Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi- 88th verse- This male lion Ramanuja crushed and chased away mathAntharasthars using Kaliyan's verses!

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SrI:

SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

 

Dearest all

 

This verse indirectly reminds us of Swami Parasara

bhattar anecdote herein.. Bhattar received his

upadesam from sri Ramanuja; he was the son of Kuresa

and sishya of Embaar. Bhattar defeated an Advaitic

Scholar at Melkote by using Thirumangai AzhwAr’s

wonderful verses on Thiru NedundhaaNdakam as the basis

for discussion and converted him to Visishtadvaitam.

He accepted him as his prime disciple and gave him the

name of Namjeeyar. Bhattar returned to Srirangam with

Namjeeyar and visited Sri Ranganatha at his sanctum

sanctorium. He had the good fortune of conversing with

the Lord of Srirangam like Thirukkacchi Nambi could

speak with Sri Varadaraja. Both Rangantha and

Varadaraja broke their Archa Silence to speak to their

special devotees . Bhattar told the Lord as to what

happened at Melkote and how he used TNT to defeat the

Advaita Vedantin in a scholastic debate. Sri

Ranganatha asked Bhattar to repeat the winning

arguments. The Lord was very pleased with Bhattar's

defense and blessed him. This event is celebrated even

today at Srirangam on the eve of Adhyayana Utsavam by

the Arayar, who enacts the incident at Melkote before

Sri Ranganatha. This festival at Srirangam is known as

Thirunedumthaandakam. [from Sri Satakopan Swami’s

article]. This is also due to Ramanuja’s grace only.

 

kalimikka chen^n^el kazanik kuRaiyal kalaipperumaan

olimikka paatalai uNtuthan NnuLLam thatiththu,athanaal

valimikka cheeyam iraamaa NnuchanmaRai vaathiyaraam

pulimikka thenRu,ip puvanaththil vanthamai pORRuvanE.

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Thirumangai AzhwAr born in the most fertile land of

ThirukkuRaiyaloor, sand in chaste tamil verses of

Thirumozhi that roar and reverberate the esoteric

vedanthic truths in easy to understand manner. This

most wonderful divine verses of Thirumangai AzhwAr

were considered as thaarakam, poshakam and bhogyam

[existence, sustenance, enjoyment] by Swami

EmperumAnAr. Swami enjoy reading these verses and

utilize these verses and their vedanthic truths to

chase away other religious vaadhis and shine like a

victorious lion. EmperumAnAr crushed these idhara

mathasthars [other religion’s avaidika people] like

the King lion that kills the tiger which eats the poor

saadhu animals. I am blessed to praise his such

greatest glories –says Amudhanar.

 

maRai vaadhiyar aam- those who opposed the vedic

truths and distort them OR oppose the Tamil Vedas

puli mikkadhu – such tigers were found in plenty;

enRu – enquiring thus and furthermore

kali mikka- the strongest

sennel kazhani kuRaiyal kalai perumAn – Kaliyan, the

one is the master of all arts and weaponry, born in

ThirukuRaiyaloor the most fertile land,

oli mikka paadalai- the divine verses of his -that

roar the visEsha vedantha artthams and are rhyming and

musical as well;

uNdu – enjoyed reading in conjunction with the divine

Vedas

uLLam thadhtthu- benefited by that rich tonic of those

verses

adhanaal vali mikka seeyam Iraamaanusan- Because of

that, and with the help of these verses and their

vedanthic truths, the huge male lion Ramanuja

conquered the vaadhis;

e bhuvanatthil vandhamai pORRuvaan- Such greatest

Ramanuja appeared in this world- I am blessed to utter

that

 

Because of Ramanuja’s birth only we are now blessed to

recite the divine verses of Thirumangai AzhwArs and

the way he could chase away the opponents using the

vedanthic truth enshrined in those verses. [Read

Bhattar anecdote in the first para.] Thus he shines

like a male lion chasing away the tigers. – I am

blessed to sing thus.

 

When people refused to accept the tamil verses as

apramANam and did not want the same recited in the

temples, Swami emperumAnar reestablished and organized

the ariyar sEvai. Using the tamil verses’ tattva and

visEsha artthams, Ramanuja conquered them and

convinced them of their value. The siddhantham thus

was saved and ubhaya vedantha sampradayam was well

established.

 

EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

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