DheebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam-Swamy manavala mAmunikal-1

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“SrisailEsa dayApAthram dheebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam yatheendra pravanam

vandhE ramyajAmAtharam munim II”

 

Dear bhagavatas,

 

Iyppasi thirumoolam is right round the corner. It is “The day” in the

life of all Srivaishnavas. “senthamizh vEdhiyar sindhai thelindhu

sirandhu magizhindhidunAl” This is the day in which the cloud of

doubts in all our minds were washed out due to the divine avathara of

the “vishadhavAk sikAmani” swamy Azhagiya manavAla mAmunikal. This is

the day on which the last acharya in the guru paramparai took avathara

to spread the divine messages of all our poorvacharyas and enlighten

the minds of all the jeevatmas. “seerulagAriyan seitharul narkalai

dEsu polindhidunAl”. This is the day, which is going to uplift all

of us to the divine abode of emperuman “mandhamadhipuvi mAdidar

thangalai vAnil vuyarthidunAl”. This is the day, on which the

ethipunarAvathAra, yatheendra pravanar swami mAmunigal descended to

this world due to his divine grace on the suffering jeevatmas

“mAsarujnAniyar sEryethirAsar tham vAzhvu mulaiththidu nAl” This is

the day which

spread the divine arthas imbedded in the thiruvAimozhi of swamy

nammazhvar to the lowest of the lowest agnani and also to the highest

of the highest jnani (namperumal) without any differentiation.

“kandhamalar pozhil soozhkurugAdhipan kalaigal vilangidunAl” This is

the day which even the emperuman Sri ranganatha celebrates as the

thiruavadhara dhinam of his own acharya, the long standing wish of

emperuman to possess an acharya without any flaws, “jnanam anushtanam

evai nandrAgavE vudaiyanAna guru” unlike his previous acharyas like

vasista/vishvamitra in ramavatara and sandeepani in krishnavatara

getting fulfilled ”kAramar mEni aranganagar kirai kangal

kaliththidunAl” This is the day on which Sri ramyajAmAtru muni took

avathara “andhamil seer manavAla muni paranavathAram seidhidunAL

azhaghu thirugazhindhidum Iyppasiyil thirumoolamadhenunAlE”

 

While trying to explore the depth of the kalyana gunas of emperuman

the vedas regarded as the highest encyclopedia of knowledge in the

world itself declares without shame “nethi nethi” that it cannot do

it. Emperuman is an ocean of kalyana gunas and to the find the depth

of even one of his kalyana guna is impossible. Only thing one can

conclude is that our knowledge is complete when we understand that

his gunas are beyond our small minds understanding capacity. The

same holds good for even our acharyas. Many of you may pounce on me

for such a statement. Emperuman is all-pervading, omnipotent,

omniscience. But the acharyas are also jeevatmas, one among us. How

can you say that the acharyas are equal to emperuman? That is our

sampradayam. We regard our acharyas equal or even higher than

emperuman. Acharyas show us the way to emperuman. Without them we

will never be able to cross this ocean of samsara. Like a

boatman with his boat coming to the rescue of a person caught in a

flood, acharyas come to our rescue to save us from this ocean of

samsara, and safely take us to the other side the divine abode of

emperuman. Shouldn’t we be deeply indebted to the great service

rendered in time? The emperuman surely accepts us with great

pleasure after we reach his divine abode but then this was made

possible only due to the grace of the acharya. The fact that

emperuman only sent the acharya do remains but still the emperuman

has his own limitations and hence cannot come to our rescue directly

secondly, the emperuman has a nithya sambhandam (deep rooted

relationship) with each one of us so it is his duty to save all of us

but then the acharya comes to our rescue without any reason or

expectation but just to please his own acharya and inturn the divine

couples. What to say about such divine qualities of our acharyas?

 

Sure a person with the lowest of the lowest knowledge like adiyen

cannot explain it. But then can the emperuman do it? No. He

himself is caught without knowing what to say and do. When hanuman

went to lanka and came back with the kanaiyAzhi of piratti, Sri

rAmapiran didn’t know what to give hanuman as a token of gratefulness

for the great help he has rendered. Sri ranganatha was unable to

express the divine qualities of his acharya, swamy Manavala mAmunikal

in depth and hence says, “dheebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam” Swamy is just an

ocean of divine qualities viz., jnana, bhakthi and vairakhya. So what

am I going to say about such a great mahan?

 

A cyclone developed inside adiyen’s mind. Swamy’s thirunakshatram is

approaching. Adiyen wanted to write something about him and make my

hands, mind, mouth and eyes get the effect of their existence. But

then what to write? How can adiyen dive into this ocean without

fear? Can adiyen, already very poor in vocabulary find words to

really explain the divine qualities of swamy without any abhacharam?

But then what is the purpose of living if adiyen misses this divine

opportunity of writing about the great mahan? With all these

thoughts adiyen refrained from writing all these days. But then by

the divine grace of swamy mAmunikal adiyen has now gained the

strength to write with the following verses of our poorvAcharyas in

mind.

 

"elaiya pun kavidhaiyElum empirArkku eniyavArE”

(Thirumaalai-45)

 

“eyalumporulum esaiyathoduththu eenkavigal anbAl mayalkoNdu vAzhththum

erAmAnusanai madhiyinmaiyAl payilum kavigalil paththiyillAdha ven pAvi

jenjAl muyalginranan avan than perum keerthi mozhindhidavE”

(ramanuja nootrandhAdhi-6)

“munnOr mozhindha murai thappAmal kettu pinOrindhu thAmadhanai

pEsAdhE thannenjil thOtrinadhEsolli edhu suththa upadEsavara

vAttrathenbar moorkarAvAr”

(upadesaratnamalai-71)

 

In the next posting we will enjoy the extract of the upanyasam of Sri

Prathivadi bayangaram annangarachariyar swamy (in the 70’s) comparing

the ocean of water and

the ocean of gunas.

 

“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

 

Azhwar emperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE saraNam

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsan/dAsee

Varadarajan/Sumithra

 

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