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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



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