Magnanimity 10-Concluded

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kripA mAthram

 

Normally a discusssion on magnanimity should be complete when the

topic veers around the Almighty. However, our sampradhAyam is as

usual different. The qualities of the Lord also pervades thorugh our

pUrvAchAryAs -especially em-perumAnAr and therefore any discussion on

magnanimity will not be satisfying unless this is related to the Great

AchAryA.

 

What shall we say? His life is full of magnanimous events. The fact

that he descended to the earth for our sake and elevated us? The fact

that He walked eighteen times to obtain rahasyArtham from

thriuvarangam to thiru-k-kOshTiyUr only to declare it open to one and

all inside the thirukkOshtiyUr thiruvOlakkam ? Or is it due to the

fact that He declared that it is okay if he is doomed to hell but the

proclamation of the rahasyArtham will bequeath welfare for hundreds of

souls?

 

Or is it the fact that he removed the shackles and restricitons of

the method of inculcating secrets of our faith and threw it open to

those who are desirous of acquiring the knowledge of srEvaishNavism?

 

Yes, till then the method of education was one to one - one AchAryA

will give education to one shishyA.This narrowed down the

sampradhAyam and the pervasion to a large extent. This did not permit

smooth and fast spread of knowledge of our sampradhAyam.

 

Sri rAmAnujA changed the whole tradition. Broke the chain and

introduced for our good the method of educating one and all who are

desirous of learning our sampradhAyam. Out of immense Grace he

encouraged not only pervasion and imbibing knowledge to all but also

furthered various interpretations to bring about more and more taste

and rasam into thiruvoizhmozhi and other vyAkyAnam-s. In fact, it is

opined that he desisted from giving vyAkyAnam to thiruvoimozhi lest

it will become final and there will be no further vyAkyAnam-s or

thoughts available. Perhaps, this led to the magnum-opus EDu

vyAkyAnam for the magnum-opus thiru-voi-mozhi.

Today it has resulted in all of us enjoying this anubavam in an alien

language and interacting through and therefore all these

groups should be dedicated to Sri RamAnujA. Is it not?

The lists goes on.

 

It is suffice to say that all his actions and deeds sprung out of

compassion and only compassion -kripA mAthram.

 

And that is magnanimity personified for you.

 

...viNNin thalai ninRu vEDaLippAn em-irAmAnusan maNNin thalthudithu" irAmAnus nURRandhAdhi95;

 

" oRAn vazhiyAi upadhEsithAr munnOar-yEArAR ethirAsar in-aruLAl, pArulagil

Asai udaiyOrkellam ARiyargAL kURum enRu pEAsi

vArambu aRuthAr pin" upadEsa rethina-mAlai. 37

 

Can magnanimity of the Lord and pUrvAchAryAs be concluded?. It goes on...

 

 

dAsan

vanamamalai padmanabhan