Manavala Mamuninigal part 1

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Srimathe Ramanujaya namaha!

 

It is understood that the supreme god himself becomes enchanted by listening the

wonderful pastimes and activities of the great acharyas.As like krishna

paramatma said in Gita " janma karma cha me divyam " , for prapannas the pastimes

performed by Lord as well as his representatives are equally wonderful and ever

inspiring. In order to bring this inspirational thoughts to our daily life, i

thought of posting in this group a few details in that regard, as this group has

all the like minded people and highly dedicated people for bha:gavatha

kainkarya.

 

We are all blessed with the causeless grace of acharya and the Lord

Srimannarayana surely likes us a lot. Just as an approach to add to the faith

and inspiration, i will try to post some small paragraphs so that it will be

easy to read and will also try to make them as regular as possible. I also

request to correct me and also contribute in this exercise.

 

'Manavala mamuni' ( Vara Vara muni)

 

Sriman Narayana, even though He re-incarnated through infinite number of

times(Avatharas) in this world, failed miserably in achieving His primary goal,

i.e. the liberation of the jeevatmas (sentient souls)from worldly bondage. He

did carefully scrutinize the pros and cons of this abject failure. He could

discover the reason quickly and that was that he did not belong to the category

of souls, because of which whatever He did during his births were quickly

dismissed as irrelevant by the jeevatmas as not of relevance to themselves.

Therefore, whatever He said, even in the 'Bhagavad Gita', fell on ears that

discounted his preaching as those coming from someone unlike themselves. So, He

thought of liberating the souls through another jeeva:tma. He immediately

summoned His serpent couch, the nitya-soori (eternally free soul) Adisesha, and

instructed, " Go down to the mortal world and live there for 200 years, and

through your exhortations, empower the people with knowledge about their true

nature and make them come to My world, so that they enjoy eternal bliss " .

 

Accordingly, the serpent Adisesha was born as " Sri Ramanuja " . Of course, the age

of Kali, known as the time when adharma (atrocious actions) reigns supreme, was

powerless during the tenure of Sri Ramanuja to rear it's ugly head,but the

people with their ignorance and ka:rmic va:sana (effect of actions done over

years), made this world a hot bed for him.To continue the work of Sri Ramanuja,

Adisesha came down to this world as Swami manavala ma:muni. Adise:sha, in his

previous incarnation as Sri Ramanuja, was very much fascinated by Nammazhvars's

appearance and his divine outpouring (thiruvaimozhi), and hence, earned the

appellation " ma:ran adipanindu uynthavan " . In keeping with this overwhelming

love for Nammazhvar, the second time around, Adisesha selected Azhvar

Thirunagari as the place most suited for his birth.

 

To be continued………..

 

Andal Tiruvadigale Saranam

Madhava Ramanuja dasa.