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Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

SrisailEsa dayA pAthram deebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam
Yateendra pravanam vandhE ramyajAmataram munim

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What is the reaction of the srivaishnavas when they see others (even their own 
relatives and friends) going to different places and getting themselvesinvolved 
in other activities other than bhagavat vishayam? Do they feel jealous of the 
others living a sophisticated happy life?
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No. The biggest strength of Srivaishnavas is they never feel jealous. Mamunigal 
says, ?PIRAR MINUKKAM PORAMAI ELLA PERUMAIYUM PETTROME?. Srivaishnavas are 
happy with what they have. After all they have the wealth andhappiness, which 
is permanent. It may appear to others that the bhagavatas are suffering but 
they never care about the same. Bhagavatas feel sorry for the lowkikas who run 
after men and money and ultimately are put only tomisery.

When we have everything why should we feel jealous of others? That is why, 
mAmunigal says we have been blessed with the quality of being without jealously 
for ever. But surely our alwars and acharyas have sung in various places about 
the pitiable state of the samsAris. But if we ask a lowkikan then they say that 
they are very happy and only the srivaishnavas running at the back of perumal 
are poor and without anything. They will never understand the mental state and 
happiness of the srivaishavas who live a simple life without any tension.

KooraththAzhvan had so much wealth in kooram, his birth village. He used to do 
so much annadAnam. But one fine day wanting to surrender under the divine feet 
of acharya rAmAnuja he left all the wealth and came empty handed to srirangam. 
From then on throughout his life he lived as an unjavritti (one who takes alms 
and eats) but remained with more happiness and mental peace than when he was in 
kooram. Such is the greatest of bhagavatas. They know that the lowkika 
pleasures are temporary and cherish spending their time with the athma bandhus 
who are permanent relatives. When koorathAzhvan left such huge wealth and came 
to the divine feet of his acharya, will he at any time feel jealous of anyone 
who is wealthy? KoorthAzhvan was capableof learning the whole of the bhOdhayana 
vritti grandham (visistAdvaita commentary to brahma sutram) in a single day. 
Still he never considered himself to be great. Will he be jealous seeing any 
well-educated person? Never.Each Srivaishnava is blessed with good knowledge 
and kainkarya sri by hisacharya and hence no srivaishnava will ever be jealous 
of anything in thisworld.

That is what mAmunigal says in the last line of this paasuram. Like this each 
and every paasuram in this prabandham, ?Arthi Prabhandam? has very indepth 
meanings, covering all our Srivaishnava sampradaya arthas. This writeup is just 
a sample to show how the divine meanings have been inscribed in this single 
paasuram by Swamy Manavala mAmunigal. This is a very weak attempt to do the 
same, limited to adiyen?s ignorance and lack of understanding. But due to the 
wish to write about our Periya Jeeyer?s masterly work during the time of his 
thirunatshatram, adiyen started this series of postings and due to the divine 
grace of Sri Andal samEtha Sri Parthasarathi emperuman and the divine blessings 
of asmad Acharyan, Sri Vanamamalai kaliyan rAmAnuja Jeeyer swamigal 
(descendants of Sri ponnadikkAl Jeeyer, who wasthe first and foremost disciple 
of Sri Mamunigal) and all the bhagavatas of this group, this great herculean 
task has finally come to an end.

?BrindAranya nivAsAya balarAmAnu jAyacha l
rukmini prAnanAdhAya parthasoodhAya mangalam ll?
?SrimathE ramyajAmAtru munindrAya mahatmanE l
Sriranga vAsinE bhooyAth nithyasri nithya mangalam ll

Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam
Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai
Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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