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Svāmī Maṇavāḻa Māmuňigaḻ Tirunakṣatram Celebrations 2014

Upadeśa RattiŇa Mālai SANTAI

The divine experiences of Svāmī Nammāļvār and the other āļvārs were imbibed in full by our great ācāryas – especially so, by the most benevolent of them, our Svāmī Rāmānuja. The constant mental churning of the Divyaprabandhams influenced the thinking and outlook of our pūrvācāryas, and the spirit naturally issued out in their teachings and actions, many of which challenged commonly-held misbeliefs. Out of greatest compassion to the world, an enormous collection of these treasures were digested and presented to us – as a fortress of defence resembling the traditional mīmāmsā approach – by Svāmī Piḻḻai Lokācārya. This work, titled Śrīvacaṇabhūṣaṇam, is inherently very deep in philosophic aspects, to explain which, a beautiful commentary of stunning precision was written in lucid style by Svāmī Maṇavāḻa Māmuňigaḻ. Being the avatāram of the merciful Svāmī Rāmānuja, Svāmī Maṇavāḻa Māmuňigaḻ went further in kindness and authored a separate grantham – the Upadeśa Rattiňa Mālai – in simple and beautiful poetry, for the most part elicucidating the background behind Śrīvacaṇabhūṣaṇam and its deep-rootedness in the tradition of our pūrvācāryas. The remaining part of the grantham was devoted to highlighting the greatness of Śrīvacaṇabhūṣaṇam and to bringing out its key messages. Most importantly, Svāmī Maṇavāḻa Māmuňigaḻ ends the work with the phala-śruti that learning the Upadeśa Rattiňa Mālai and reflecting on it makes one become the permanent object of Svāmī Rāmānuja’s sweet grace. This, being said by Svāmī Maṇavāḻa Māmuňigaḻ himself, leaves us with no meaningful choice other than to learn and enjoy this work written keeping us in mind. Let us take advantage of this great opportunity to learn the Upadeśa Rattiňa Mālai in the traditional style for once, so it stays with us in memory for life. Let us start this now, during the season of Svāmī Maṇavāḻa Māmuňigaḻ’s and Svāmī Piḻḻai Lokācārya’s tirunakṣatrams, and go full force to master this pleasurable grantham through the coming anadhyayana period!

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