a:Lwanda:r prathibha

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Jai Srimannarayana to all Bhagavad Bandhus!

Acharya thiruvadigale saranam!!

 

Today HH along with all the devotees did the parayana of Sankshepa Ramayan,

Kaantha Chatusslo:ki and Sri:sthavam. Sri Sri Sri Jeeyar Swamiji in his

pravachan gave us a detailed picture of the greatness of Yamunacharya -

remembering him in reverence on the occasion of his Thirunakshatram which was

yesterday.

 

Due to the packed program yesterday, HH gave pravachanam on this great acharya

today. But we were blessed today to hear to his vivid narration of

Yamuna:charya’s glorious life. Some points I like to share with you, ofcourse,

with my limited abilities….

 

Yaamunacharya, the wonderful grand son of Naatthamuni, son of I:swaramuni was

named so on the instructions of his grand father. As he grew up he was kept

under a guru for education. A scholar in that king’s court was very arrogant and

egoistic. He used to mock the other scholars and collect taxes from them with

the support of the king. Once Yamuna’s guru got a notice from that court

scholar, which annoyed him. On seeing his teacher in that worried state, young

Yamuna pestered him to tell him the matter and on knowing the fact he assured

his teacher he would take care of it. He sent a sloka to the pundit with the

message that there was no one who could defeat him in the sastras - from the

Himalayas to the southern tip, from the west coast to east coast - which

irritated him greatly.

 

He summoned Yamuna at once but was replied with another note mentioning his

knowledge of manthras and thanthras and also expressed his confidence of

shattering the pundit’s ego.

 

The king then invited him with due respect but shocked to see the young graceful

Yaamuna. The queen was very much impressed with him and challenged the king that

she had a strange feeling he would win. The king too challenged her promising

half of his kingdom to the

winner. In the arguments that followed, the so called scholar had to bow down

and accept his defeat before the fourteen year old Yamuna.

 

The queen elated at the boy’s victory called him ‘A:L wanda:r’. It means – ‘came

to protect her’. Since then he came to be known as A:L wanda:r. He was coronated

as the king for the whole kingdom. He later wrote a stho:thra known as ‘Sri:

A:Lwanda:r Sthothra’ which is also known as the ‘sthothra rathnam’ for its

unparalleled merit.

 

Swamiji told us to do its parayan daily and learn it by heart.

 

Sri ya:muna munaye: namaha!!!

Ramanujadasi.