Regarding VirodhiPariharangal related by Acharya Ramanuja

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Dear Bhagavatas,

 

This article pertains to the 83 point protocols related by Ramanujacharyar

to Vangipurattu Nambi as per his request. This is the english translation

of the introduction to the topic of " Virodhi Pariharangal".

 

The Omnipotent Sriyahpati, after a long time, thought of

redeeming the Atmas in the LeelaVibhuti (Recreation Domain) and repented

for subjecting them to recreational activities. He then desired to subject

them to Bhoga in the BhogaVibhuti i.e. Vaikuntha. Being declared by Vedas

as "Ajaayamaano Bahudha Vijaayate", he took many births and attempted to

correct the Atmas by protection of the meek and punishment of the

violators and establishment of Dharma, but was unsuccessful as the Atmas

were chronically addicted to this Leela Vibhuti due to the God's will. Due

to the karma vaasana the Atmas were reluctant to leave this World and they

did not perceive the hatability of Samsara and on the other hand began to

antagonise with the Lord Himself and drifted afar as mentioned in 'Twam

may aham may '. He proposed to correct the Atmas with the help of similar

Atmas and deputed some from the Nityasuris as Alwars and Acharyas to

correct people by tutoring them. Even these were unsuccessful in their

mission and said ' For this mission, another great person has to

incarnate in this world and fulfill the want of the Lord.' They said

'Kaliyum kedum kandukonmin' and ' Irul taru maajnaalattul Ini ppiravi

yaan venden' and returned to the Lord's Vaikuntha.

 

Then the Lord contemplated on the right person for deputation. He

said "you are the only person that has the ability to lift the people in

the LeelaVibhuti from their plight and fulfill My wants; as per

'Brahmavaadino vadanthi' and 'aamudalvan ivanenru' you are extolled by the

elders; hence, you alone incarnate and fulfill that need " to the intimate

Tiruvananthalwan as a command and deputed him for this mission.

Accordingly, as per "idaiye iraamaanuja muni yaayina innilatte"

incarnating as Ramanuja, he was leading his life. Sriranganathan

(Periya Perumal), once invited Ramanujar and gave tirtha, prasada and

honourings and as per "tuyararu sudaradi" placed the Tiruvadi on

Ramanuja's head, and said ' Engage yourself in the purpose of your

incarnation of redeeming all Chetanas and transfering them to the other

bank of the Samsara ocean and stay for long in this temple. I give you the

authority on both the worlds; hereafter, you be 'Udaiyavar' and thus

crowned Ramanuja as the master of both the Worlds and ordained him. From

then on, Ramanuja dedicated himself to the mission of redeeming all the

chetanas. Seeing the plight and suffering of the people due to the

influence of Kali,as per ' kaliyirule midaitaru kaalattu' and '

sirukaliyaal varundiya jnalattai vanmaiyinaal vandeduttavan engal

iramanujan' etc, he found a solution to the plight by his divine

knowledge and coming with a big retinue of Srivaishanavas, worshipped the

feet of Sriranganathan, and as per 'appodoru sindai saidu', thought of a

plan and was elated and returned to the Monastery and was seated in an

assemblage. Then, Vangipurattu Nambi stood up and with great humility fell

at the feet of Ramanuja. When Ramanuja asked 'why this, Nambi', he got up

and told ' we, your servant class, are suffering in this cruel world from

many births due to karma vaasana and have been trapped in the many obstacles

to our swaroopa as taught by you. Kindly teach us clearly regarding the

obstacles to our Atma swaroopa, remedies for the obstacles, method of

enhancing the swaroopa of the Atmas. Then Ramanuja was greatly pleased and

related the 83 point VirodhiParihaarangal to Vangipurattu Nambi in the

great assemblage. As such, this information is to be learnt and practised

by every Srivaishnava who had pancha samskara.

 

(The full list and its commentary run to about 68 pages. Hence it is made

into a PDF file in english and uploaded in the my site

 

http://mannaram.tripod.com/ramanuja/

 

All bhakthas, desirous of reading the last commandments of Ramanujar and

their commentary may browse and download from the website.

 

Adiyen

Ramanuja dasan

Ramanuja