quality of a srivaishanvan - ( more)

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SRIMATHE RAMANUJAYA NAMAHA.

 

Dear devotees,

Let me make a slight improvement over the contents

mentioned in my earlier mail on the ‘quality’ of a sv

in view of certain additions made by devotees.

 

Sri Parthasarathy Iyengar Swamy brought to our notice

the importance of ‘Naichiya’ quality (humility – the

instant instinct to prostrate in front of another sv

on seeing him.)

 

Another swamy, by name, Sri Sampath Kumar Iyengar

swamy, who belongs to sri Manavala Maamunigal lineage,

whom I met yester day, added one more to the quality

of a sv. According to him, Sri Periya vaachchaan

Pillai has laid stress on ‘Abhimaanam’-

“Srivaishnathvam abhimaanam”

This abhimaanam is – “Kuraivu- niraivu, than agaththE

ninaikka vEndum–” (The sv must consider the ups and

downs of two types as of his own)

He must treat the ups and downs of a fellow sv – the

problems and bright spots of a fellow sv as of his own

and try to rectify in the case of problems and feel

elated in the case of accomplishments of the fellow

sv. That is abhimaanam.

 

The abimaanam is applicable in emperuman too. This is

largely applicable in carrying out kainkaryam to

emperuman. Associating oneself with the Koil

kainkaryam, getting desperate on seeing the

dilapidated condition of a temple and elated in

carrying out uthsavams etc.

 

Treating the niraivu and kuraivu of both the fellow

sv and the emperuman as one’s own niraivu and kuraivu

is what has been explained by Periya vaachchaan Pillai

as abhimaanam.

The inclusion of the sv here brings out an important

duty for any sv.

People are ready to donate to temples and do manual

works too at the temple.

But when it comes to a sv, in need of some help in

cash or kind, how many readily come forward to redeem

his problems is a question to ponder.

In the case of kainkaryam in temples, people have many

things in mind , such as the punyam, the way to

prapatti, acharya aagyai etc.

But when comes to helping a fellow sv, lot of

calculations come into fore –like whether he deserves

the help at all or it is his vidhi and the like.

That is why, the sv has been expected to show

unadulterated abhimaanam to both emperuman and the

fellow sv.

 

Now the question before me is how / where to

categorise the two qualities, namely, Naichiyam and

abhimaanam in the previously made classification of

desirable, must – be and attractive quality.

Thinking of naichiyam, I think it will not be out of

place to quote an incident narrated by Sri Sampath

Kumar Swamy (with his kind permission).

Sri Sampath Kumar, then a fresher out of college had

gone for the first time to meet Sri Karappan kadu

Venkatachar Swamy, the legend of recent times. On

seeing sri Sampath kumar sporting a pattai thiruman,

Karappan kadu swamy, who was more than twice his age

then - with a second thought or talk, made a

saashtaanga namakaaram with all the naichiyam -

‘daasan’

Sri Sampath swamy says it took sometime for him to

understand what was happening. A great ‘vrudh’, older

age and in wisdom, doing complete prostration in front

of a young man like him is something unique that one

can find in srivaishnavism. This naichiyam in

karappankadu swamy perhaps puts him in an exalted

stead and he still continues to be an incomparable

one.

Talking of kano’s theory of Quality, there comes a

one-dimensional / uni- dimensional quality that is

placed in-between must-be quality and attractive

quality.

Requesting the readers to brush up their memory of

these concepts spelt in an earlier mail, let me say

that

Must –be quality is all about the essentials that a sv

must possess – like how a product must possess some

essential qualities in order satisfy the customer.

But that does not give the product a competitive edge

over other products.

But possession of one or a few more satisfying

features might create wonders.

When the product comes to possess that quality, the

resultant satisfaction is reflected in the market in

exponential terms and the market experiences steady

growth.

The feature / quality which has helped in maintaining

this growth is called One-dimensional quality, which

is placed above must-be quality but below attractive

quality, but anyway inching towards attractive

quality.

 

In Karappankadu swamy’ case, Sri Sampath Kumar

instantly remembers his Naichiyam even after many

decades. This aspect is the glowing quality of the

swamy which takes precedence / prominence over his

other attibutes. In having come to adorn it in its

fullest flavour, the swamy seems to have become a much

adorable sv than any other having comparable

intellectual faculties. The law of diminishing

marginal returns does not seem to be in operation in

the case of dividends reaped by naichiyam.

 

So also with Abhimaanam.

Abhimaanam to emperumaan – No doubt about the results.

Abhimaanam to fellow sv – once again that will put the

abhimaani a shred greater than other sv-s.

Therefore it looks appropriate to club these two

qualities as

ONE- WAY DIMENSIONAL QUALITY in Kano heiarchy of

quality.

 

The more you have these two, the greater are the

returns in terms making you the BEST among the rest!!

Isn’t this true?

 

Jayasree sarnathan

 

 

 

 

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