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SrI:
SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

Dearest all,

In this verse, Amudhanaar enjoys Ramanuajcharyaâ??s
devotion to the grandson of Sriman Nathamuni, namely
Yamunacharyar also called as Alavandhaar. Ramanuja
held on to the lotus feet of Yamunacharya as the only
refuge.    

Let us enjoy the 21st verse on EmperumAnArâ??s
reverence towards his praacharyan Sri Yamunaachaarya. 


nithiyaip poziyum mukil_enRu neesar_tham
vaachalpaRRith
thuthikaR Rulakil thuvaLkinRi lEn inith thooyn^eRichEr
ethikat kiRaivan yamunaith thuRaivan iNaiyatiyaam
kathipeR Rutaiya iraamaa Nnuchanennaik kaaththananE.
21

21. Pristinely pure anushTaanaseelar- (one who
strictly adheres to saashthras and anushtanams), the
Chief of saints of Srivaishnavas is Sri Yamunacharyar-
Sri Alavandhaar. Emperumaanaar- Sri Ramanujacharya,
who is blessed to be Lotus Feet of Yamunacharyar,
saved me. Hence, I shall never ever praise the lowly
human beings who are full of ahamkara, mamakarams (I
and mine), saying "you are like the rainy cloud to
shower us with wealth", etc... 

Though he was given half the kingdom, and was
addressed as â??Ala vandhaarâ?? [the one who came to
rule me]; having ruled the kingdom and enjoyed royal
life; still he forsake everything and took sanyaasam.
Not just that he was adhering to greatest and
strictest yatheeswararâ??s anushtAnam [in spite of the
past riyal comforts]; His jnAna bhakti vairAgyam were
indescribable. Taking refuge of His lotus feet,
EmperumAnAr was devoted to YamunAchArya fully. After
being saved by such greatest Ramanujacharya, would I
ever go and pray to some lowliest soul hereafter? I
never used to that even before. Why at all now? [Even
I do not take sanyaasam, I can still adhere to vaidika
anushtAnam and learn to have sampradaya jnAnam.
Nothing wrong with that. One need not be a sanyaasi]

[SrI Satakopan Swami adds:] In the Guru Paramparaa
section of his magnum opus, Swami Desikan paid tribute
to Alavandaar, his compositions and his line of
disciples. {Alavandaar had fifteen well known
disciples, who took  refuge in him. He also blessed us
with the following illustrious works, which inspired
Swami Desikan: (1) Aagama Praamanyam (2) Purusha
Nirnayam (3-5) Siddhi Tryam containg Atma Siddhi,
Iswara Siddhi and Samvit Siddhi (6) Gitaartha
Sangraham (7) Stotra ratnam and (8) Cathu: Sloki  on
Maha Lakshmi to remind us about Her unique  role in
Prapatti}.

The verse begins with the words: Ennuyir
tantalitthavarai charanam pukki. Here Swami salutes 
the line of Acharyas from Ramanuja, Periya Nambi,
Alavandaar, Manakkal Nambi, Uyyakkondar, Nada Muni,
Nammazhwar, Vishwaksenar, Maha Lakshmi and Sriman
Narayanan. He says the Acharyas like Alavandaar
protected him by revealing the knowledge that his
Atmaa was Seshan to the Lord. 

In another verse in RTS exclusively devoted to
Alavandaar, Swami states that he is the Dasa of
Alavandaar and he will not therefore study any Sastras
that are not true to his teachings. 

Neelavandhu Inru Vidhi vahayaal Ninaivu Onriya  Naam
Meela Vandhu Innum Vinai Udambu Onri Vizhundu
Uzhalaathu
Aala Vandarena Venru Arul Thantu Vilangiya SIr 
Aalavandaar adiyom padiyom ini ilvazhakkeh 

In this long and tortuous Samsara, we have over aeons
wandered and finally due to the grace of the Lord have
attained discriminating knowledge. To avoid rebirth in
this world and attaining another body due to the
Karmas, we have taken refuge in Alavandaar and his
teachings. We will therefore not have lower births and
we have declared our servitude(Dasatvam) to
Alavandaar. He has conquered the opponents with ill
views and has come  as it were to protect to us from
the misfortunes associated with the travails of
Samsaara. After thus becoming his Dasas, we will not
engage in the study of fruitless and imperfect [other]
Sastras anymore and be misled
   
EmperumAnAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana  
dAsan


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