Unlocking The Values 41

November 14, 2008

Excellent translation swami, ManavALamAmuni vanthilanEl Attril karaittha puLIyallavO thamizh AraNamEadiyen--- On Thu, 11/13/08, Padmanabhan <aazhwar wrote:Padmanabhan <aazhwar Unlocking The Values 41"vanamamalai" <vanamamalai >, "Sri Ramanuja" <ramanuja >, "oppiliappan" <oppiliappan >, "" , "divya desam" , "parichaya" <parichaya >Thursday, November 13, 2008, 3:03 PM

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CLASSICAL ANALYSIS BY SVAMI MANAVALA MAMUNIKAL

If one immerses in the IDu, IDu appears great. If one goes into TirunedunthANTakam vyAkyAnam, it is magnum opus. However, if we go into the commenatries of Sri MaNavALa mAmunikaL, these are extremely wonderful. All the qaualities of commenatries are present in these and is outstanding. Be it the vyAkyAnam for mumUskhuppadi or SrivAchanabHUshaNam or AchArya Hrdhyam,, the words of Peirya jEyar stand out tall.

Let us go into two small example of classical anlaysis by mAmunikaL

The fifth sUthram of SrI vachana bHushaNam :

'idihAsa SREAshtamAnA SrIRAmAyanathil SiRai irundhavaL YETRAm solliTru;mahAbArath athil dhUthu pOnavan YETRAm solliTru'

Sri PiLLai lOkachAryar brings out the point that, in Srimad RAmAyaNam the greatness of pirATTi is spelt out and in mahAbAratham the greatness of Sri KrishNA as messenger is brought forth.

While giving commenatry mAmunikaL anlayses thus:

1. Why is the term 'siRai irundhavaL' used instead of pirATTi" -à®šà®¿à®±à¯ˆ à®‡à®°à¯à®¨à¯à®¤à®µà®³à¯

2. Is it a commeandable thing to be in prison? why it is termed as great?-à®à®±à¯à®±à®®à¯

3. Why is the term ' dhUthu pOnavan' is used instead of \Isvaran\?à®¤à¯‚à®¤à¯ à®ªà¯‹à®©à®µà®©à¯

4. Is doing a ordinary job of messenger a great thing?à®à®±à¯à®±à®®à¯

These questions are answered by trhe commentator.

PirATTi imprisoned Herself voluntarily for the sake of relaseing the imprisonment of dhEva mahishis. If somebody thinks that She was overpowered by rAvANA, they do not realise Her powers.

If pirATTi had power to suprress the power of \agni\ on TiruvaDi , she definitely had powers to ignite fire also.

She voluntarily thus put Herself into prison for the sake of releaseing others.

If an ordinary person is imprisoned, it is because of their kArmic effects. Here it is out of compassion and voluntary.

Therefore, the greatrness of pirATTi 's compassion is brought about by these words and that is why this is great.

Did not vAlmIkI bhagavAn himself spell out that the whole RamAyaNam is about Her greatness

...SITAyAs charitham mahat..

TirvuAimzohi 4-8-5

AzvAr-s Divya SUkthIs are the source for AchAryAs to spell out these ideas. Is it not?

( to be continued)

dasan

vanamamalai padmanabhan