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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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