Moksha Through Ramanuja Sambandha - Part 3.1

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sri:

srimathE rAmAnujAya nama:

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Ramanuja

sambandham leads to Moksham - Part 3.1

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** So who is the Acharya **

 

We resort to Aptha Vakhyam to prove that

the

archarya being referred is indeed

Swami Ramanuja. Now, the greatness of

Vedas lies in the fact

that they have been given by Sriman

Narayana. They

are not themselves glorified.

 

Sriman Narayana Himself says that

"I am the only one who knows

Vedas in its entirety. I am the one Who gave

Vedas" (VEdaishcha sarvahi

AhamEva vEdyAh. VedAntagrku

VedavidhevachAham). Any

Grantham (work) given by Sriman

Narayana can then be equated to Vedas.

The

additional condition is that our

poorvAchAryAs should bear

testimony to its authenticity.

In TiruppAvai verse 26, Andal avers

the same ("Melayar

cheivanaigal").

 

In every archAvatara, Sriman

Narayana stamps with

authority that it is Ramanuja

who is the Acharya.

 

When Ramanuja

prostrated before Sri Ranganatha

in Srirangam, He pledged His wealth to

Ramanuja and gave him the name

"UdayavarE (One who holds this world and

the deva loka").

"Henceforth I am not the one who

is going to take the burden

of giving moksham and it is only

Ramanuja who can give it".

 

Dear Devotees, If you can write of other instances where Lord

Sriman Narayana in Archavatara indicates Sri Ramanuja is the

Acharya.

 

There are numerous other

instances [granthas etc] that vouch for

Swami Ramanuja's unique position

in SriVaishanavism.

 

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan,

Mukundan Vangipuram Pattangi