kripA
mAthram
Normally a discusssion on magnanimity
should be complete when the topic veers around the Almighty. However, our
sampradhAyam is as usual different. The qualities of the Lord also pervades thorugh our pUrvAchAryAs -especially
em-perumAnAr and therefore any discussion on
magnanimity will not be satisfying unless this is related to the Great
AchAryA.
What shall we say? His life is full of
magnanimous events. The fact that he descended to the earth for our sake
and elevated us? The fact that He walked eighteen times to obtain rahasyArtham
from thriuvarangam to thiru-k-kOshTiyUr only to declare it open to one and all
inside the thirukkOshtiyUr thiruvOlakkam ? Or is it due to the fact that
He declared that it is okay if he is doomed to hell but the proclamation of the
rahasyArtham will bequeath welfare for hundreds of souls?
Or is it the fact that he removed
the shackles and restricitons of the method of inculcating secrets of our faith
and threw it open to those who are desirous of acquiring the knowledge of
srEvaishNavism?
Yes, till then the method of education was
one to one - one AchAryA will give education to one shishyA.This narrowed down
the sampradhAyam and the pervasion to a large extent. This did not permit smooth
and fast spread of knowledge of our sampradhAyam.
Sri rAmAnujA changed the whole tradition.
Broke the chain and introduced for our good the method of educating one and all
who are desirous of learning our sampradhAyam. Out of immense Grace he
encouraged not only pervasion and imbibing knowledge to all but also furthered
various interpretations to bring about more and more taste and rasam into
thiruvoizhmozhi and other vyAkyAnam-s. In fact, it is opined that he desisted
from giving vyAkyAnam to thiruvoimozhi lest it will become final and there will
be no further vyAkyAnam-s or thoughts available. Perhaps, this led to the
magnum-opus EDu vyAkyAnam for the magnum-opus
thiru-voi-mozhi.
Today it has resulted in
all of us enjoying this anubavam in an alien language and interacting through
yahoo groups and therefore all these groups should be dedicated to Sri RamAnujA.
Is it not?
The lists goes
on.
It is suffice to say that all his actions
and deeds sprung out of compassion and only compassion -kripA mAthram.
And that is magnanimity personified for
you.
..viNNin thalai ninRu
vEDaLippAn em-irAmAnusan maNNin thalthudithu" irAmAnus
nURRandhAdhi95;
" oRAn vazhiyAi
upadhEsithAr munnOar-yEArAR ethirAsar
in-aruLAl, pArulagil
Asai udaiyOrkellam ARiyargAL
kURum enRu pEAsi
vArambu aRuthAr pin" upadEsa
rethina-mAlai. 37
Can
magnanimity of the Lord and pUrvAchAryAs be concluded?. It goes on...
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