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 > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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