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Sri Parthasarathi thunai
SrimathE rAmAnujaya Namaha
Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha
Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha
 
?SrisailEsa dayApAthram dheebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam
yatheendra pravanam vandhE ramyajAmAtharam munim II?
 
Dear bhagavatas,
 
Iyppasi thirumoolam is right round the corner. It is ?The day? in the life of 
all Srivaishnavas. ?senthamizh vEdhiyar sindhai thelindhu sirandhu 
magizhindhidunAl? This is the day in which the cloud of doubts in all our minds 
were washed out due to the divine avathara of the ?vishadhavAk sikAmani? swamy 
Azhagiya manavAla mAmunikal. This is the day on which the last acharya in the 
guru paramparai took avathara to spread the divine messages of all our 
poorvacharyas and enlighten the minds of all the jeevatmas. ?seerulagAriyan 
seitharul narkalai dEsu polindhidunAl?. This is the day, which is going to 
uplift all of us to the divine abode of emperuman ?mandhamadhipuvi mAdidar 
thangalai vAnil vuyarthidunAl?. This is the day, on which the 
ethipunarAvathAra, yatheendra pravanar swami mAmunigal descended to this world 
due to his divine grace on the suffering jeevatmas ?mAsarujnAniyar 
sEryethirAsar tham vAzhvu mulaiththidu nAl? This is the day which spread the 
divine arthas imbedded in
the thiruvAimozhi of swamy nammazhvar to the lowest of the lowest agnani and 
also to the highest of the highest jnani (namperumal) without any 
differentiation. ?kandhamalar pozhil soozhkurugAdhipan kalaigal vilangidunAl? 
This is the day which even the emperuman Sri ranganatha celebrates as the 
thiruavadhara dhinam of his own acharya, the long standing wish of emperuman to 
possess an acharya without any flaws, ?jnanam anushtanam evai nandrAgavE 
vudaiyanAna guru? unlike his previous acharyas like vasista/vishvamitra in 
ramavatara and sandeepani in krishnavatara getting fulfilled ?kAramar mEni 
aranganagar kirai kangal kaliththidunAl? This is the day onwhich Sri 
ramyajAmAtru muni took avathara ?andhamil seer manavAla muni paranavathAram 
seidhidunAL azhaghu thirugazhindhidum Iyppasiyil thirumoolamadhenunAlE?
 
While trying to explore the depth of the kalyana gunas of emperuman the vedas 
regarded as the highest encyclopedia of knowledge in the world itself declares 
without shame ?nethi nethi? that it cannot do it. Emperuman is an ocean of 
kalyana gunas and to the find the depth of even one of his kalyana guna is 
impossible. Only thing one can conclude is that our knowledge is complete when 
we understand that his gunas are beyond our small minds understanding capacity. 
The same holds good for even our acharyas. Many of you may pounce on me for 
such a statement. Emperuman is all-pervading, omnipotent, omniscience. But the 
acharyas are also jeevatmas, one among us. How can you say that the acharyas 
are equal to emperuman? That is our sampradayam. We regard our acharyas equal 
or even higher than emperuman. Acharyas show us the way to emperuman. Without 
them we will never be able to cross this ocean of samsara. Like a boatman with 
his boat coming to the rescue of a person caught in a
flood, acharyas come to our rescue to save us from this ocean of samsara, and 
safely take us to the other side the divine abode of emperuman. Shouldn?t we be 
deeply indebted to the great service rendered in time? The emperuman surely 
accepts us with great pleasure after we reach his divine abode but then this 
was made possible only due to the grace of the acharya. The fact that emperuman 
only sent the acharya do remains but still the emperuman has his own 
limitations and hence cannot come to our rescue directly secondly, the 
emperuman has a nithya sambhandam (deep rooted relationship) with each one of 
us so it is his duty to save all of us but then the acharyacomes to our rescue 
without any reason or expectation but just to please his own acharya and inturn 
the divine couples. What to say about such divine qualities of our acharyas?
 
Sure a person with the lowest of the lowest knowledge like adiyen cannot 
explain it. But then can the emperuman do it? No. He himself is caught without 
knowing what to say and do. When hanuman went to lanka and came back with the 
kanaiyAzhi of piratti, Sri rAmapiran didn?t know what to give hanuman as a 
token of gratefulness for the great help he has rendered. Sri ranganatha was 
unable to express the divine qualities of his acharya, swamy Manavala mAmunikal 
in depth and hence says, ?dheebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam? Swamy is just an ocean of 
divine qualities viz., jnana, bhakthi and vairakhya. So what am I going to say 
about such a great mahan?  
 
A cyclone developed inside adiyen?s mind. Swamy?s thirunakshatram is 
approaching. Adiyen wanted to write something about him and make my hands, 
mind, mouth and eyes get the effect of their existence. But then what to write? 
How can adiyen dive into this ocean without fear? Can adiyen, already very poor 
in vocabulary find words to really explain the divine qualities of swamy 
without any abhacharam? But then what is the purpose of living if adiyen misses 
this divine opportunity of writing about the great mahan? With all these 
thoughts adiyen refrained from writing all these days. Butthen by the divine 
grace of swamy mAmunikal adiyen has now gained the strength to write with the 
following verses of our poorvAcharyas in mind.
 
"elaiya pun kavidhaiyElum empirArkku eniyavArE?

(Thirumaalai-45)
 
?eyalumporulum esaiyathoduththu eenkavigal anbAl
mayalkoNdu vAzhththum erAmAnusanai madhiyinmaiyAl
payilum kavigalil paththiyillAdha ven pAvi jenjAl
muyalginranan avan than perum keerthi mozhindhidavE? 
(ramanuja nootrandhAdhi-6)

?munnOr mozhindha murai thappAmal kettu 
pinOrindhu thAmadhanai pEsAdhE thannenjil
thOtrinadhEsolli edhu suththa upadEsavara
vAttrathenbar moorkarAvAr?
(upadesaratnamalai-71)
 
In the next posting we will enjoy the extract of the upanyasam of Sri 
Prathivadi bayangaram annangarachariyar swamy (in the 70?s) comparing the ocean 
of water and 
the ocean of gunas.
 
?apagatha madhamAnai: anthimObhAyanishtai:
athikatha paramArththai arthakAmAnabhEkshai:
nikila jana suhruthbhi: nirjithakrOdha lObhai:
vara vara munibruthyai asthumE nithya yoga: II?
 
Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam
Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee
Sumithra Varadarajan

 



Azhwar emperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE saraNam

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsan/dAsee

Varadarajan/Sumithra



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