Great maNavALa mAmunigaL

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DEAR SREEVAISHNAVITES

 

Aippasi mOlam falls on 8th Nov. 2002. There are several flashes of greatness of

swami maNavALa mAmunigaL.

In this auspicious moment, I would like to share A flash of Swami s greatness

with all of you.

Sree VachaNa bhOshaNam -83

Sri Pillai LokacharyAr describes the qualities of iLaya perumAL when explaining

the concept of ubEyam- the End/Goal to be attained.

" pasiyai iruppAr........padai vEttil pugndha pinbu,kAttil thani idathil,swayam

bhagathilE, vayiRRai perukkinapadiyAlE,oppUNuNNamAttAdhE, oru thirukkaiyAlE

thiruveNkoRRak kodaiyaiyum, oru thirukkaiyalE veN sAmarathaiyum,tharithu adimai

seidhAr'

After entering the forest, sri lakshmaNA, in a great desire to do kainkaryam to

perumAL, held in one hand the Royal umbrellai.e veN koRRak kodai and on the

other hand held sAmaram, indicating the eagerness and the manner in which he

performed the kainkaryam. In absence of bharadhAzhwAn, with an intention to do

all the kainkaryam iLaya perumAL, did these two kainkaryams simultaneously.

The commentary should have ended here.

However, balance commentary s portion is reproduced hereunder.

The above event is not in rAmAyaNam.

Does not the rAmAyaNa slokam ' chathra sAmara pANisthu lakshmaNOnuja kAmaha"

refer to the above episode.

NO. As the above slokam is in ayOdhyA kAndam, when perumAl leaves his

andhappuram to King dhasarathAs palace, sri lakshmaNA does these

kainkaryams,this slokam does not fit in here, as this episode refers to the

event in the forest.

Then, how did Sri Pillai LokAcharya refer to this event ?

He has referred this as per pAdma purANam.

According to pAdma purANam, uthara kANdam, 49th chapter the slokam commences '

atha thasmin thithE puNyE ...and after elaborately explaining the events '

chatrancha sAmaram dhivyam thrithavAn lakshmaNas thathA' which precisely refers

to the aforementioned event.

The above vyAkyANam is self explanatory to the greatness. It is indeed really

great that wherever one touches periya jeeyar s vyAkyANam such flashes of

greatness are found in plenty.

It is his greatness to a. point that this is not in rAmAyaNam b. Refer to a

rAmAyana slokam which is similar to the event and reject it logically and c.

Identify the correct slokam from pAdma purANam to coherently place it to the

meaning of the sOthram and the chapter the sOthram belongs to.

It is also pertinent to note that the event is most important than whether it is

from vAlmiki rAmAyaNam or somewhere else.

vAnamAmalai padmanabhan