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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:

1. "adhil sidDha Dharma vidhi;idhil vidhi anuShTAnangaL" - AH 193

TiruvAymozhiyil vidhiyum uNdu;anuShTAnamum uNdu:

In Sri Gita,there is only an injunction/vidhi "mAm Ekam sharaNam 
vraja"; In TiruvAymozhi,vidhi is mentioned as

"ThirunAraNan thAl kAlam peRac sindhithhu uymminO" - TVM 4.1.1

and also the anuShTAnam/execution that was observed:

"pugal onRillA adiyEn un
adikkIzh amarndhu pugundhEnE" - TVM 6.10.10


2. "'bhagavan,j~nAnavidhi,paNi vagai' enRu ivar(nammAzhvAr)
angkIkAraththAlE, adhukku(Bhagavad Gita) uthkarSham(greatness or 
exaltation)" - AH 194

The Gita,for its greatness,necessitates the recommendation from 
NammAzhvAr:

BudDha is also one of the incarnations of the Lord and it is 
mentioned in Srimad BhAgavatha mahA purANam. Although the Lord 
protected the shAsthram from the demons/asurAs(Lord had to tell a lie 
saying that vedas are not pramANas) taking incarnation as budDha and 
thus giving baudDha shAsthram(one of the systems of philosophy and it 
is anti-vedic) and also as Kapila muni and thus giving sAnkhya 
shAsthram,vaidhIkas did not approve those shAsthrAs as they were anti-
vedic(that is the philosophy which does not recognize the existence 
and the Supremacy of Parabraman).

Because NammAzhvAr,a parama vaidhIka(supreme vedic person) and an 
authority in scriptures, considered the Gita as pramANa and refered to
(recommended) it in his prabandha:

"paNdE paraman paNiththa paNivagaiyE
kaNdEn kamala malarppAdham" - 10.4.9 

Bhagavad Gita attained its greatness. Since NammAzhvAr has approved 
the Gita through his hymns/prabandha,the gita requires no other 
approval or recommendation from anyone else. Such is the greatness of 
NammAzhvAr and his speech/tiruvAkku which is nothing but "Truth, 
Truth,Truth". Sri Azhagiya MaNavALa PerumAL NAyanAr(who had digested 
all the five vyAkhyAnams/commentaries on TiruvAymozhi and thus an 
authority in defending NammAzhvAr & his thoughts) has clearly 
elucidated, without any ambiguity, the greatness and the glory of 
TiruvAymozhi over Bhagavad Gita through the sUthras 189-194 in 
his "AcArya Hrdhayam". 

PS: Seek forgiveness from devotees if I had,unintentionally, 
misinterpreted or misquoted anything in the process of desiring to 
understand "AcArya Hrdhayam". 

Azhagiya MaNavALa PerumAL NAyanAr ThiruvadigaLE sharaNam
AzhvAr EmperumAnAr Jeeyar ThiruvadigaLE sharaNam
NC Nappinnai




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