Thridhandam for Achaarya raamAnujA's Moola BhEram at SriperumbhUthUr

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya Nama:

 

Dear Sri VaishNavaas :

 

It is with great pleasure adiyEn would like to

share with you all , the good news of completion

of the construction of the " Golden " Thridhandam

AabharaNam for AchArya RaamAnujA Moolavar at His temple

in the place of His avathAram .

 

The Thridandam with 10 souverins of Gold cladding

is now awaiting the arrival of Srimath Ahobila Matam

Jeeyar from his current sanchAram in the Northern and

the Western part of India to TamilnAdu for

SamarpaNam during Jan-Feb , 2001.

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar would be giving ThiruppAvai

UpanyAsams in Bombay during the month of Marghazhi

to celebrate ANDAL and Her " elder brother " (GodhAgrajan )

AchArya RaamAnujAn. With the fragrance of ThiruppAvai

( ThiruppAvai MaNam kamazha ) in his lips , Srimath Azhagiya

Singar , the Younger brother of ANDAL (Kanishta YathirAjan)

will present the ThirdhaNdam to his older brother,

on behalf of ANDAL and all RaamAnuja DaasAs at

SriperumbhUthur some time at the end of January or

early part of February ,2001 .

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar would have completed

75 years on December 6 , 2000 compared

to the GodhAgra-YathirAjan , who would be

983 years old according to earthly calculations

based on his avathAra year of 1017 CE.

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar's 75th Thirunakshathram

would be celebrated at Bombay in a fitting manner

to thank him as one of the senior most yathis

spreading the message of AchArya RaamAnujA

across the length and breadth of India .Srimath

Azhagiya Singar is striving hard to set up a core

fund to protect NithyArAdhanams for Malolan

in an uninterrupted fashion for now and future.

 

Those , who wish to participate in the NithyArAdhana

core fund project of Srimath Azhagiya Singar are

requested to contact adiyEn for sending their tax free

deductions to reach HH the Jeeyar. The core fund

will be used to maintain the sampradhAyic AarAdhanam of

Sri Lakshmi Nrusimhan and the grantha kaalkshEpams

wihtout any stresses . The interest derived from

the core fund is expected to cover the significant

daily expenses incurred in the SanchAram of a YathirAjan ,

who has been ordained to travel with Sri Lakshmi Nrusimhan

(MalOlan ) from village to village all over India to

perform SamAsraYaNam , BharanyAsam and KaalakshEpam

in the 600 plus year old tradition of Ahobila Matam.

 

The ThridhaNDa AabharaNa SamarpaNam

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As a fellow bhakthA observed , it would be only

appropriate for one Yathirajar to present to

another YathirAjar , the supreme symbol of

Yathi Dharmam .

 

Right now , the Thridhandam is at a safe in

my sister's house awaiting Srimath Azhagiya Singar's

arrival at SriperumbhUthur .In an earlier

posting adiyEn has covered the significance of

Thirdhandam in the hands of a yathIsvaran.

 

It is with deep gratitude , adiyEn thanks

every one of the BhakthAs , who have participated

in both the ThridhaNDam and the Navarathna SatAri

Kaimkaryams at SriperumbhUthUr and ThirunArAyaNapuram

respectively .

 

The Unique greatness of AchArya RaamAnujA for us all

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The greatness of YathirAjar , AchArya RaamAnujA

has been celebrated appropriately by Thiruvarangatthu

AmudanAr , Swamy Desikan and Swamy MaNavALa Maamunigal

in RaamAnuja NooRRanthAdhi , YathirAja Sapthathi and

YathirAja Vimsathi respectively .

 

During one sapthAvaraNam puRappaDU , Sri RanganAthan

commanded through archaka mukham that the playing of

all mangaLa vaadhyams be stopped so that He can hear

Thiruvarangatthu AmudanAr's Sri RaamAnuja NooRanthAdhi

without distraction.Such is the greatness of

our YathirAjan !

 

As Thiruvarangatthu AmudanAr piles up the reasons

for the unique greatness of AchArya RaamAnujA arising

from his matchless devotion to AzhwArs and his

PoorvAchAryAs and the dhivya dampathis :

 

(1) He is " puhaz-malintha paamanuu-MaaRan adi-

paNinthu uynthavan " ( AchArya RaamAnujA

is the One , who has redeeemed himself by

performing kaimkaryam at the sacred feet of

Swamy NammAzhwAr known for blessing us with

the glorious paasurams of ThiruvAimozhi).

 

(2) He is " KuRayal pirAnadik keezh viLLAtha anban

RaamAnusan " ( AchArya RaamAnujA is the One , who

is the greatest devotee of Thirumangai AzhwAr ,

who had his avathAram at ThirukurayalUr. His deep

devotion for Thirumangai was demonstrated by the fact

that he ( AchArya RaamAnujA ) never left the sacred

feet of Thirumangai Mannan , who blessed us with

his Six Prabhandhams).

 

(3) In the eighth paasuram , AmudanAr points out

that the greatness of AchArya RaamAnujA arises

from the fact that he kept firmly at his heart

the deeper meanings of " Vaiyaam TahaLiyA "

prabhnadham of Poykai AzhwAr .

 

(4) In the ninth Paasuram , AmudanAr gives another

reason why AchArya RaamAnujA is celebrated with

reverence by his sishya kOtis: " Jn~Anamennum

niRai ViLakkERRiya BhUthat thiruvadi thALgaL

NenjatthuRayavaitthu aaLum RaamAnusan " is our

AchAryan. He is the one , who kept BhuthatthAzhwAr's

Thiruvadi inside his heart and reflected without

let his prabhandham , " Jn~anacchudar ViLakkERRinEn "

of the AzhwAr to grow his Para Jn~Ana-ParipoorNa

Dheepam .

 

(5) Through his tenth paasuram , AmudanAr cites AchArya

RaamAnujA's utter devotion to pEy AzhwAr ,who

blessed us with the " ThirukkaNDEn " paasurams

as another reason for his greatness.

 

(6) ThiruppANar celebrated in the short span of

ten paasurams , the greatness of the Svaroopa ,

Roopa , GuNa , Isvaryams of Sri RanganAthan .

AmudanAr says that AchArya RaamAnuA is a great one

because of holding ThiruppANar's ThiruvadigaL

on his siras.

 

(7) Thirumazhisai AzhwAr is the One with " idam konda

keerthi " ( with fame spread all over the world).

AchArya RaamAnuja's greatness arises form having

the sacred feet of Thirumazhisai in his heart

as a jewel.

 

(8) ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr , who blessed us with

ThirumAlai laden with the fragrance of TuLasi and

Vedam is well known for his adhbhutha Thiru Maalai

kaimakryam for Sri RanganAthan and for blessing us

with the ThiruppaLLiyezucchi prabhandham. AchArya

RaamAnujA is great because of his dependence on

the ThoNDaradippodi's Thiruvadigal without any

other recourse.

 

(9) AchArya RaamAnujA has matchless glory because

of his devotion to adiyArs, who sing PerumAL

Thirumozhi of Kolli Kaavalan, KulasEkara AzhwAr.

 

(10) AchArya RaamAnujA ascended heights of glory

as an AchAryan because of his deep attachment

to PeriyAzhwaar , who was swept away in the flood

of Bhakthi for Sriman NaarAyaNA and sang out of

prEmai his ThiruppallANDu paasurams seeking protection

for the Lord , who Himself is Sarva-Rakshakan.

 

(11) AchArya RaamAnujan is the greatest among AchAryAs

because of his being " Arangar mouLi soozhhinRa

Maalayaic chooDikkodutthavaL thollaruLAl vaazhinra

VaLLal " ( AchArya RaamAmnujA sustains himself by

the apaara krupai of ANDAL , who adorned the garlands

that her father created for the Lord first and then

had it presented to the Lord . ANDAL was the JeevAdharam

for RaamAnujA ).

 

(12) AchArya RaamAnujA drank as it were from the cool

pond of Naatha Muni to quench his thirst and

acquired greatness ( Seelam koLL Naathamuniyai

NenjAl paruhum RaamAusan).

 

(13) AchArya RaamAnujA held on firmly to the sacred

feet of AlavanthAr aka YamunaitthuRaivan known

for his parisuddha-anushtAnam . AchArya RaamAnujA's

greatness grew through the possession of AlavanthAr's

sacred feet as his treasure.

 

(14) AmudanAr concedes that no one can adequately

comprehend the greatness of RaamAnujA ( KaarEy

karuNai IrAmAnusa ! ikkadalidatthil yaarE aRibhavar

NinnaruLin tanmai ).He states that his lips will

not praise anything other than the glory of

his AchAryan , RaamAnusan ( IrAmAnusan puhazh

anRi yenn Vaai konji paravahillAthu).

 

AdiyEn will conclude this posting with AchArya Vandhanam

from Sri RaamAnuja NooRRandhAthi:

 

1. " PalkalayOr thaamm manna vantha RaamAnusan " Vaazhi!

 

2. " Poruvarumseer Aariyan semmai RaamAnusan " Vaazhi!

 

3. " Oozhi mudalvanayE pannap paNittha RaamAnusan " Vaazhi!

 

4. " yenakkuRRa Selvam RaamAnusan " Vaazhi!

 

5. " Pazhiyaik kadatthum RaamAnusan pukazh " Vazhi!

 

6. " pulac chamayankaL nilatthaviyak-kaittha

meyjn~Anatthu RaamAnusan " Vaazhi !

 

7. " ThikkuRRak-Keerthi RaamAnusan Vaazhi !

 

8. " Tenn AtthiUr KazhaliNaik keezh pooNDa-

vanbhALan RaamAnusan " Vaazhi !

 

RaamAnusan mannu malart-taaLL yenRum ayarEn ,

 

with deep praNAmams to all the AchArya Sandhathis

of Bhagavath RaamAnujA ,

 

Daasan , Seelamilla SiRiyON,

Oppiliappan Koil VardAchAri SatakOpan