mAmunikaL 5 Concluded

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Service to Ones AchAryA.

 

Service to ones AchAryA is the ultimate prescription by sri maNavALa mAmunikaL.

 

pinpazhagarAm perumAL jEyar was always with sri nam-piLLai and

performed blemishless service to him. He considered swAmi

nam-piLLai's divine feet as the ultimate refuge. He did not want to

go to paramapadham, as he still desired to do kainkaryam, taking care

of sri nam-piLLai. He wanted to be with sri nampiLLai without being

separated from him.

 

When a person is taught a subject or described a subject, suitable

examples are given. Appropriate role model is pointed at, not for

just better understanding but also for following. Even in legal

parlance, judicial precedence is a recognised and acknowledged

reference.

 

These aspects are brought out in the 65th and 66th pAsuram.

 

As spelt out in the srEvachana bhUshaNam, disciples have to take care

of the physique of the AchAryan. Despite this fact, sri periya jEyar

mentions it is very difficult to see anybody following this

meticulously.

Having said so, in the next pAsuram, he refers a role model. When one

gives a role model, the model has to be perfect, for others to

follow. That is how, sri pinpazhagarAm perumAL jEyar is brought out

in the 66th pAsuram, hihglighting the fact that he preferred service

to sri nampiLLai to paramapadham.

 

"pinpazhagarAm perumAL jEyar, perumthivathil anbadhuvumaRRu

mikka AsaiyinAl, nampiLLaikkAna adimai sei annilaiyai

nan nenjEA , vUnamaRa eppzohudhum Or"

 

 

In this, thirunakshathram of sri maNavALa mAmunikaL, these were some thoughts about the great saint:

sri maNavALa mAmunikaL

 

rAmAnuja dAsan

vanamamalai padmanabhan