life of raamaanujaacharya 6

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continued from part 5------

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Forthwith he started from his yoga-seat and went in

search of this Holy band, and asking those whom he met

on the way, for traces of their journey. They said, “

Go this way, Go this way”, evidently fancying that he

was in search of the king and his retinue. He

increased his speed and arrived in the vicinity of

gangaikonda.s-puram; and asking the residents there to

direct him further on the way where the Holy band

went, they saud they not seen any. He looked forward

and far out and sideways, and seeing nothing of what

his heart yearned for, heaved a deep sigh, wept and

swooning away, fell on the ground and departed from

this world.

 

 

 

parantuvaishnaavam lOkam nityAnandam sukhAvaham!

tatrasamvaahinIMdivyaa virajavEdasaMbhavAm!!

sarvE hiraNmayAstatra sarvE vEdamayAsSubhA!

sraprAkrutamayA nityaa punarAvrutti varjitaa!!

EkAntinassadaa brahmadhtaayinO yOginOhi yE!

tEshAtatparamaMsthaanaM yadvaipaSyanti sUraya!!

 

 

The disciples and the son, of our Heaven departed

sage, received the tidings of this extraordinary

translation and could not bear the pain of separation;

but fate must be submitted to by all. So they traveled

to where the sage was lying in state, and after

prostrating themselves before the dead body, duly

cremated him according to the brahma medha ritual

prescribed in the Vedas. Returning home, all the rest

of the ceremonies were duly performed by Isvaramuni,

the son. And kurugaaval-appan selected a place near

where his master was accustomed to sit in yoga, and

steadily practiced yoga. The sage is said to have live

540 years.

 

The memorial verse to him runs thus:

Vyomna parastaatsavidhaM samEtya lakshmyaa niyOgaat

kurukaadhiraaja!

samaMtra ratna dvayamaahayasmai naathaaya tasmai

munayE namOstu!!

 

 

Chapter 2

Uyyakkondaar and manakkaal-nambi

 

Uyyakkondaar is the same as Pundariikaaksha.

Uyyakkondaar is a name which has an interesting story

connected with it. Once on an occasion,

vangi-puratt-aacchi, the father-in-law of naathamuni,

sent a request to his son-in-law to send his

wife(i.e., aacchi’s daughter), aravinda-paavai on a

visit. Naathamuni sent her, escorted by

pundariikaaksha, his trusted disciple. Some of the

dependants of aacchi looked down upon him as of an

inferior caste, he being a puurava-sikhi(that is, of

that class among brahmanas, whose custom is to wear a

turf of hair right on the crown of the head); and

therefore they fed him on stale food. But he never

resented this treatment. He, on the other hand,

considered it as the greatest blessing that was

conferred upon him. He returned home, and pressed by

naathamuni to narrate all that took place at aacchi’s

residence, related with joy the happiness he derived

from eating stale food; when asked how it could be so,

he answered that it was certainly so on the principle

explained by St. Tondaradippodi alwar:-

“If but their broken bread the saints will grant

Indeed it shall my nature purify”

(tirumalai, verse 41)

 

On hearing this, naathamuni embraced his disciple and

exclaimed: “thou art my saviour”. Thus uyyakkondaar

means: he who practiced the highest precepts of

religion taught by his master.

 

Such was uyyakkondaar or pundariikaaksha. He had many

disciples under him with whom he was happily engaged

in the delightful study and exposition of the

utterances of the holy alwars, The chief of these

disciples were five, viz, 1) Manakkaal nimbi 2)

tiruvallikkeni paanperumaal arayar 3)

sattaip-puusi-sendalankaarar 4) SrI pundariika daasan

and 5) ulagu-perumal nangai. Of these disciples,

manakkaal nimbi or sri raama misra was the greatest,

in as much as he bore his guru(uyyakkondaar) the

relation of lakshmana to His master and brother SrI

raamachandra. This was so much the case that when the

guru’s wife andaalamma died, raama-misra did all the

menial services that thus necessarily devolved on him

in the household of the guru.

------will be continued in part 7

 

 

 

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continued from part 5-------------------Forthwith he started from his yoga-seat and went insearch of this Holy band, and asking those whom he meton the way, for traces of their journey. They said, "

Go this way, Go this way", evidently fancying that hewas in search of the king and his retinue. Heincreased his speed and arrived in the vicinity ofgangaikonda.s-puram; and asking the residents there todirect him further on the way where the Holy band

went, they saud they not seen any. He looked forwardand far out and sideways, and seeing nothing of whathis heart yearned for, heaved a deep sigh, wept andswooning away, fell on the ground and departed from

this world.parantuvaishnaavam lOkam nityAnandam sukhAvaham!tatrasamvaahinIMdivyaa virajavEdasaMbhavAm!!sarvE hiraNmayAstatra sarvE vEdamayAsSubhA!sraprAkrutamayA nityaa punarAvrutti varjitaa!!EkAntinassadaa brahmadhtaayinO yOginOhi yE!

tEshAtatparamaMsthaanaM yadvaipaSyanti sUraya!!The disciples and the son, of our Heaven departedsage, received the tidings of this extraordinarytranslation and could not bear the pain of separation;

but fate must be submitted to by all. So they traveledto where the sage was lying in state, and afterprostrating themselves before the dead body, dulycremated him according to the brahma medha ritualprescribed in the Vedas. Returning home, all the rest

of the ceremonies were duly performed by Isvaramuni,the son. And kurugaaval-appan selected a place nearwhere his master was accustomed to sit in yoga, andsteadily practiced yoga. The sage is said to have live

540 years.The memorial verse to him runs thus:Vyomna parastaatsavidhaM samEtya lakshmyaa niyOgaatkurukaadhiraaja!samaMtra ratna dvayamaahayasmai naathaaya tasmaimunayE namOstu!!Chapter 2

Uyyakkondaar and manakkaal-nambiUyyakkondaar is the same as Pundariikaaksha.Uyyakkondaar is a name which has an interesting storyconnected with it. Once on an occasion,vangi-puratt-aacchi, the father-in-law of naathamuni,

sent a request to his son-in-law to send hiswife(i.e., aacchi's daughter), aravinda-paavai on avisit. Naathamuni sent her, escorted bypundariikaaksha, his trusted disciple. Some of thedependants of aacchi looked down upon him as of an

inferior caste, he being a puurava-sikhi(that is, ofthat class among brahmanas, whose custom is to wear aturf of hair right on the crown of the head); andtherefore they fed him on stale food. But he never

resented this treatment. He, on the other hand,considered it as the greatest blessing that wasconferred upon him. He returned home, and pressed bynaathamuni to narrate all that took place at aacchi'sresidence, related with joy the happiness he derived

from eating stale food; when asked how it could be so,he answered that it was certainly so on the principleexplained by St. Tondaradippodi alwar:-"If but their broken bread the saints will grantIndeed it shall my nature purify"

(tirumalai, verse 41)On hearing this, naathamuni embraced his disciple andexclaimed: "thou art my saviour". Thus uyyakkondaarmeans: he who practiced the highest precepts ofreligion taught by his master.

Such was uyyakkondaar or pundariikaaksha. He had manydisciples under him with whom he was happily engagedin the delightful study and exposition of theutterances of the holy alwars, The chief of these

disciples were five, viz, 1) Manakkaal nimbi 2)tiruvallikkeni paanperumaal arayar 3)sattaip-puusi-sendalankaarar 4) SrI pundariika daasanand 5) ulagu-perumal nangai. Of these disciples,manakkaal nimbi or sri raama misra was the greatest,

in as much as he bore his guru(uyyakkondaar) therelation of lakshmana to His master and brother SrIraamachandra. This was so much the case that when theguru's wife andaalamma died, raama-misra did all the

menial services that thus necessarily devolved on himin the household of the guru. ------will be continued in part 7

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