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Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha l Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

 

 

 

SrisailEsa dayA pAthram deebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam

 

Yateendra pravanam vandhE ramyajAmataram munim

 

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Ok. Then how is it different from nithya vibhuthi?

 

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Anyone can go to Srirangam at any time and have darshan of periya perumal and

namperumal if they wish to do so. But can we have the darshan of

Srivaikundanathan in the similar manner. Namperumal is accessible even by the

nasthikas but paramapada nAdan is not accessible so easily even to srivaishnavas

till they shed this body here and go to paramapadam. We enjoy so many utsavams

in each divyadesam today but we are not aware if such utsavams exist in

vaikundam. Sri parasara bhattar before attaining paramapadam said, “I will go

over there and see and if I am unable to see the same beauty of namperumal with

kaviththa mudi, mugamum muruvalum (beautiful face with a pleasant smile) anjEl

endra kaiyum (hands which give abhayam) AsanapadmaththilE azhuthina

thiruvadinilaigal (the divine feet on the Asanapadmam), then I will pitch a hole

at one end and jump back to this world. Such was the experience of our

acharyas. They were so involved with ranganatha that they never wanted to go

even to Srivaikundam.

 

 

 

So divya desa vAsam is a blessing for all srivaishnavas. A srivaishnava wants

to live in a divya desam not because it will fetch him something else but a

divya desa vAsam itself is a boon, a joy for srivaishnavas.

 

 

 

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But does this grant moksha? Our acharyas considered Srirangam itself has

moksha.

 

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There is one legend in guru parampari. A king, kulOthunga cholan (kirimikanda

chola) wanted to convert on srivaishnavas to saivaits so he forced them to do so

and give in writing that shiva was the supreme. One member in his court named

nAloorAN told the king that his wish will be fulfilled if he made Sri ramanuja,

considered as a greatest acharya of srivaishnavas do the same. So the king

ordered, to bring ramanuja to the court but before the news could reach

ethirajar, koorathAzhvan in the disguise of ethirarjar accompanied by periya

nambi and his daughter Andal, visited the king and when the king asked them to

accept the sole supremacy of shiva, koorathAzhvan replied sarcastically which

made the king angry. So he punished both of them and both periya nambi and

Azhvan lost their eyes. On the way, due to old age and due to the harassment of

the king periya nambi became very weak and was in the stage of attaining

paramapadam. At that time, Azhvan said, “if we could hurry a little bit we can

reach srirangam and then nambigal can breath his last in the divine land and

attain the divine feet of emperuman.” Periya Nambi refused saying that, if we

rush to srirangam and if I breathe my last there, then it will leave a wrong

impression to the next generations that if a person dies in srirangam then he

will attain moksha, when perumal’s nirheduka krupai alone can grant us moksha.

 

 

 

So from this it has been proved that divya desa vAsam for Srivaishnavas is a

gift only for spending a good life while in this leela vibhuti. It is by itself

a result and will not grant any other result. Moksha can be granted ONLY BY THE

NIRHEDUKA KRUPA OF EMPERUMAN”.

 

 

 

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mAmunigal says only thiruvarangam, then is it that the other divyadesams are not

worth living. What about the srivaishnavas who are living in US and other

places?

 

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Let us see in the next posting.

 

 

 

(To be continued)

 

 

 

Jai Sriman Narayana l Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai, Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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