A Day in the Life of our Acharyas - 24

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

 

A devotee once challenged Bhattar saying "Swamin! You

show great devotion to Sri Rama but not to Sri Krishna.

However, Lord Krishna is greater in one respect than

Lord Rama and even you cannot deny that".

 

Bhattar asked him "What is that?"

 

The devotee replied "Lord Krishna went as a messenger

for the Pandavas to the Kauravas. Lord Rama never did

such an act. Therefore, you have to accept that

Krishna is the more accesible form of the Lord".

 

Bhattar replied "You are saying this without reading

Azhvar's pasuram on thiru-evvuL.

 

Thirumangai Azhvar says,

 

munnOr thUthu vAnaraththin vAyil mozhindhu, arakkan

mannOr thannai vALiyinAl mALA munindhu, avanE

pinnOr thUthu AdhimannarkkAgip peru nilaththAr

innAr thuthanena ninRAn evvuL kidanthAnE

 

That is, it is the same Rama who sent a message through

Hanuman who later walked as a messenger Himself for the

Pandavas. Therefore, you cannot say that Sri Rama did

not go as a messenger.

 

However, even if you make such a claim, it is not that

Rama could not be a messenger. He was born as a king and

therefore no one asked Him to be one. Krishna was born

in the yadava clan and therefore it was easy for the

Pandavas to ask him to be their messenger. Had someone

asked Rama to be a messenger, He would have gladly

become one".

 

Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam