Sri Ramanuja

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Dear All,

 

Pranams!

 

I beg to differ on description of few incidents happened in Sri Ramanuja's

life which I read as portrayed in this list. There are two occasions where

Sri Acharya has been mentioned as 'fled' and 'escaped' etc., which I think

is wrong.

 

The first incident is when his guru Yadavaprakasha under the grip of

jealousy/angry plotted a watery grave for the illustrious disciple. On

getting the scent of this plan, Sri Ramanuja was referred to as 'escaped'

from the party and headed straight into the jungle where he was shown the

path to Kanchi by Lord and his Consort in the guise of hunters.

 

Somehow, I doubt the word 'escape' here. An Adishesha incarnate himself, a

Saint of highest calibre and proponent of a Siddhantha cannot be fragile

enough to 'escape', that too from his Guru who is of lesser being/jeeva than

the illustrated Sri Ramanuja in many aspects. There is something more to it

than what it meets the eye. I would think in this way:

 

1. It is Lord's will to meet his ardent devotee along with his Consort

or

2. It is Bhagavan Ramanuja's desire to meet Lord / Consort after being away

from Vaikunta. It is another matter that no one knows the dialogues that

occurred between them in the jungle as I don't think anyone chronicled it.

 

 

'Fled' is the another word implied when referring Sri Acharya who is said to

have travelled from TN to Karnataka owing to a Saiva King's indifference in

TN and thus graced devotees at Karnataka being in Tirunarayanapuram. This

is also the design / will of Narayana or might be Acharya's to glorify

Narayana in Melkote and grace devotees in Karnataka. Again, Adisesha

incarnate has no reason to fled afraid of a King who is much lower to

Acharya in many aspects. He could have his mystic powers on King but the

reason behind him not using them shows his unwillingness to use the same on

a King when his sole aim is to propogate Siddhantha as Sanyasi. Also this

shows his immense krupa for devotees elsewhere and having Lord by his side

always he has no reason to 'fled' from TN.

 

To understand great souls like Sri Ramanuja and their action is very

difficult for us what with mundane prakruthik indriyas that has loukika

tinge in it. They have no reason to fled/escape from any situation much

less afraid of limited souls like us. To understand the true purport of

their action/life style is what is important in the light of understanding

their siddhanthas.

 

My mail is intended just to glorify Sri Acharya and not to hurt his devotees

which is not what Acharya likes.

 

 

 

Regards

sukumar