Periyanambi and Appullar - An interesting parallel study

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Adiyen Dasa,

 

It is to Her (Goddess Lakshmi) that Sri Ramanuja makes

saranagathi first requesting Her to bless him in his

efforts to perform Saranagathi at the feet of the

Lord, thus confirming Her role as the purusakara.

Ramanuja refers to Brahman as the abode of Lakshmi in

the Vedanthasamgraha. An ubderstanding of the Brahman

would be incomplete without including a few paragraphs

on Lakshmi since She plays a major role in the

Saranagathi Gadyam.

 

Sampath Kumaran

 

 

 

 

 

 

--- Balaji CG <balaji.cg wrote: > Swamy

Deshikan Thiruvadigale Sharanam !!!

>

> Walking along the long illustrious acharya

> paramparai of Sri sampradayam,

> one finds at a few places, the mention of

> completeness or "Purnatvam". Our

> study here picks two such acharyas and sees as to

> how this qualification of

> purnatvam or completeness befits them.

> Let us pick Sri Periyanambi, the acharya of Ramanuja

> and Sri Athreya

> Ramanuja Appullar, the acharya of Swamy Deshikan.

>

> Periyanambi was also known as Mahapurna. After the

> earthly sojourn of

> Yamunacharya, Periyanambi upon the behest of Lord

> Sri Ranganatha Himself,

> decides to come to Ramanuja and teach him the

> esoterics of Srisampradayam

> and make him the apostle of Srisampradayam.

> Periyanambi successfully makes Ramanuja the apostle

> of the faith and

> fulfills the command of Periya Perumal

> (Sriranganatha) and attained the

> position of bhagavat acharya. It is only due to this

> that he is said to have

> attained 'purnatvam' (completeness).

>

> Next comes Appullar. Thirukkudanthai Deshikan in his

> vaadihamsambudacharya

> stotram addresses Appullar as "Purtimaanya:", which

> means "The complete

> one".

> Now one might be tempted to ask, "Appullar did not

> have any spiritual

> epiphany with Perumal to make Deshika, the protector

> of the sampradayam.

> Then why should he be referred to as Purtimaan?"

>

> The answer is very simple. One should remind oneself

> of Deshikan's statement

> "Acharyaadiha daivataam samadhikaam anyaam na manyaa

> mahe" - "There is no

> other God greater than or equal to one's acharyan".

>

> Athreya Ramanuja Appullar's acharya was none other

> than Nadadur Ammal. It

> was indeed Nadadur Ammal's command and wish that

> Appullar should teach all

> the esoterics to Venkatanatha and make him the prime

> preceptor of

> Srisampradayam. Since Appullar successfully

> fulfilled the command of his

> master who is to be held even above Perumal, he is

> definitely said to have

> attained purnatvam. In this way Thirukkudanthai

> Deshikan's addressing of

> Appullar as "Purtimaanya:" is well justified.

>

> vAzhi vyAkhyAmuddirak kai !!!

> vedAnthasUri charaNau sharaNam prapadye !!!

>

 

 

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