NAMO NARAYANA
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- sri:
srimate ramanjuaya namah:
- sriranga nayika sametha sri rangantha
prabrahmane namah:
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- Sri U.Ve .Oppilaippan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
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- *Sri Nathamuni and Sri Yamunacharya
, the pinoeers of our tradition
- Structure and Content of Updesa Ratnamalai
There are 73 paasurams and one Taniyan in URM.The individual
paasurams fall into Six distinctcategories (A-F) :
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- A)Paasurams (1-3): Introductory remarks
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- In the first paasuram , MM declares that he is performing
upadesam for the future generations in strict accordance with
the upadesam that he himself received from his Achaaryan, Thiruvaaimozhip
piLLai and his AchArya paramparai.In the second paasuram , he
comments about the potential impact of his URM on two categories
of people . He says that the learned ones of discriminating intellect
will study URM and instruct other devotees of the Lord on it
with joy. The other category will reject his prabhandham out
of jealousy and no harm will come to him because of their rejection
of his sadhupadesam .In the third paausram , MM prforms MangaLAsAsanam
for the AzhwArs and AchAryAs , their Sri Sookthis and says pallANdu
to them along with the VedAs , whose essence they represented
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- (B)Azhwar-AchAryAL birth details (Months/Stars/Places
of Birth)
MM devoted 35 Paasurams to cover the details regarding the month
of the birth, the constellation in ascendance at the time of
birth , the avathAra sthalams and the unique glories of each
of them ( paasurams 4 to 38). For some AzhwArs, he devoted one
paasuram (e.g)., ThiruppANar , Thirumazhisai , ThoNdaradippodi
and KulasEkarar . For NammAzhwAr , Madhura Kavi and Thirumangai
, he dedicated two paasurams . ANDAL and
EmperumAnAr received three paasurams and PeriyAzhwar had
the unique distinction of being saluted with five paasurams .
The details on the affectionate tributes by MM are covered
in detail in his home pages .
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- C. The Glories of the Commentators
on AruLiccheyalkaL (34-50)
MM's salutation starts with a tribute to Naatha Muni, who restored
Dhivya prabhandhams to circulation with the anugraham of Swamy
NammAzhwAr. He continues with his salutation to EmperumAnAr ,
the krupAmAthra pradannAchAryar,and thanks him for his exquisite
help in spreading the messeage of ThiruvAimozhi through the niyamanam
to Thirukkurhai PirAn PiLLAn to write his scholastic commentary
on it. next, MMexpresses his gratitude to the five renowned commentators
on ThiruvAimozhi: Thirukkuruhai PirAn PiLLAn , Namjeeyar , PeriyavAcchAn
PiLLai, Vadakku Thiruveethi PiLLai and Vaadhi Kesari Azhagiya
MaNavALa Jeeyar .MM also refers to the blessings of Azhagiya
MaNavALa PerumAL NaayanAr, the brother of Sri PiLLai LokAcchAr
through his commnetarieson ThiruppAvai, AmalanAdh PirAn , KaNNInuNN
SirutthAmpu and ThiruvAimozhi of Swamy NammAzhwar (AchAryaHrudhayam
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- D. Tributes to Sri PiLLai LokAcchAr
and His Rahasya Granthams(51-70)
Among the 18 Rahasya granthams of PiLLai LokAcchAr , MM
focuses on Sri Vachana BhUshaNam(SVB) as a dhivya saasthram and
points out that it is " SaangAkhila Dhramida-samskrutha
roopa
Ved SaarArtha sangraha mahArasa Vaakhya jaatham ( the essence
of the Sanskritic VedAs and their six angAs in Tamil).He instructs
us that the understanding of the deep meanings of SVB through
a sadAchAryan and conducting one's life according to those
percepts would be the best of blessings that can come one's way.
- From paasurams 60-70, MM elaborates on the key messages of
SVB. Some of these messages are: (1) Those without AchArya Bhakthi
will not enter Sri Vaikuntam (2) A sishyan, who fully understands
theimmensity of his AchArya upakAram will not live away from
his AchAryA's sacred feet ; here , MM points out the importance
of AchArya kaimkaryam(3) AchAryan will protect the Aathma SvaruPam
of his sishyan and latter in turn will tend with devotion the
deha samrakshaNam of his AchAryan .The importance of nithya kaimkaryam
at the feet of one's AchAryan is emphasized here and the example
of the devoted service of Pinpazhakiya Jeeyar's kaimkaryam to
his AchAryan, nampiLLai is cited here.(4) the pursuit of the
anushtAnams as established by poorvAchAryALs is emphasized instead
of following noothana VishNavam . MM states that the spiritual
growth should be through climbing the steps of the ladder of
anushtAnam established by PoorvAchAryALs (5) AasthikAs following
the true way shown by our AchAryAls are the only ones for us
to follow (6)sathsangam is the most important cause for the enhancement
of our Aathma guNams.
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- E and F : Upadesa Nigamanam and Phala
sruthi (71-73)
In paasuram 71, MM condemns the pseudo scholars , who twist the
meanings of SVB according to their own will as Moorkkars and
instructs us to stay away from them . In the 72nd paasuram ,
MM gives us the Upadesam that those who seek a sadAchArya and
follow the golden way shown by the SadAchArya paramparai will
get rid of the afflictions of samsAram and for them even this
earth will be like Sri Vaikuntham .He paraphrases NammazhwAr's
Sri Sookthi: " ippatthum Uraikka VallArkku VaikunthamAhum
tammUrellaam ".In the concluding Seventy third paasuram
, MM invites us to study and reflect on the upadesams housed
in this prabhndham and informs us that such an effort will grant
us the parama krupai of EmperumAnAr without fail.
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- The 74th Paasuram of URM
- MM had the intention of creating 74 paasurams for URM as
a measure of his respect for the anugraham of AchArya RaamAnujA
in appointing 74 simhAsanAdhipathis to grow "EmperumAnAr
darsanam ". At hat time one great AchAryan , who had revered
MM as " the NadamAdum Dhaivam" composed a paasuram
known as " MannuyirkaL inkE MaNavALa Maamunivan " and
begged Lord RanganAthA to include this paasuram along with the
73 composed until then by MM and as a result of Bhagavaan"s
niyamanam (Command ), the above paasuram was included as the
74th paasuram of URM for our daily recitation . This paasuram
addresses the Mumkshus ( those desiring Moksham ) and states:
" Oh Mumkshu ChethanAs ! If you hold on to the lotus feet
of MM on your heads during your earthly stay as your sole refuge
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are assured in being blessed with the sparsam (touch) of the
hand of amAnavan , as a prerequisite to your entrance in to Sri
Vaikuntam .
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