Arthi Prabhandham-3 (Part-1)

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Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha | Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

 

SrisailEsa dayA pAthram deebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam

Yateendra pravanam vandhE ramyajAmataram munim

 

In the last posting we saw that Sri Manavala mahAmuni, Periya Jeeyer, requested

or begged Bhagavad Ramanujacharya to grant him moksha. Is Swami ramAnujAcharya

capable of granting mOksha?

 

Yes. Our Swami Ramanujacharya has the full power to grant us all moksha. That’s

why we srivaishnavites consider rAmanuja sambandham (relationship with ramanuja)

very very important. Let us see how.

 

According to prapannAmrutham, a book outlining the life history of ethirAja

(Bhagavad Ramanujacharya), written by one Sri Ananthasoori, who comes under the

shisya lineage of Sri kOil Annan, one of the ashtadiggajas of Sri Manavala

mahAmuni, the following event has been described:

 

Before the avatar of Swami Ramanujacharya, a small dialogue occurred between

perumal and anantha in Srivaikuntam.

 

Bhagavan told his beloved Adisesha, “Oh! Anantha. I have taken birth myself to

change this world. But didn’t succeed completely. Then I sent the azhvars who

sang praise of me and changed people to an extent but now that it has been long

since the time of azhvars divya avatars, people have now been affected by kali

and are grieved very much by the same. So now you take avatar as an acharya and

spread and establish the correct path for people so that they attain my divine

feet.“

 

Anantha replied, “Oh! My lord I will be elated to do the same but you should

assure me that you will give me the powers to control, the ubhayavibhuthi (the

two wealths bhagavan has, the leela vibhuthi and the nithya vibhuthi) so that I

will be able to bring everyone to your divine abode without any hindrance”

 

leela vibhuthi: The entire place where Almighty God plays his leela. This

includes this world, heaven, hell etc.

 

nithya vibhuthi: The place of Bhagawan’s divine abode, i.e. SriVaikuntam or

Paramapadam. It is called nithya because it is permanent.

 

(To Be continued)

Jai Srimannrayana | Ramanuja dasi, Sumithra Varadarajan |