Arthi Prabhandham-10 (Part-1)

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Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha l Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

 

 

 

SrisailEsa dayA pAthram deebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam

 

Yateendra pravanam vandhE ramyajAmataram munim

 

 

 

Surely all divya desams are equal and have their own specialities.

 

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But why do we see that all alwars and acharyas consider srirangam to be special

always?

 

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That is because Srirangam is the headquarters for all Srivaishnavas. While we

talk about a company we mention only the headquarters even though that company

may have a number of branches. For Srivaishnavas, Srirangam is the headquarters

and all other divya desams, its branches. The work of any company is done in

all branches but the final approval for the completion of the project comes from

the head quarters. All branches are equally essential for the work to be

completed without any problem but the headquarters plays a major role.

Similarly all divya desams have their equal importance but srirangam binds them

all. That is why all our acharyas though born in different places had to go to

srirangam when it came to establishing our sampradayam.

 

 

 

It is said by our poorvAcharyas that each srivaishnava, wherever he may be,

every morning has to atleast walk a few steps in the direction of Srirangam. The

thaniyan to mukunda mala says, “gushyathE yasya nagarE rangayAthrA dhinE dhinE l

thamaham sirasA vandhE rAjAnam kulasEkaram ll” Each day kulasekara alwar woke up

with the thought that he should leave to Srirangam that day. Each Srivaishnava

should wake up in the similar way each morning thinking to attain the divine

kainkaryam of emperuman that day. All Srivaishnavas cannot live in Srirangam.

It is like having all the employees of a company in the headquarters itself then

the work in all the branches will stop and hence will affect the company’s

progress drastically. So emperuman appoints different people to different

divyadesams and makes them stay with the abhimAnam towards that divyadesam and

perumal.

 

 

 

Sri Ramanuja had great love for kAnchi deva perumal but still he was transferred

to Srirangam due to ranganatha’s wish. Swamy desikan refuses even Sriranga

vAsam considering living in kAnchi as happiest for him. He says I do not

possess any other wealth other than that which exists on top of the hastigiri,

in his vairAkhya panchakam. Periya thirumalai nambi considered doing kainkaryam

to thirumalai appan as his prime duty. Even today there are so many jeeyers who

live in different divya desams and continue with their kainkaryams to emperuman

like HH Sri Vanamamali ramanuja Jeeyer swamy, HH Sri Thiruvenkata Jeeyer swamy

and others.

 

 

 

 

 

Jai Sriman Narayana l Adiyen Ramanuja Dasee, Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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