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 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/VkWolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Srirangasri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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