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Srimathe Ramanujaya Namah

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12/11/04:   Uttara/ Poorva Dinacharya by Sri T.A. Srinidhi -
Kanchipuram - Upanyasam # 8
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Emberuman and alwars get blissful with the company of
each other ­ especially during the Tiruadhyayana
utsavam at Tiruvarangam.

(In Padma purana Emberuamn says ?naaham thishtaami
Vaikunte - - - - -. All this chetana and achetana is
HIS sareeram.  But Emberuman says that he is not in
Sri Vaikunta, He is not even in the hearts of Yogis,
He is where ever his keertanam and Bhagawad
Guna-anubhavam takes place).  

(In TVM , Tirunarayanan Emberuman ?Oru naayakamaay - -
- - - alwar refers that our aasai for other things is
so much that it will never be satisfied like a endless
pit.  The people in this lOkam are after money.  Hence
alwars tells us that a big king lost his wealth over
nite. He lands up taking bikshe.  Embarassed at his
situation he goes begging after it gets dark.  He does
not even have a good vessel for the annam.  The people
do not know that he is the king. He stamps a lying dog
and gets bitten.  Before this state comes to any of us
alwar instructs us to get to Emberuman?s Tiruvadi).  

(Alwars could not stay away from Emberuman.  Similarly
Vaduga Nambi could not stay away from Emberumanar and
Erumbi appa could not stay away from Mamunigal).

(Chakravarti Tirumagan ­ when sugreeva saw him, he was
so happy. This was not so special.  But Emberuman saw
sugreeva and was so enamoured.  Emberuman saw
sugreeva?s bhaavam.  He got so happy. They saw each
other without being satisfied.   Sugreeva said we
become friends, our sukama and dukam are one. 
Simiraly Erumbiappa saw Mamunigal and could not take
his eyes off Swamy?s Tirumeni)

Sloka #1
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Athaa gOshti gariShtaanam - - .  When doing dwayam
anusandhanam the inner meaning is that we think about
Sriman Narayana?s charanou (Nammalwar) and the one who
has surrendered to alwar is Swamy Emberumanar.  

(SVB contains all the rules for a sri vaishnavan. 
Mamunigal would do the vyaakyaanam of SVB. In URM
Mamunigal says among the 18 rahasya granthams, SVB
stands out. There can be no match for this great work.
 If Mamunigal did not do the vyaakyaanam then there
would be no SVB meanings for us.  MM padi, TTrayam,
Acharya Hrudayam, SVB, etc have vyaakayaanms blessed
by Mamunigal.  Without HIM we would not have meanings
of the Sutrams of these great works based on the
Dravid Veda (DP).  

(Sruti, Smriti, Alwar arulicheyyal, the vyaakyaanams
on these, are all flowers.   There is not match for
these vyaakyaanams of acharya sutras on the DP. They
have no dOsam at all.   To Swamy Pillai Lokachariar?s
pushpams, Mamunigal?s vyaakyanam add the pleasant
scent (maNam).  

(When Vedas questioned about paramatma, they said the
one with Tiru (Sri).  The one without Sri is not the
Paratwam). Just like the greatness of the flower is
because of the good smell(The smell is swayam
prakasam) Emberuman is pushpam, Piratti is maNam. 
Similary SVB is pushpam and the vyakyanam is the good
smell).The sastram for the world is SVB.  

(Once when sisyas had an argument, Mamunigal wanted to
correct them without hurting them.  He pointed 2
fighting dogs and asked the animals if they had
studied SVB?  This embarrassed the sisyas, and they
understood their mistake.  SVB is very challenging to
follow.  Nowadays it is great if someone is reading
and even trying to understand the greatness of this
sastram.  SVB shows the best path for us).            
      

The greatness of following SVB is explained with
examples. (Nambillai would even prostrate to the
sisyas and teach him.  Once when alwan taught a sisya
the latter did not want public to know he was learning
under alwan. So alwan used to hold a book and pretend
as though HE was having doubts and learning from the
sisya.  The guna poorthi is to be noted here). 

(When Nambillai was in Srirangam, Tolappar swamy did
apacharam to Nambillai.  Swamy Nambillai did not say
anything.  Tolappar after hearing his wife, went back
to ask forgiveness.  Nambillai asks for forgiveness
instead.  All these nistais are explained in SVB. 
Anyone who does kutram one should show forgiveness,
feel sad for them.  This is almost impossible to
follow in the world.  Mamunigal says there could be a
hand full trying to actually follow the teachings of
SVB).

(Today we have Nampperumal anubhavam only because of
our great acharyas. So many people gave up their lives
for sampradayam. Swamy Lokachariar at 105
tirunakshatrams when he was leaving for Paramapadam
touched so many objects so that they could have the
sambandham for moksham.  He wanted to share HIS wealth
(Emberuman) with everybody).

SVB explains purushakaram, acharya lakshanam, sisya
lakshanam etc.  

(Vadakku Tiruveedi pillai and Periyavacchan Pillai
were the main acharyas doing kainkaryam to Swamy
Nambillai. With his grace/blessings Lokachariar was
born and was given the same name as Pillai.  Later he
came to be known as Lokachariar. Later he blessed the
parents of Lokachariar with a second son alagiya
perumal nayanar ­ the 2 best gems for sampradayam.
Just like lakshamana to Emberuman, Balarama to Kannan,
these 2 brothers were together always.  They learnt
all sastrams under VK Pillai). 

(maN, ponn, peN are the 3 raakshasis(3 peedais) for
us.  Leaving the aasais for these 3 is a challenge -
If we try to follow SVB these 3 peedais will run away.
 Lokachariar is the avataram of Kanchi Perarulalan
Himself ­ recall ?Avaroo neer? ?)

(Sri Vedantachariar glorifies Swamy Lokachariar in
Lokachariar Panchashat. Swamy Lokachariar also gave
Sri Vedantachariar a tanian). We should not get into
the details/research if they did this.  Let us
concentrate on what the slokas actually say.  

-       - -when thirsty for knowledge, SVB and Acharya
Hrudayam will quench this thirst.  
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(Vedas protect Emberuman like a kavacham.  The Puranas
are ratna haarams.  SVB are the pavalams.  The
prakasham not brought out totally in Vedas and Puranas
are brought out by SVB).  

Sloka 2-3
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Saayantanam tata: - - - - -.  Mamunigal used to
complete the evening sandyavandanam and perform
Tiruvaradhane to Perumal in the evening. Now
Kaalakshepam would occur again with sishyas.  He would
spend quality time with sisyas and give them
happiness.

(Naichaanusandhanam is remembered here. All our
acharyas bring out the naichya bhaavam always.  Once
Bhattar when in his tirumaligee, nobody went to bring
him to the temple.  The utsavam was delayed as a dog
entered the temple.  Bhattar says that this
shanti/prokshanam was done for a dog. What about this
dog (himself) who comes to you everyday.  He calls
himself a dog like Tirmangai Mannan called himself a
dog).

(Mamunigal would discuss Artha panchakam in detail
with sishyas).

Then he would make his tirumeni rest on a golden cot
(this is only for varNanai). In reality Swamy did not
sleep on a golden cot studded with gems. The tarai
(ground) looked like a golden cot because of the
radiance of his tirumeni.  

Sloka 4-5
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His tirumeni was so fair like milk.  He was called
vellai Jeeyar. (Kannan is black, Balarama is white). 
Only once when a sishya asked, he took his adi seshan
form.  He did not do this to show his true self. It
was only to please his sisya. Mamunigal sits on seshan
as Emberuman gave his seat to HIS acharya as a gift. 
Sisyas would always ask for His sukumara tiruvadi
(ratnam like beautiful nails).

(In Last pasuram of URM ­ due to Ponnadi sambandham,
when we go to paramapadam, amaanavan who comes to
greet us and touches us because of this great
Mamunigal Tiruvadi Sambandham.  This is our bhagyam
which cannot be matched.  Hence sisyas used to ask for
His Tiruvadi always).  

(Once Emberuman padukais thought, (Swamy
Vedantachariar?s-Sri Paduka Sahasram) about the
greatness of Emberuman?s tiruvadi.  This is the
tiruvadi (small) that kicked shatakasura, protected
Pariksit, the home for the Pandavas.  When arjuna and
Duryodhana came to see Emberuman.  Duryodhana
(SuyOdhanan) sat next to Emberuman?s tirumudi (head),
and arjuna next to HIS tiruvadi (feet).  Padukais
clutched on to HIS tiruvadi).  

(Once the padukas went away from His Tiruvadi - the
padukas questioned ?mitra bhaaveena - - - -when
Emberuman did not accept Bharat alwan?s sharanagati. 
Hence the padukais left Emberuman).

Sloka 6
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All divya deshams are at acharya tiruvadi 
(Sri Vaikuntam, Ksheerabdi, Dwarakai are all at HIS
tiruvadi). We had the bhagyam of being born in Bharata
desham and having some contact with a Divya Desham. 
Now we have acharya and Mamunigal sambandham.  When
acharya gives us the new life and turns us to Bhagawan
by accepting us, acharya Himself is mother, father,
bandhu, etc.  We should do kainkaryam to Mamunigal
with seshan-seshi bhaavam.

Everything is true, dreams are true.  Emberuman is
within us making us do kainkaryams.  Mamunigal is our
relative in every manner.
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To be continued

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Pallandu to this upanyasam series by Sri T.A. Srinidhi Swami

Pallandu Pallandu to this kainkariyam of Translation 
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