Sri MaNavALa mAmunigaL Thirunakshathram

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Sri:

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

SrIsailEsa dayApAthram dhee bhakthyaadhi guNArNavam/

yatheendra praNavam vandhE ramyajAmAtharam munim//

 

aippasi moolam (1st Nov) is Sri MaNavALa mAmunigaL Thirunakshathram. I was

reading last night the Arthi prabhandham of Sri Manavala MamunigaL.

 

What a beautiful prabhandham full of naichyanusanthanam. More applicable to

me.

 

One pAsuram especially appealed to me most which I would like to share with

you all.

 

then arangar seer aruLukku ilakkAga peRROm

thiruvarangan thiruppadiyE iruppAga peRROm

manniya seer mARan kalai uNavAga peRROm

madurakavi soRpadiyE nilaiyAga peRROm

 

What an excellent one! (Please forgive me for my free translations and its

errors)

 

(We are blessed as the recipients of mercy and dayA of Sri Ranganathan of

Srirangam; We are blessed wih the abode of those steps of Lord Ranganathan's

temple; We are blessed with the divine food which is those compostions of

Sri SatakOpan -NAMMAZWAR. We are blessed with the teaching of MAdhurakavi

AzhwAr - (which is Pay obeisance to your sadAchAryan; who is equal to the

Lord Himself, if not more. dhEvu maRRuaRiyEn)

 

srImathE ramyajAmAthru munIndrAya mahAthmanE/

srIranga vaasinE bhUyaath nithyasreer nithya ma~ngaLam//

 

Swamy Desikan, Sri Manavala mamunigaL ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Narayana Narayana

adiyEn Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan

PS: As followers of Sri Ramanujacharya, though belonging to subsects, as

sishyas of our respeective AchAryAs, we all belong to the GREATEST

UNAMIBUOUS FULLY VAIDIKA Sri Ramanuja sampradayam. There are extremely

subtle, minor different schools of interpretation and thought among these

subsects and NOT ON THE UNPARALLELED SRI VAISHNAVA VISISHTADVAITHA

SIDDHANTHAM- Sri RAMANUJA's PHILOSPOPHY. We are (at least I am) too lowkikas

running amuck after material pursuits, to glorify those minor differences

and quarrel amongst us (IGNORING the Common MAJOR PHILOSPHICAL ONES) being

the cause for not keeping the tradition alive. Let us follow our AchAryas'

teaching in our homes with our family and fellow sishyas of our AchAryan,

and while we are with other subsects, let us shed those "minor" differences

and recite the COMMON slokas, pAsurams, thaiyans etc.. Thus, we can be the

little (but strong) cause for KEEPING THE TRADITION ALIVE..

 

UNITED WE WIN. DIVIDED WE FALL.

 

 

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