MaNavALa mamunugaL 's vyAkhyAnam

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Dearest bhagavatOttamALs,

Today, being MaNavALa mAmunigaL's birthday, Let me jot down what little I

heard about him. He wrote a commentary (vyAkhyAnam) for periyAzhwAr's

Thirumozhi because periyavAchchAn piLLai's commentary for this set was

repoted to have been eated and destroyed by "karaiyAn"(termite). When

MaNavALa mAmunigaL completed that commentary, one disciple read that and

was so much moved and excited that he wished that ALL PERIYAVACHCHAN

PILLAI'S commentaries should have been eaten by termites. It is not to talk

less of periyavAchchAn piLLai's commentaries, but to talk more of the

greatness of MaNavALa mamunigaL's commentary.

 

Ram Ram

 

Madhavakkannan