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Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha,

Previous posting by Smt. sumithra & Sri Varadarajan
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Sri Parthasarathi thunai,
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha,
Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha,
Sri VanAchala mahA munayE Namaha.

Dear bhagavatas,

Each and every acharya in our guru paramparai have their own specialities and
talking about each one of them gives our mouth the purpose of its existence (nA
padaiththa payam). It is a great task to write about the works of Sri Periya
Jeeyer, Swamy Manavala mAmunigal (since though limited in number, the
arthapushti is beyond words).

The paasuram to which you have asked the meaning is one such paasuram 
which talks about the greatness of a great bhagavata, that too one of the 
greatest acharya, not only for jeevatmas
but also for Lord ranganatha himself. Anyway let adiyen try to write a few
words about this paasuram though adiyen doesn't have the vyakhyanam to the
paasuram with me now and hence the writing will be limited to adiyen's ignorance
and lack of understanding.

This paasuram (mannuyir kAlingE....) was given by one of the astadiggajas of
Swamy manavAla mAmunigal, Sri Erumbiappa. Let me first tell the excellent story
how erumbiappa became the shisya of mAmunigal. Erumbiappa was a great scholar
in all sastras who stayed in a village called erumbi near kanchipuram. At the
same time, Swamy mamunigal remained with glory, with number of shisyas
establishing ramanuja siddAntham in Srirangam. Coming to know about the
greatness of mAmunigal, erumbiappa came to srirangam. He talked with swamy and
did get impressed by swamy's medAvilAsam but still couldn?t shed his ego and
pride. Swamy mAmunigal then requested erumbiappa to take prasadam in the mutt.

Remembering the dharma sAstram that a gruhastan should not take food in a mutt
of a sanyasi, erumbiappa refused and returned back to erumbi. The next day when
he tried to do thiruvArAdhanam to his perumal (Rama piran) he was unable to open
the koil Azhvar. Erumbiappa felt very bad and started thinking and wondered,
"Oh! rama what apacharam did adiyen do?" Rama replied, "You remembered the
sAmanya sastram and did apacharam to the ethi punarAvathAram, Sri Manavala
mAmunigal. Go immediately now and do apacharya kshAmanam (apologise) and accept
the prasadam" Thondaradipodi alwar in his thirumAlai says, "ponagam seidha sEdam
tharivarEl punidhamandrE". Here alwar says, even if a person who does a cheap
work (Ettiya vinaya rElum) but still is a bhakthan of perumal then it is pure to
accept his left over prasadam. When it is the case with such a person what to
say about Swamy mamunigal, a great acharya accepted even as acharya by perumal
himself. Will a shisya keep quiet when someone insults his acharya? That is why
perumal showed his anger to erumbiappa. Erumbiappa, then shed all his ego and
came accepted the prasadam of swamy mAmunigal and settled under the divine feet
of mAMunigal for ever. His acharya bhakthi could be easily seen in his works,
poorva dinacharya, uttara dinacharya,and vara vara muni sathakam all about his
acharya Swamy Manavala mAmunigal . It is not even necessary for one to go
through these sanskrit prabandhams to learn about his acharya nishtai, just the
above paasuram is enough. Let us enjoy the essence of the paasuram briefly in
the next posting.

(To Be continued)

Alwar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigale sharanam
Adiyen Ramanuja dAsee
Sumithra & Varadarajan

RAJI SRIDHAR <sridharaji@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:>
> As a result of Lord's command, this is included
> as the 74th paasuram of UpadesaRatnamala
>
> "mannuyir_kAL ingE maNavALa mAmunivan *
> ponnadiyAm senkamalappOthukaLai * - unnis
> siraththAlE theeNdil amAnavanum nammai *
> karaththAlE theeNdal kadan "
>
> Asking devotees to hold on to Mamunigal's feet
> and take him as your refuge.
> As this will take you to the LORD.


Pranams

It is really very interesting to read about Swami
Mamunigal. Can someone explain more about this
pasuram 'mannuyir.....kadan'. Who are amAnavan?

pranams once again
raji sridhar






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