Sri Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe rAmAnujaya Namaha Sri vara vara munayE Namaha Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha In the sixteenth paasuram, ?nAyaganAi nindra? Sri kOdhai nAchiyar regards EmperumAnAr as the king of leaders. Sri rAmAnujar will show the path tomoksha and he himself will act as the guide for the route. About 12,000 Srivaishnavas, thousands of ammaiyars (female disciples), 700 jeeyers will follow EmperumAnAr and will always remain in his shadow and hence Andal clearly says, ?nAyaganAi nindra? He is going to be the head of all acharyas. In the seventeenth paasuram, ?anbaramE thanneerE? andal shows how EmperumAnAr is going to be everything for his disciples. Swamy will be like food and life for all his disciples. Andal calls EmperumAnAr as ?ambaramE! thanneerE! Sore!? indicating that he is going to be all three purusharthas for adiyars (dharma, artha, kama) since Srivaishnavas never worry about their food, water or shelter swamy will be thirumanthram, dvayam and charamaslokam for Srivaishnavas. Further indicating that adisesha who took avatharam as balarama is again going to take another avatharam as ramanuja andaldoes mangalAsAsanam as ?semporkazhaladi selvA baladEvA!?. In the eighteenth paasuram, ?vundhu madhakalittran? andal talks about the strength of EmperumAnAr. Sri rAmAnuja will gain all his strength from the knowledge attained from his panchAcharya and will win over all the pAshandhis and mAyAvadhis and remain with fame. That is why andal praises as ?vundhu madhakalittran OdAdha thOlvaliyan? In the nineteenth paasuram, ?kuththu vilakkeriya? andal tells about thebright lamp of knowledge and bhakthi that is going to glow to enlighten the lives of all the disciples. EmperumAnAr will have the four vedas as his cot?s 4 legs and the vedantha will be his cozy bed. In the room the light which will glow will be his works namely, vedantha saram, vedantha deepam, Sribhashyam, geetha bhashyam, gadhyatrayam. That is what andal says, ?kuththu vilakkeriya kOttukAl kattil mEl meththendra panja sayanaththil? lies Sri ramanuja. In the twentieth paasuram, ?muppaththu moovar? Sri andal praises how Sri rAmAnujar will remain like a fire to all his enemies. EmperumAnAr will appear like a fire of knowledge in front of all those who have come to arguewith him and will burn all their ignorance and will make them realize the heat of fear. Those who come opposing ramanuja will be burnt in the fire of defeat. That is what Sri andal says, ?settrArkku veppam kodukkum vimalA!? (To be continued) Azhvar EmperumAnAr Andal Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee Sumithra Varadarajan --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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