DheebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam-Swamy manavala mAmunikal-2

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“SrisailEsa dayApAthram dheebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam yatheendra pravanam

vandhE ramyajAmAtharam munim II”

 

Swamy Manavala mAmunikal in his upadesaratnamalai celebrates the

thiruavadhara days of all the Azhvars and acharyas. While taking

about the thiruvadi poora day of Sri Andal he says, “AndAlukkundAgiya

oppidharkkum vundu” and while talking about swamy emperumAnAr’s

thiruavadhara day chittaraiyil seiya thiruvAdhirai he says,

“AzhvArgal thAngal vandhudhiththa nAlgalilum vAzhvAna nAl namakku

mannulageer”. Now what to say about this Iyppasi thirumoolam, the

day on which the greatest of the greatest acharya, the acharya of the

lord ranganatha himself took avatharam. No words can really express

the greatness of this day. We can only do mangalasasanams to this

divine acharya by saying, “adiyArgal vAzha aranganagar vAzha,

satakOpan than thamizh nool vAzha, kadal soozhindha mannulagam vAzha,

manavAla mAmuniyE ennum oru nootrAndirum”.

 

Extract from Sri P.B Annagarachariyar swamy’s upanyasam:

 

The second term in the “srisailesa” thaniyan rendered by Azhagiya

manavalan as a gurudhashina to his acharya is “dheebhakthyAdhi

gunArnavam” In this “Adhi” refers to virakthi/virakhyam. A good

acharya should be filled with jnana, bhakthi and vairakhyam. While

talking about the greatness of nathamunigal, Sri Alavandaar in his

stotra ratnam says, “namOchinthyAth bhudhAklishta jnana vairAkhya

rAsayE, nAdhAya munayE agAdha bhagavath bhakthi sindhavE” There again

alavandaar personifies the acharya nathAmunigal to be filled with

jnana, bhakthi and vairakhyam. Swamy mAmunikal was an ocean of

jnana, bhakthi and vairakhya and that is why namperumal selected him

to be his acharya. Bhakthi develops both jnana and vairakhya in a

person. This is clear from the following verses, “bhakthyA sAsthrAth

vEdme jnAnArththam” (words of sanjaya) and “marpAl manam suzhippa

mangaiyarthOl kaivittu” and “paramAthmani yO rakthO viraktha:

aparamAthmani”.

 

Further let us see the similarities between the ocean of water and

ocean of gunas (Swamy Manavala mAmunikal) in eight different ways.

The following sloka gives the similarities that will be then

explained in detail:

 

“sailEndrAthyushithO maneendraparitha: saththApasAntharkatha:

mathsyAthmAsritha varkasEvitha patha: gambeeryaseemni sthitha: I

kAlushyasya kathAprasanga rahitha: velAnadheethO druvaha: sOyam

sowmya vArOpayanthruyamirAt sAkshAth vibhAthyarNava: II”

 

1. sailEndrAthyushitha: - There is a lot of similarities between the

sea and mamunikal. In the early days, all the mountains had wings

and hence used to fly from one place to another. This used to cause

a lot of nuisance to the people. So indra took his vajrAyudham in

his hand and cut down the wings of all the mountains. During that

time many mountains like the mainAgam and others hid themselves under

the sea. It is said in many books that they still remain under the

sea. In valmiki Ramayana, in the first sarga of sundarakandam there

is a conversion between mainAga and hanuman that proves the above

said legend. While comparing the sea with the kadalvannan

(emperuman) thirumangai azhvar in his attapuyakarapadhigam says,

“neeNda malaigalum mAmaNiyum malarmEl mangaiyum thangugindra

alaikadal pOndrivar” (thirumozhi 2-8-5). So the quality “sailEndra

athyishitha:” fits the ocean of water. Now let’s see how it fits

swamy

mAmunikal. Swamy thiruvaimozhi pillai is the acharya of mAmunikal.

He is otherwise called thirumalaiazhvar or srisailEsar. He is

regarded as the sailEndrar here. Mamunikal learnt the sastras from

thiruvaimozhipillai or he did the gurukulavAsam under srisailEsar.

Thereby in case of the ocean of water it has to be kept as

sailEndrai: athyushitha: (karmani prayog as per Sanskrit grammar) and

in case of mAmunikal it is sailEndram athyushitha: (karthari prayog).

 

(To be continued)

 

“apagatha madhamAnai: anthimObhAyanishtai: athikatha paramArththai

arthakAmAnabhEkshai: nikila jana suhruthbhi: nirjithakrOdha lObhai:

vara vara munibruthyai asthumE nithya yoga: II”

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAseeSumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

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