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Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe rAmAnujAya Namaha
Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha
Sri vAnAchala mahA MunayE Namaha

SrisailEsa dayA pAthram deebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam
Yateendra pravanam vandhE ramya jAmataram munim

Dear Bhagavatas,

Today (Feb.28 2003 mAsi dvAdasi) is the thiruvadhyayana dhinam of Sri Periya 
Jeeyer, Sri ManavAla Mamunigal (the day in which the great acharya attained 
paramapadam). There are some important responsibilities for any shisya.The 
shisya has to act according to the words of the acharya, recite the thaniyan of 
the acharya regularly and should spread the greatness of his acharya throughout 
the world. On top of all these he should celebrate the thirunakshatram and 
thiruvadhyayanam of his acharya.  

Sri Periya Jeeyer is not only an acharya to all the mandha bhuddhi (dull 
headed) jeevAtmas but he is an acharya to the lord himself. Lord ranganatha 
(Periya perumal) considered to be the head and representative of all the archa 
moorthis in the various divya desams decided to become a shisya and hence 
choose the great acharya Periya Jeeyer to be his acharya and listened tothe 
bhagavat vishaya kalashepam for a year from the divine mouth of Sri Manavala 
mAmunigal. On the last day, the lord honored the acharya with the SrisailEsa 
dhaniyan. Did he stop with it? No. The responsibility of the shisya will not 
end with that. So even today Sri ranganatha remembers the thiruadhyayana dhinam 
of his acharya and fulfils the responsibilities of the shisya. On this day, the 
lord accepts the acharya prasadams and refrainsfrom having beetle leafs. The 
lord has never stepped down from his responsibilities. Do we all follow him? 
Wherever we are whatever we do, let us show our small regard for the revered 
acharya at least by thinking of his greatness and doing mangalAsAsanams to the 
acharya saying, ?adiyArgal vAzha aranga nagar vAzha sadakOpan than thamizh nool 
vAzha, kadal soozhiNdha mannulagam vAzha manavAla mAmuniyE ennum oru nootrAndu 
erum?.  

Is there any other religion in this world, which prays for the welfare of all 
like this? Only we, srivaishnavas pray for the welfare of the whole world 
daily-kadal soozhiNdha mannulagam vAzha. A muslim says only a musalman reaches 
the lord and a Christian says only a person who converts himself toChristianity 
reaches the loka pitha, then what will happen to all others? Can a father (lOka 
pitha) ignore some of his kids and be partial to others? There is no answer for 
this with them. But we srivaishnavas have answerto everything. Because we have 
a great lineage of acharyas who have made logical analysis with the help of the 
vedas and of course bhagavat krupai and has given the answers for any question 
in this world. When we are unable to answer to some questions just don?t forget 
that it is due to our ignorance and nothing else. Try to go through our alwar 
acharya works and youare sure to find answers to any of your doubts. Is it not 
our responsibility to celebrate and honor such great alwars and acharyas? If 
not possibledaily let us try to show our regards at least on the 
thirunakshatram days and the thiruvadhyayana dhinams of the acharyas.

Let us now see some incidents in the life history of the great Sri 
ManavalamAmunigal.

1. One day one of the bhattars in Srirangam temple prostrated Sri Periya jeeyer 
and said, ?Your disciples do not regard me with respect but instead they ignore 
me?. Jeeyer returned back to the mutt and enquired about thesame while the 
disciples told Jeeyer about the misdeeds of the bhattar andhence said, ?Due to 
the lack of athma gunams in that bhattar we are unable to honor him? Listening 
to this mAmunigal politely replied, if that isthe case then consider perumal 
and piratti to be seated on the divya simhAsanam and prostrate him. In this way 
swamy remained with great vaishnava lakshana where he saw goodness in everyone 
and remained with great pradhipathi towards emperuman and his adiyars.

2. Two Srivaishnavas due to ego and pride argued with each other in front of 
Sri Periya Jeeyer. Jeeyer kept quiet. At the same time two dogs quarreled 
between each other. Immediately Jeeyer told to the dogs, ?Are you twoalso well 
versed in Srivachana bhooshanam to have so much ego and pride toquarrel between 
each other?? Listening to this the srivaishnavas where embarrassed and they 
realized their mistake. In this way, Swamy had a special talent to overcome the 
bad qualities of his disciples and correct them.

3. One very old lady, one night wanted to stay in the mutt. But swamy 
verystrictly ordered her to leave saying, ?kizhattu anilAgilum maramEra 
vallathanrO? (Even if it is an old squirrel is it not still capable of 
climbinga tree?) Is it not enough for people to blame and talk about us in a 
wrongmanner?? In this way swamy was very cautious and never slipped even a bit.

4. One day a srivaishnava got a special type of greens (tudhulang keerai) and 
gave to the lady responsible for cutting the vegetables for the 
prasadamprepared for mamunigal. But the lady just ignored the same. Coming to 
know about this mAmunigal ordered the lady to leave and not to do the 
servicefor 6 more months. Further he told her to beg pardon to the srivaishna 
for the apacharam done. Such was the bhagavatas abhimAnam of the great acharya.

There are so many such instances in the life history of Sri Periya Jeeyer, 
which will teach us how we as an srivaishnava should actually be. His whole 
history is a lesson to us in a simplified fashion. The above incidents have 
been quoted from Sri pillilOkAm Jeeyer?s Yatheendra pravana prabhAvam. To know 
more adiyen requests each one of you to get hold of this excellent book and go 
through the same. We spent on many things for our day-to-day needs but spending 
on such books is a treasure for all our future generations. Let us not leave 
our next generations in darkness. Let us give themsuch great treasures and 
light their lives.

Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam
Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee
Sumithra Varadarajan 




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