DheebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam-Swamy manavala mAmunikal-2

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sumivSri 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”

 

Swamy Manavala mAmunikal in his upadesaratnamalai celebrates the thiruavadhara

days of all the Azhvars and acharyas. While taking about the thiruvadi poora

day of Sri Andal he says, “AndAlukkundAgiya oppidharkkum vundu” and while

talking about swamy emperumAnAr’s thiruavadhara day chittaraiyil seiya

thiruvAdhirai he says, “AzhvArgal thAngal vandhudhiththa nAlgalilum vAzhvAna nAl

namakku mannulageer”. Now what to say about this Iyppasi thirumoolam, the day

on which the greatest of the greatest acharya, the acharya of the lord

ranganatha himself took avatharam. No words can really express the greatness of

this day. We can only do mangalasasanams to this divine acharya by saying,

“adiyArgal vAzha aranganagar vAzha, satakOpan than thamizh nool vAzha, kadal

soozhindha mannulagam vAzha, manavAla mAmuniyE ennum oru nootrAndirum”.

 

Extract from Sri P.B Annagarachariyar swamy’s upanyasam:

 

The second term in the “srisailesa” thaniyan rendered by Azhagiya manavalan as a

gurudhashina to his acharya is “dheebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam” In this “Adhi”

refers to virakthi/virakhyam. A good acharya should be filled with jnana,

bhakthi and vairakhyam. While talking about the greatness of nathamunigal, Sri

Alavandaar in his stotra ratnam says, “namOchinthyAth bhudhAklishta jnana

vairAkhya rAsayE, nAdhAya munayE agAdha bhagavath bhakthi sindhavE” There again

alavandaar personifies the acharya nathAmunigal to be filled with jnana, bhakthi

and vairakhyam. Swamy mAmunikal was an ocean of jnana, bhakthi and vairakhya

and that is why namperumal selected him to be his acharya. Bhakthi develops

both jnana and vairakhya in a person. This is clear from the following verses,

“bhakthyA sAsthrAth vEdme jnAnArththam” (words of sanjaya) and “marpAl manam

suzhippa mangaiyarthOl kaivittu” and “paramAthmani yO rakthO viraktha:

aparamAthmani”.

 

Further let us see the similarities between the ocean of water and ocean of

gunas (Swamy Manavala mAmunikal) in eight different ways. The following sloka

gives the similarities that will be then explained in detail:

 

“sailEndrAthyushithO maneendraparitha: saththApasAntharkatha:

mathsyAthmAsritha varkasEvitha patha: gambeeryaseemni sthitha: I

kAlushyasya kathAprasanga rahitha: velAnadheethO druvaha:

sOyam sowmya vArOpayanthruyamirAt sAkshAth vibhAthyarNava: II”

 

1. sailEndrAthyushitha: - There is a lot of similarities between the sea and

mamunikal. In the early days, all the mountains had wings and hence used to fly

from one place to another. This used to cause a lot of nuisance to the people.

So indra took his vajrAyudham in his hand and cut down the wings of all the

mountains. During that time many mountains like the mainAgam and others hid

themselves under the sea. It is said in many books that they still remain under

the sea. In valmiki Ramayana, in the first sarga of sundarakandam there is a

conversion between mainAga and hanuman that proves the above said legend. While

comparing the sea with the kadalvannan (emperuman) thirumangai azhvar in his

attapuyakarapadhigam says, “neeNda malaigalum mAmaNiyum malarmEl mangaiyum

thangugindra alaikadal pOndrivar” (thirumozhi 2-8-5). So the quality “sailEndra

athyishitha:” fits the ocean of water. Now let’s see how it fits swamy

mAmunikal. Swamy thiruvaimozhi pillai is the acharya of

mAmunikal. He is otherwise called thirumalaiazhvar or srisailEsar. He is

regarded as the sailEndrar here. Mamunikal learnt the sastras from

thiruvaimozhipillai or he did the gurukulavAsam under srisailEsar. Thereby in

case of the ocean of water it has to be kept as sailEndrai: athyushitha:

(karmani prayog as per Sanskrit grammar) and in case of mAmunikal it is

sailEndram athyushitha: (karthari prayog).

 

(To be continued)

 

“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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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