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Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Dear Sri Vishnu,

Sure. our poorvacharyas have strongly said sAtvika ahankaram is a welcoming 
factor for any Sri Vaishnava. Refer Nanmugan thiruvandhAdhi paasuram-3 where 
thirumazhisai azhvar says, "pAlil kidandhadhuvum pandarangam mEyadhuvum Alil 
tuyindradhuvum ArarivAr- jnAlath oru porulai vAnavar tham mei porulai appilai 
aruporulai yAn arindha vAru" These are the words of azhvar that arised out of 
sAtvika ahankaram(There are many such paasurams to quote). He says that no one 
knows about the emperuman like him. Is it right on azhvar's part? Sri 
periavachan pillai answers, "avan kAttak kaNda nAnaRindha padi svayathnaththAl 
kANbArkku ariyappOgAdhu" So it is due to his grace that azhvar has come to know 
about the paratva sowlabhya gunas of emperuman whereas the rest on trying with 
their own effort to know the same. So is there not a difference in the two? 
(kAttavE kanda pAda kamalam nallAdai undi tEttarum vudharabhandam thiru mArbu 
kandam sevvAi vAttamil kaNgal mEni muniyEri tanikidandhu pAttinAl vAzhum pAnar 
thAl paravinOmE) So being proud having seen emperuman due to his nirheduka 
krupai is acceptable to any Srivaishnava.

Another type of Satvika ahankaram, is that pride which arises due to being a 
disciple of our acharya. See embar declaring, "eppozhudum ethirAjar vadivazhagu 
en edhayaththuladAl ellai enakkedir ellai enakkedir ellai ennakkedirE!" See 
Mamunigal while talking about the great vadivazhagu of thirumangai mannan in 
thiruvali-thirunagari finally completes saying, "nindra endha nilamai en kannai 
vittu agandridAdu kaliyan Anai AnaiyE!" 

So we Srivaishnavas should surely be filled with pride that we are "His 
devotees" shisyas of our "revered acharya" and "close to all our azhvars and 
acharyas and all Srivaishnavas" What other wealth can we all possess more than 
the srivaishnava sri/Kainkarya Sri? Shouldnt we be proud of the same else it is 
like being born to a king and considering ourselves to be paupers. It is not an 
insult to us but to our leader, Sriman Narayanan. 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam
Adiyen ramanuja dAsee
Sumithra Varadarajan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Vishnu 
To: ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: [ramanuja] Digest Number 856


>> When
> it is the case for a girl who has come from some
> village not well known what to say about adiyen who
> has come from a DD that too adorned by our dear
> kaliyan as "oppavarillA mAdhargal vAzhum mAda
> mAmayilai thiruvallikeni" Is there anything wrong in
> adiyen being filled with sAtvika ahankaram?

Dear Smt Sumithra,

Can ahankAram be sAttvikam?

Vishnu
> 
>



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