srImathE rAmAnujAya namaha srImadh varavara munayE namaha Dear Smt Geetha, ====Quote 1===== Is there a copy of GPP3000 with you? I started reading GPP6000 and then I put it on a sidetrack. Now the situation needs it badly. I'm going to first finish reading that and I'm going to come back to all you to clear my doubts. I don't have any proper knowledge of ThennAchArya sampradAyam. ====Unquote 1========= No. At the moment I am not having a copy of the same. I am trying to buy one. But I did have a brief account of this in a book of Sri Desika Prabhandham. The accounts given in that are not at all reliable. ======Quote 2======== This always puzzled me. Why maNavALa mAmnuigaL didn't mention swami desikan in Upadesha RatnamAlai? We need to quote Swami Desikan's work itself to refute their views. But we need the help of Scholars in this area. =====Unquote 2======== As I had explained previously, Sri maNavALa mAmunigaL, tried to glorify only the following persons, 1. All AzhwArs and ANdAL. 2. Sri EmberumAnAr 3. All those poorvAchAryAs who had done commentaries for the ThiruvAimozhi or tried to safe guard them. and finally, 4. His beloved Sri Pillai lOkAchAryar. Remember, he talks about his immediate predecessor Sri ThiruvAimozhip piLLai only in the beginning and that is it. But this one pAsuram is just conveying everything in the words "endhai thiruvAimozhip piLLai innaruLAl vandha, upadEsa mArgatthai sindhai seidhu, pinnavarum kaRkka, upadEsamAip pEsuginREn, mannia seer veNpAvil vaitthu". He has said very clearly that the entire pAsuram is due to the grace of his AchArya Sri ThiruvAimozhip piLLai. Now he had spoken about Sri piLLai lOkAchAryar only out of his abhimAnam for him, which was due to the wonderful works he made to safeguard the misinterpretation of Sri Ramanuja's works. Otherwise, he had praised only those who commented on thiruvAimozhi and specifically "eedu". Sri dEsikar does not appear in this list, due this reason and this itself proves that the claims, that Sri dEsikar did a 74000p padi vyAkhyAnam for ThiruvAimozhi which is called 'nigama parimaLam', are completely baseless. If Sri dEsikar had done really such a work, why should it be lost when all the other works are available? Again if he(swAmy dEsikan) had really commented on it in a grand manner in line with our poorvAchAryAs, sure, Sri maNavALa mAmunigaL would have included his name also. Again this goes to prove the claim that Sri mAmunigAL advocated everyone to follow dEsika sampradhAyam. I read your other post in which you had said that you are disturbed that great people like Sri Chinna jeeyar swami, Sri Velukkudi swamy and Sri MA Venkatakrishnan swamy have not come forward to refute this. Let me tell you one thing, the reason is that they all know that all these attempts are futile, They have all attempted this earlier very much and are still doing it now, if things seem to get out of our hand. But tell me one thing. Do you really think that if they write a rebuttal, people like Sri Parthasarathy Dileepan & Anand Karalapakkam will change. So why should they waste their energies on this. Let small people like me do this. They have very good followers and let them all concentrate only on educating us. Of course they always help me when I contact them regarding any dispute and all the I am writing are not a "vidhanDAvAdham" or "kutharkkam". Let alone these great present day people, even their fathers and fore fathers cannot change them. One can wake a person who is really sleeping but not the person who is acting as if he is sleeping. AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan Thirumala Vinjamoor Venkatesh * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The information contained in this message is legally privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressed individual or entity indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person). It must not be read, copied, disclosed, distributed or used by any person other than the addressee. Unauthorised use, disclosure or copying is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Opinions, conclusions and other information on this message that do not relate to the official business of any of the constituent companies of the SANMAR GROUP shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by the Group. If you have received this message in error, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by e-mail. Thank you. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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