MaNavALa mAmunigaL

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srishailEsha dhayApAthram DhibhakthyAdhi guNArNavam |

yathIndhra pravaNam vandhE ramyajAmAtharam munim ||

 

Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:

 

Dear Devotees,

Humble pranams to all. Wish you all a Happy Celebration

of Sri MaNavALa mAmunigaL's Tirunakshatram. After Muslim

invasion,Srirangam was in a bad shape. It was Sri MaNavALa mAmunigaL

who brought the Srirangam temple to normalcy by restarting all the

regular schedules that was interrupted by muslim invasion. He got

himself involved in lecturing on bhagavad vishayam

(tiruvAymozhi),temple renovations,structured the temple management

just as EmperumAnAr did. Without his commentaries on various works,we

(atleast I)would not have been able to appreciate the works of

pUrvAchAryAs especially Sri PiLLai LOkAchAryA(a genius). He undertook

all these commentaries for the benefit of common masses so that all

of us can enjoy the greatness of our sampradAyam.

 

AchArya is like a mother who is all compassionate. In Sri

Vachana BhUShaNam,Sri PiLLai lOkAchArya says that AchAryabhimAna is

the ultimate upAya. Does it mean that it contradicts the Lord being

SiddhOpAya? Sri MaNavALa mAmunigaL explains that it does not. Infact

AchAryabhimAna culminates in Lord's SiddhOpAya(AchArya is an avatAra

of the the Lord Himself,SVB 407). Sri MaNavALa mAmunigaL very

beautifully defends Sri PiLLai lOkAchArya's writings in Sri Vachana

BhUShaNam. Service to the AchArya should not be considered as

repayment for the great benefit AchArya has done for the soul. Sri

PiLLai lOkAchArya[sVB 432]says:"Repayment to the AchArya is possible

only if there are two Ishvaras and four realms". Sri MaNavALa

mAmunigaL says that if one looks at the magnitude of the benefit that

AchArya showers on the soul by providing the Lord and His

vibhuthis,there is no possibility for repayment. The greatness of

Sri MaNavALa mAmunigaL lies in explaining those subtle,complex sutras

of pUrvAchAryas in concise and terse form.

 

srimathE ramya jAmAthru munInthrAya mahAthmanE |

srirangavAsinE bhUyAth nithyasrIr nithyamangaLam ||

 

AzhvAr EmperumAnAr Jeeyar TiruvadigaLE saraNam

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