DheebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam-Swamy manavala mAmunikal-1

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

SrimathE rAmAnujaya Namaha

Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

“SrisailEsa dayApAthram dheebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam

yatheendra pravanam vandhE ramyajAmAtharam munim II”

 

Dear bhagavatas,

 

Iyppasi thirumoolam is right round the corner. It is “The day” in the life of

all Srivaishnavas. “senthamizh vEdhiyar sindhai thelindhu sirandhu

magizhindhidunAl” This is the day in which the cloud of doubts in all our minds

were washed out due to the divine avathara of the “vishadhavAk sikAmani” swamy

Azhagiya manavAla mAmunikal. This is the day on which the last acharya in the

guru paramparai took avathara to spread the divine messages of all our

poorvacharyas and enlighten the minds of all the jeevatmas. “seerulagAriyan

seitharul narkalai dEsu polindhidunAl”. This is the day, which is going to

uplift all of us to the divine abode of emperuman “mandhamadhipuvi mAdidar

thangalai vAnil vuyarthidunAl”. This is the day, on which the

ethipunarAvathAra, yatheendra pravanar swami mAmunigal descended to this world

due to his divine grace on the suffering jeevatmas “mAsarujnAniyar sEryethirAsar

tham vAzhvu mulaiththidu nAl” This is the day which spread the divine arthas

imbedded in

the thiruvAimozhi of swamy nammazhvar to the lowest of the lowest agnani and

also to the highest of the highest jnani (namperumal) without any

differentiation. “kandhamalar pozhil soozhkurugAdhipan kalaigal vilangidunAl”

This is the day which even the emperuman Sri ranganatha celebrates as the

thiruavadhara dhinam of his own acharya, the long standing wish of emperuman to

possess an acharya without any flaws, “jnanam anushtanam evai nandrAgavE

vudaiyanAna guru” unlike his previous acharyas like vasista/vishvamitra in

ramavatara and sandeepani in krishnavatara getting fulfilled ”kAramar mEni

aranganagar kirai kangal kaliththidunAl” This is the day on which Sri

ramyajAmAtru muni took avathara “andhamil seer manavAla muni paranavathAram

seidhidunAL azhaghu thirugazhindhidum Iyppasiyil thirumoolamadhenunAlE”

 

While trying to explore the depth of the kalyana gunas of emperuman the vedas

regarded as the highest encyclopedia of knowledge in the world itself declares

without shame “nethi nethi” that it cannot do it. Emperuman is an ocean of

kalyana gunas and to the find the depth of even one of his kalyana guna is

impossible. Only thing one can conclude is that our knowledge is complete when

we understand that his gunas are beyond our small minds understanding capacity.

The same holds good for even our acharyas. Many of you may pounce on me for

such a statement. Emperuman is all-pervading, omnipotent, omniscience. But the

acharyas are also jeevatmas, one among us. How can you say that the acharyas

are equal to emperuman? That is our sampradayam. We regard our acharyas equal

or even higher than emperuman. Acharyas show us the way to emperuman. Without

them we will never be able to cross this ocean of samsara. Like a boatman with

his boat coming to the rescue of a person caught in a

flood, acharyas come to our rescue to save us from this ocean of samsara, and

safely take us to the other side the divine abode of emperuman. Shouldn’t we

be deeply indebted to the great service rendered in time? The emperuman surely

accepts us with great pleasure after we reach his divine abode but then this was

made possible only due to the grace of the acharya. The fact that emperuman

only sent the acharya do remains but still the emperuman has his own limitations

and hence cannot come to our rescue directly secondly, the emperuman has a

nithya sambhandam (deep rooted relationship) with each one of us so it is his

duty to save all of us but then the acharya comes to our rescue without any

reason or expectation but just to please his own acharya and inturn the divine

couples. What to say about such divine qualities of our acharyas?

 

Sure a person with the lowest of the lowest knowledge like adiyen cannot explain

it. But then can the emperuman do it? No. He himself is caught without

knowing what to say and do. When hanuman went to lanka and came back with the

kanaiyAzhi of piratti, Sri rAmapiran didn’t know what to give hanuman as a token

of gratefulness for the great help he has rendered. Sri ranganatha was unable

to express the divine qualities of his acharya, swamy Manavala mAmunikal in

depth and hence says, “dheebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam” Swamy is just an ocean of

divine qualities viz., jnana, bhakthi and vairakhya. So what am I going to say

about such a great mahan?

 

A cyclone developed inside adiyen’s mind. Swamy’s thirunakshatram is

approaching. Adiyen wanted to write something about him and make my hands,

mind, mouth and eyes get the effect of their existence. But then what to write?

How can adiyen dive into this ocean without fear? Can adiyen, already very poor

in vocabulary find words to really explain the divine qualities of swamy without

any abhacharam? But then what is the purpose of living if adiyen misses this

divine opportunity of writing about the great mahan? With all these thoughts

adiyen refrained from writing all these days. But then by the divine grace of

swamy mAmunikal adiyen has now gained the strength to write with the following

verses of our poorvAcharyas in mind.

 

" elaiya pun kavidhaiyElum empirArkku eniyavArE”

 

(Thirumaalai-45)

 

“eyalumporulum esaiyathoduththu eenkavigal anbAl

mayalkoNdu vAzhththum erAmAnusanai madhiyinmaiyAl

payilum kavigalil paththiyillAdha ven pAvi jenjAl

muyalginranan avan than perum keerthi mozhindhidavE”

(ramanuja nootrandhAdhi-6)

 

“munnOr mozhindha murai thappAmal kettu

pinOrindhu thAmadhanai pEsAdhE thannenjil

thOtrinadhEsolli edhu suththa upadEsavara

vAttrathenbar moorkarAvAr”

(upadesaratnamalai-71)

 

In the next posting we will enjoy the extract of the upanyasam of Sri Prathivadi

bayangaram annangarachariyar swamy (in the 70’s) comparing the ocean of water

and

the ocean of gunas.

 

“apagatha madhamAnai: anthimObhAyanishtai:

athikatha paramArththai arthakAmAnabhEkshai:

nikila jana suhruthbhi: nirjithakrOdha lObhai:

vara vara munibruthyai asthumE nithya yoga: II”

 

Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

Azhwar emperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE saraNam

 

Adiyen rAmAnuja dAsan/dAsee

 

Varadarajan/Sumithra

 

 

 

 

 

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