sri LOka GuravEA
nam:
AzhwAr EmperumAnAr jEyar
ThriuvadigaLEa charaNam
dAsan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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