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SrI:
SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:
Dearest Srivaishnavas

It is a great delight to read, hear and enjoy the united anubhavams 
overseas celebrating Swamy Desikan and Sri Manavala mamuni TNs. We 
in Singapore celebrated Swamy Desikan TN on his THirunakshathram 
last month and tomorrow we will get together to celebrate Mudhal 
AzhwAr TNs along with Sri Manavala mamuni's Thirunakshathram. 

My personal favourite one is Sri Manavala mamuni's Artthi prabandham:

 Tennarangar SIraruLukkilakkAga pppeRROm
 Tiruvarangam tiruppaDiYE iruppAga pppeRROm
 Manniya SIr mARan kalai uNavAga pppeRROm
 Madurakavi SoRpaDiyE nilaiyAga  pppeRROm 

While reading it aloud, one can really feel the pride for the 
sampradayam that we are bequethed with. Sri Varavaramuni's 
naichyAnusanthAnam is also amazing. It is mroe applicable to us that 
to Acharyas.. They have written the same for us.. (me- I am sure):

Swamy Desikan says in  Hayagria sthOthra:
nAnAvidhAnAm agathih kalAnAm 
na chApi theerthEshu krithAvathArah /
 dhruvam thava anAtha parigrahAyAh am 
navam pAtram aham dayAyAh:

I am not proficient in arts nor have I learned anything. You are 
known to shelter the destitute. So, you must consider me as one 
deserving your sympathy. 
 
In this and following slOkas, Swami pleads to the Lord to save him 
citing various reasons. In this one, he characterizes the Lord as a 
huge "Helpage Home" for the destitute.

SwAmi implies that His mercy can have any meaning only in the case 
of the destitute that have no qualifications. It is no big deal if 
mercy saves those who have some qualification. 

In fact, paradoxically, it is the lack of any qualification (to 
adopt other means) is *the only* qualification to deserve Lord's 
mercy.

ManavALa MAmunigal in his Artthi Prabandham (14) echoes the same 
sentiment when he says:

adhikAram unDEl arangar iranguvArO?
adhikAram illAthavarkkanrO - ethirAja!
nee iranga vENDuvathu? neeyum adhikArikaLukkE
irangil en seyvOm yAm?

Maamuni  was born an year after Swami Desikan's passing away 
and had Sri Bhashyam kaalakshepam from one of the disciples 
of Brahma Tantra Swami , the founder of the ParakAla  mutt and 
direct disciple of Swami Desikan . Maamuni  had the highest regard 
for Swami Desikan and used to refer to latter with great affection 
as " ABHIYUKTHAR " OR THE REVERED ONE . Swami Desikan had 
in turn the highest regard for the Achaarya of Maamuni's  own 
Achaarya, Sri Pillai LokAcharya.

Maamuni's deep  attachment to RaamAnuja is evident from the 
following facts : (1) He named his own son, RaamAnuja (2 ) His 
tribute to the great AchArya in YathirAja Vimsathi (3) His choice of 
writing a commentary on RaamAnuja NyurranthAdhi of Thiruvarangatthu 
AmudanAr (4 ) modeling his composition ( ThiruvArAdhana Kramam "
after the Sanskrit work of RaamAnujA and(5) concluding his
life on this earth with the moving aarthi Prabhandham , where he 
anguishes (aarthi ) at staying in this world and expresses his 
eagerness to reach Sri VaikuNtam to perform Nitya Kaimkaryam to 
Parama Padha Naathan. Thus Maamuni's first and last work were on 
Acharya RaamAnuja.

In his work, Upadesa Ratna Maalai , Maamuni pays his tribute to 
Acharya RaamAnujA as the establisher of Srimadh Bhagavadh
RaamAnuja SiddhAntham and the command to his disciple ,
Thirukuruhai PirAn PiLLai to wirite the first commentary on 
ThiruvAimozhi. 

The two paasurams of Upadesa Ratna Maalai referring to 
Maamuni's tribute to Acharya RaamAnujA as the founder of 
"RaamAnuja Darsanam " and his catalysing the writing of 
the VyAkyAnam for Thiruvaimozhi are as follows :

emperumAnAr darisanamenrEitharku 
namperumAL perittu nAtti vaitthAr-- ambhuviyOr
inda darisanatthai vaLartha 
antha seyal arihaikkA --Upadesa Ratna Maalai, verse 38

munthuravE piLLAn mudalAnOr seytharuLum
antha viyAkkiyaL anru aahil --anthO
thiruvaimozhipporuLai ternthuraikka valla
guru aar ikkaalam nenjE kooru -- Upadesa Ratna Maala , verse 40

AdiyEn's two eents worth...
Regards
AchAryan ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan





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