Service to Ones AchAryA.
Service to ones AchAryA is the ultimate
prescription by sri maNavALa mAmunikaL.
pinpazhagarAm perumAL jEyar was always
with sri nam-piLLai and performed blemishless service to him. He considered
swAmi nam-piLLai's divine feet as the ultimate refuge. He did not want to go to
paramapadham, as he still desired to do kainkaryam, taking care of sri
nam-piLLai. He wanted to be with sri nampiLLai without being separated from
him.
When a person is taught a subject
or described a subject, suitable examples are given. Appropriate role model is
pointed at, not for just better understanding but also for following. Even in
legal parlance, judicial precedence is a recognised and acknowledged
reference.
These aspects are brought out in the 65th
and 66th pAsuram.
As spelt out in the srEvachana bhUshaNam,
disciples have to take care of the physique of the AchAryan. Despite this fact,
sri periya jEyar mentions it is very difficult to see anybody following this
meticulously.
Having said so, in the next pAsuram, he
refers a role model. When one gives a role model, the model has to be perfect,
for others to follow. That is how, sri pinpazhagarAm perumAL jEyar is brought
out in the 66th pAsuram, hihglighting the fact that he preferred service to sri
nampiLLai to paramapadham.
"pinpazhagarAm perumAL
jEyar, perumthivathil anbadhuvumaRRu
mikka AsaiyinAl,
nampiLLaikkAna adimai sei annilaiyai
nan nenjEA , vUnamaRa
eppzohudhum Or"
In this, thirunakshathram of sri maNavALa
mAmunikaL, these were some thoughts about the great saint:
sri maNavALa mAmunikaL
rAmAnuja dAsan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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