'Sri' as mentioned by poorvAchAryas

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Dear srimati Napinnai:

Although I am not really qualified on answering all your questions, there is

something that I would like to say on the following question of yours:

6. Is it true that Ramnauja's immediate successors

(KUrathAzhvAn,ParAsara bhattar,Tirukurihai PirAn PiLLAn)gave more

emphasis on Sri (and other divine consorts bhUmi,nILA)as "puruSakAra"

than Ramanuja himself?

Swami ParAshara bhattar in his AshTa shlOki in explaining 'dvayArtham' in the

6th shlOka says :

nEtRutvam nityayOgam samuchita guNajAtam tanukhyApanamcha upAyam

kartavyabhAgam tvatha mithuna param prApyamEvam prasidhdam |

svAmitvam prArthanAmcha prabalatara virOdhi prahANam dashaitAn

mamtAram trAyatE chEti adhigata nigama: ShaTpadOyam dvikhanDa: ||

According to what we have heard from our AchAryAs, as explained in Swami

manavALa mAmuni's vyAkhyAnam, here 'nEtRutvam' refers to the 'mediating' nature

of 'srI' by way of leading the jIva to approach Him and at the same time making

Him accept the Jivan inspite of his short-comings. 'nitya yOgam' refers to

being inseperable from Him and hence approachable by the jIvans always. From

this we can discern that Swami ParAshara bhattar strongly believed that srI is

indeed "puruShakAra bhootai". Since we know that our poorvAchAryAs explained

everything based on the samskruta and dravida vEdas and did not give their own

interpretations we can assume that EmberumAnAr, who comes earlier in the

lineage than ParAshara Bhattar must also have been of the same opinion on the

concept of swaroopam of 'SrI'...

rAmAnuja dAsi

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:

 

Dear Smt Sheela,

Thanks for your reply. My question was in no way related to

EmperumAnAr's immediate disciples but emperumAnAr himself. Obviously

EmperumAnAr must have shared his disciples ideas othewrise he would

have expressed his disapproval and that would have been recorded too.

My question was why EmperumAnAr didn't say "explicitly"

about "nirhEtuka krpa" as well the "concept of Sri" in his works. But

Sri Parthasarathy got my point and after his reply I did some small

research and caught hold of a nice book. People like Lester and

Agnihotram(VK school) question the authenticity of gaDyatraya and

even some vedantasutras! But I don't see the logic because there is

a "beautiful pattern" in EmperumAnAr's works each caterinig to

specific needs,written at specific times and also above all from

psychological perspective. This is what I found and I will get back

to this point couple of weeks later.

 

AzhwAr EmperumAnAr Jeeyar TiruvadigaLE saraNam

nappinnai