Dear Swamin, SRimathE RAmAnujAya namaha. I have heard a slightly different form of this episode. Andal's reply was on the following lines: "We do not know who installed (consecrated) Ranganatha, still accept the Swami's Thirtham and treat it as so precious. How much more precious is sri pada thIrtham of some one installed by my own Acharya (Sri RAmAnujA)?" Here the pun is on Ranganatha's "swayam vyaktha" and the fact that Sri Bhattar was chosen successor of Sri Ramanuja, chosen by Sri Ramanuja him self. This variation of the story seems to bring out Acharya pratipatti in Sri Kurathalwan's entire family. -Srinivasadasa vtca <vtca@xxxx> wrote: Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: Knowing that Bhattar would not allow this to happen, his mother Andal would secretly ask for the divine water from Bhattar's feet and accept it. A Srivaishnava seeing this asked Andal "Being his mother, how could you do this - is this not wrong?" Andal replied "Why is that? Should I accept the water only from the idol that others worship - why can't I accept the water from the idol that I created myself?" The Srivaishnava asked her "What is the basis for this?". Andal replied "Did not Thirumangai Azhvar say "kaNapuram kaithozhum piLLaiyai piLLai enReNNap peRuvarE"? That is, knowledge-filled great devotees, even if they are one's disciples or children, should be sought and respected. Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam A Day in the Life of Our Acharyas: http://www.acharya.org/articles/aditlooa/index.html Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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