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Dear SrEvaishNavites,

First and foremost I thank sri sadagopan iyengar for triggering a train of 
thought in mind which enabled me to recall and refer vyAkyAnam-s of 
pUrvAchAryAs. Thanks for the food for the thought.

In srE vachaNa bhUshaNam 43 st sUthram states" agnAnathAlE prabhannar 
asmathAthigaL, gnAnAthikathAlE prabhannar pUrvAcharyargaL;bhakthip 
pAravyasathAlE prabhannar AzhwArgaL" Although this sUthram is being spelt out 
in a different context, the following lines are relevant in this regard.

prabhannar-s are categorised into three. One with lack of knowledge. We fall 
into this slot.
One with pre-dominant knowledge. Our preceptors-pUrvAchAryargaL are in this 
category and
Prabhannar-s with extreme devotion -bhakthi-p pAravyasyam-AzhwArgaL are no 
doubt in this class.

When even prabhannar can fall into a category of "ignorant" group we who cannot 
even be termed as prabhannar are certainly below that. 

We need thus Lord's blessing for seeing the Lord. 

"en vuNarvin vuLLEa iruthinEan, adhuvum avanadhu innaruLE" thiru voi mozhi 8-8-3

rAmAnuja dhAsan
vanamamalai padmanabhan


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