Knocking at the
Wrong Door?
one of the akbar birbal stories revolve
around a person who looks for a lost item in bright place whereas he had lost it
in the dark place. This man was ultimately included in the association of
fools.
If you want to study physics you go
to a physics teacher and not to an english tutor.
What does Sri AnanthAzvAn does? He seeks
the blessings of Sri RamAnuja for getting the magnum opus thriuvAimozhi onto our
minds. Logically, the blessings should be from the author of the work, svami
Nam-AzvAr or EmeprumAn HImself. AnanthAzvAn knocks at the door of not EmperumAn
but EmperumanAr.
'Yeindha perum kErthi
iramAnusa muni than vAindha malar pAdham
vaNanguginReAn,
Aindh perum sEr Ar satakOPan
senthamizh
vEadham tharikkum pErAdha vuLLam pERA' ThriuvAimozhi
thaniyan.
He is not alone in this thinking. Sri
EmbAr also knocks at the door of EmpeurmAnAr
'engaL gathiyEa iramAnusa muniyEa..
mangaiyOAr Endha mARAi
Ayiramum thangu manm nE enakkuth thA"
This is thaniyan for Periya
Thriumozhi.
Why is it?
Neither udayavr is author of these divinve
works nor has he given the vyAkyAnam.
A brief look at the background throws
light on this issue
i. EmperumAnAr's unflinching faith and
understanding of these divyaprabhandham-s bequeathed immense knowledge to the
AchAryas who gave the vyAkyAnam-s.Several vyAkyAnam-s directly quote EmperumAnar
while interpreting.Edu is replete with this.
ii. BashyakArar took the verses from
ThriuvAimozhi to synchronise the seemingly contradictory upanishad
vakyAms
'bAshyakArar idhu koNdu
sUthra vAkayangaLai orunga viduvar' AchArya Hrdhayam 65.
iii. The fact that he did not give any
vAkyAnam-s but paved way for several vyAkyAnam-s for thriuvAimozhi
.
iv. Day in and day out he was devouring
the verses of thriumangai AzvAr and svAmi Nam-AzvAr
'then kurukaipp pirAn
pATTennum vEdha pasum thamizh thannai than bakthi yennum vETTin kaN vaitha
irAmAnusan' 29
'paNdaRu mARan pasum
thamizh-Anandham pAi madhamAi viNdida engaL iramAnusa muni
vEAzham'64
The above two irAmAnusa NuthandhAdhip
pAsuram-s and others reiterate the fact that Sri udayavar's food for thought was
none other than these prabhandham-s.
v. 'kalaip perumAL oli
mikka pADalai vuNDu than vuLLam thadithu'88
'nElan thanakku vulgil
iniyAnai'17
and other such pAsuram-s from
irAmAnusa nUthandhAdhi enunciate His deep immersion in Kaliyan's
verses.
Vi. The knowledge for any disciple should be blessed by AchAryan. Who else but our universal
AchAryan is our spiritual mentor?
All these and so many other factors make
it a case of knocking at 'The appropirate place' and
not the case of knocking at the wrong door
X
as he is
none other than the one who is :
mARAn adi paNindh
vuindhavan
illai enak edhir-illai enakk
edhir-illai enakk edhirEA!
adiyEan
rAmanuja dAsan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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