Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:
Srimath Anantharya Mahagurave Nama:
Srimath Varavaramunaye Nama:
Dear BhAgavatas,
Please find following a translation of an article
titled "Aranganum Mamunigalum" by Sri P.B.
Annangaracharya Swami.
I have made attempts to make the translation as close
to the original article as possible, but I find myself
unable to duplicate Swami's selection of wonderful
words and phrases. For those who can read Tamil, I
recommend that you read the original article in the
Geethacharyan website at http://geethacharyan.org
Any errors in the translation are absolutely mine
alone.
Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam
adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan
TCA Venkatesan
http://www.acharya.org
--
Sri Ranganatha and Sri Manavala Mamunigal
Translation of an article by Sri PB Annangaracharyar
Swami
Sri Ranganatha of Srirangam took Sri Manavala Mamunigal
as His acharya and delighted in the act of becoming his
disciple. Having obtained an interest in listening to
the inner meanings of Thiruvaymozhi as explained by
"eedu 36000padi", He commanded Sri Manavala Mamunigal
to present it in His presence in the temple. Sri
Manavala Mamunigal accepting the Lord's order started
the upanyasam the next day and continued it for a year.
At the end of the year, Sri Ranganatha Himself in the
form of a young son of an archaka presented the famous
taniyan:
SrisailEsa dayApAtram dhIbhaktyAdi guNArNavam
yatIndra pravaNam vandE ramyajAmAtaram munim
(History records that the young boy who presented the
taniyan immediately disappeared and simultaneously the
taniyan was presented in a number of other temples
starting with Thirumalai.)
It is possible that some people, even those who have
surrendered at the lotus feet of Sri Manavala
Mamunigal, would doubt that this event occured. However
it is clear upon analysis of the arrangement of the
words in the taniyan that none but Sriman Narayana
could have authored it.
It is well known that Sri Ranganatha is none but Sri
Rama and Sri Krishna. Several azhvars have established
this fact through several pasurams so that there need
be no doubt on this matter.
As Sri Rama and Sri Krishna, Sriman Narayana had
surrendered to a few people and yet each time He was
not happy with those people. He found drawbacks in
each of them and was dissatisfied. As such, He took
Sri Manavala Mamunigal as His acharya and became
happy that He finally had surrendered to one who has
all the qualities to be an acharya. This is clearly
shown by Him in each of the terms of the taniyan.
1. SriSailEsa dayApAtram: In Sri Rama avatar, He took
refuge with a sailEsa dayApAtran. Now, He salutes
SrisailEsa dayApAtran. SailEsa dayApAtran is Sugriva.
The sailam here is Ricyamukha mountain. The Lord of
that sailam is Mathanka Muni, and Sugriva lived under
this rishi's dayA. At one time, Vali had fought an
asura named Dundubi and killed him. Vali then had
tossed the body of the asura a long distance and at
that time some blood drops from his body had fallen
on Mathanka Muni's ashramam. Mathanka Muni was
angered by that and had cursed that whosoever had
done that and his associates would die if they
stepped on that mountain. Sugriva after earning the
enemity of Vali had taken refuge in this mountain to
escape his brother. Hence he is the sailEsa dayApAtra.
Sri Rama had taken refuge with Sugriva initially,
but later was disappointed by him. Even after the
rainy season was over, after the killing of Vali,
Sugriva did not make any efforts in helping Sri
Rama locate Sri Sita. As such, Sri Rama told Sri
Lakshmana to meet Sugriva and tell him that "one
who forgets the help of a friend is a lowly person;
the way Vali was sent is also open to Sugriva; Sri
Rama is ready to send Sugriva, his friends and
relatives to the domain of Yama". Thus Sri Rama had
become dissatisfied with the sailEsa dayApAtran with
whom He had taken refuge. In order that this be
rectified, He now takes refuge with Srisailesa
Dayapatrar who is Sri Manavala Mamunigal.
He salutes Sri Manavala Mamunigal who is the receipient
of the dayA of ThiruvAymozhippiLLai (Thirumalai AzhvAr
also known as Srisailesar).
2. dhIbhaktyAdi guNArNavam: In Rama avatar, He had
bowed to the lord of the salty ocean ("lavaNArNavam").
Based on Vibeeshana's words, Sri Rama performed
saranagati to the ocean. However, the lord of the ocean
chose to ignore Sri Rama and at that time Sri Rama
decided to send a fierce astram and empty the ocean
and make it into dry land. Thus, He ended up with
disappointment with one to whom He had made saranagati.
In order to make up the disappointment of surrendering
to the ocean of salt, He now surrenders to the ocean
of great guNas who is Sri Manavala Mamunigal.
3. yatIndra pravaNam: That Lord Sri Ranaganatha
is the same as Lord Srinivasa is known from pasurams
such as "manthipAy vadavEnkada mAmalai vAnavarkaL
santhi seyya ninRAn arangaththaravinaNaiyAn". And as
Lord Srinivasa, He received the Conch and Discus from
Sri Ramanuja and therefore took him as His acharya.
While there was no disappointment for the Lord with
Sri Ramanuja, after listening to the Ramanuja
Noorranthathi verse "thannaiyuRRat seyyum thanmaiyinOr",
where it is said that rather than being attached to
Sri Ramanuja it is better to be attached to those who
are attached to Sri Ramanuja, He decided on becoming
the sishya of Yatindra Paravanar rather than being the
sishya of Yatindrar.
Yatindra Pravanar is a special name given to Sri
Manavala Mamunigal.
4. vandE ramyajAmAtaram munim: During avatars, He
became a disciple of muni's: as Sri Rama with Sage
Vishvamitra and as Sri Krishna with Sage Santhipini.
However, He became disappointed with them both. In
Mithilai, He heard about the details of Sage
Vishvamitra's past and became disappointed that He
had taken such a person who was subject to rajas
and tamas, as His acharya. In Sri Krishna avatar,
even after knowing that Sri Krishna was none but
Sriman Narayana, Sage Santhipini requested a lower
purushartha which was his son's life rather than the
higher purushartha which is moksha. As such, He
became disappointed with this muni as well. Thus,
He decided to take on the muni who is the ocean of
satva guNas as His acharya, who is Ramya Jamatru
Muni.
Thus, this taniyan which has so many special and
hidden meanings could not have been authored by
anyone but Sriman Narayana.
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