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About Swami MudaliAndan from http://srivaishnava.org/
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Sri Mudali AndAn was born in 1027 A.D. at Varadaraja puram near Madras. His
parents, Anantha dIkshitar and Naachchiyaar (Sri Raamaanuja's sister), named
him as Daasarathi. Since he was one of the foremost disciples of Sri
Raamaanuja, he came to be known as Mudaliaandaan.
When Sri Raamaanuja went to Triukottiyur Nambi for upadesam on Tiru mantram, he
was asked the reason for bringing Daasarathi and Kuresa with him, inspite of
his instruction to come alone. To this, Sir Raamaanuja replied, saying, he had
come with his Staff (tiru danda referring to Daasarthi) and Pennant (pavithram
referring to Kuresa). Tirukkottiyur Nambi took all three of them and instructed
them on the secrets of Tiru Mantram.
Latter, when Sri Raamaanuja was instructing Kuresa on the Charama-Slokam,
Daasarathi too wanted to know the meaning of the sloka, and therefore
approached Sri Raamaanuja. Due to Tirukkottiyur Nambi's instructions, Sir
Raamaanuja, asked Daasarathi to go the him and ask for upadesam on the sloka.
Daasarathi went to tirukkottiyur and submitted himself to Nambi, who never gave
him contenance. This continued for about Six months and Daasarathi never gave
up his resolve. At this point Tirukkottiyur Nambi inquired about his reason for
being there. When Daasarathi requested to be taught the meaning of Charama
Sloka, he said "Let every trace in thee cease, of the three fold egotism which
troubles the mankind, that of talent, wealth and ancestry. Raamaanuja will be
the best judge of thee in these matters. Go to him and wait on him and his will
and pleasure. He will bless thee". Daasarathi returned to Srirangam, fell to
Sri Raamaanuja's feet and related all that happened at Tirukkottiyur. Pleased
with Daasarathi, Sri Raamaanuja lauded the change in Daasarathi and started his
upadesam on the Charama slokam.
Sri Raamaanuja, latter, started to depend on Daasarathi a lot. While going to
kaveri for his daily bath. He used to lean on Daasarathi for support. One day,
while on his way to the river, he was asked why, when he donned the robes of a
Sannyaasins (ascetic) he did not give up Daasarathi, as that order demanded
that all kith and kin should be renounced. To this Raamaanuja replied that
Daasarathi was an exception as he was his triplestaff (tirudanda) (the same
reason he gave to Tirukkottiyur Nambi) and added "If it is possible for me an
ascetic to give up my staff only then can Daasarathi leave me. He, though a
bodily relation, is yet a kin to my soul."
When Raamaanuja went to North India to collect the work of Brahma Sutra, he
left the Srirangam temple activties in the hand of Daasarathi. Daasarathi
composed the taniyan to be sung before Mutal Tiruvantati. He was very well
educated in both the Sanskrit and Tamil Vedas and instructed many such as Embar
and other on the meaning of Tiruvaimozhi and other paasurams of the 4000 Divya
Prabandham.
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Message From Sri Vijayan Ramaswamy (MudaliAndan Swami Sishya)
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
Please accept my humble namaskarams. My name is Vijayan Ramasamy,
currently based out of USA and I belong to the Thirumaligai of Swami
MudaliAndan. I am looking to collect all MudaliAndan swami sishyas so we can
collectively serve our Acharya.
You may be aware that our Vartamana Swami is actively involved in many
Thirumaligai Kainkaryams.
One of the problems we are facing is that all Shishyas are not able to join
hands in support of
our Thirumaligai and also participate in many activities.
I have had the "bhagyam" of talking to Swami a few times.
There are two reasons for my sending this email to you:
==> 1. In the past we have been trying to collect the details of Shishyas who
may be dispersed across the world.
I am told that you may have family members spread across many countries.
If you do not mind and if you think your family members will not mind,
I will greatly appreciate if you will kindly send me the contact info to them
(including email addresses)
and a small introduction to them;
==> 2. An urgent need of the Thirumaligai is that our Swami is trying to
re-acquire
the Avatara Stalam of our first MudaliAndan in Pettai, near the outskirts of
Chennai.
It is imperative that we do not let this opportunity slip away and it is also a
great opportunity
for all of us to participate in this kainkaryam. It is unfortunate that our own
Swami has to
openly ask our help in this regard. Any help that you can provide directly or
in the form
of directing me to others from whom I can seek help will be greatly
appreciated and I am sure
Swami's blessings will help us and guide us in this act.
It will be of great help and I beg you to please respond at your earliest
convenience.
Sincerely,
Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan
Vijayan Ramasamy Cell: 001-510-714-4525
Sridhar Srinivasan: 281-556-1723
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