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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

Sri Vanachala Maha munayE Namaha

 

Dear Bhagavatas,

 

Adiyen has been deeply blessed to have HH Sri Kaliyan Vanamamalai Jeeyer Swami 
as adiyen's acharya. Swamy has such great sowlabhyam that he is ever ready to 
clear even our silliest of silliest doubts regarding our sampradayato remove 
our agnana and show us the right path. Here are few of the doubts adiyen raised 
and swamy?s answers to those. Adiyen just wanted to share them with you all so 
that many of you who also have the same doubts lingering in your minds can get 
clarified.

 

1. How is Navaratri significant to Srivaishnavas?

 

Navaratri has been talked about in sastras and agamas. It has been our periavas 
practice. So Srivaishnavas can celebrate them as a pooja to Srimahalakshmi but 
the concept of durga pooja etc doesnt hold good for us.  

With respect to saraswathi pooja, it is not for Srivaishnavas instead our 
periavas do the same pooja to lakshmi hayagreeva moorthi who is personified as 
the incarnation of Sriman Narayana who blesses all of us with 
education.Moreover, not reading anything on saraswathi pooja etc is also not 
acceptable in the sense when we want to show our gratitude towards the deity 
thenwe should show abhivriththi that is we should read more rather than stop 
reading.

 

2. What is the feminine term parallel to dAsan for males?

 

This is the confusion in the minds of many of the female bhagavatas in 
thisgroup. Feminine term parallel to dAsan is only dAsee. The term 'dasyai' is 
incorrect. It refers to the fourth vibhakthi as per sanskrit grammer (like 
devyai namaha: etc). Again 'adiyen' is a common term common for all. Some say 
'adiyal' for feminine. But adiyan or adiyal can be used only in third person 
and for first person that is referring to ourself it is only adiyen. For 
ladies, it should be 'adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee' only as parallel to 'adiyen 
rAmAnuja dAsan' for males. In this context, swamy rightly quotedSri Alavandaar 
srisookthi, 'dvath dAsa dAsee ganaha:' (chatusloki).

 

3. Difference between DarshanapravartakAcharya and DarshanapravardhakAcharya

 

Darshana pravartakam is taking care of the darshanam which has been so longbe 
protected and handed over by our poorvacharyas. Darshana pravardhakamis 
abhivriththi (enhancement) of the sampradayam.

 

One more general mistake that swamy pointed out is some using the term 
'achcharya' for 'acharya' which is incorrect. As per Mamunikal's (again it is 
wrong to use Mamunigal) words "poorvAcharyargal pOdhamanuttAnangal" it is 
poorvAcharya and not poorvAchcharya. Again 'sadagopan' is wrong usage it should 
be 'saTakOpan'.

 

Alwar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan



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