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daily worship in his altar. The greatness, he wrote a beautiful
exalted Sri: Ra:ma:nuja:cha:rya composition called Yathira:ja “ma:nisha:da! prathishttha:m

is acclaimed to have become Vimsathi. thvam agamaha sa:svathi:
ssama:ha|
the a:cha:rya to Lord Sri:niva:sa Join us in every edition, here yath krauncha mithuna:de:kam
Himself! He always strived to hand onwards, to learn and experience avadhi:h ka:mamo:hitham ||”
down the Lord’s grace to mankind. these divine verses that extol Sri:

People became so captivated with Ra:ma:nuja. To kill birds is natural to a hunter.
his wonderful qualities, that they This was known to Va:lmi:ki:. A
sought refuge in him, forgetting even bird shot by a hunter loses its
The narrative of Sri: Ra:ma had
God! Sri: Ra:ma:nuja:cha:rya was life. The maharshi knew this fact
already made his mind pure and
the one who enhanced, advanced also. Then, was it necessary for
peaceful. Such a faultless and
and established a proper system him to get so much disturbed
happy mind got itself identified
of temple-administration in by the incident? Perhaps, this
with the lovely nature around
several temples like Sri: Rangam, was an incident of divine play.
it. Va:lmi:ki:’s mind became
Ka:nchipuram, Tirumala, Melkote, Va:lmi:ki: was meant to cause
close to the Divinity enshrined
etc. The world bowed to his immense good to humanity. That
in the nature around him. He
instructions and praised him as - is why Lord Bramha made him
began considering the joys and
sorrows experienced by the utter these words of curse. Lord
“ra:ma:nuja:cha:rya divya:jna
vardhatha:m, abhivardhatha:m” world around as his own. Bramha confirmed the same
when he later spoke to Va:lmi:ki.

“May the most magnificent When Va:lmi:ki Maharshi was

commandments of Sri: Ra:ma:nuja thus enjoying the beauty of After cursing in anger, Va:lmi:ki:
increase and pervade throughout nature, he saw a pair of Krauncha maharshi repeatedly chanted
the world.” birds playing with each other the poem and narrated it to his
in all freedom. Suddenly, it so disciple. As he kept repeating it,

Indeed, the word guru befits him happened that a hunter shot an he brought out fresh meanings of
the most! The benevolent Sri: arrow at the male bird, drowned the same slo:ka! He was amazed
Ra:ma:nuja:cha:rya not only it in blood and took its life away! at its profoundness! It was a
bestows the wealth of knowledge The female bird, in great sorrow, poem which was poetry and

to those who seek refuge in him, flapped its wings and cried with prose as well. It was composed
but also grants a written permission great agony. Sage Va:lmi:ki: in such a way that it could be set
to the abode of God, viz. could not bear the pain suffered to tune; music could be played
Para:mapadam! Sri: Manava:la by the she-bird. The sorrow for it. The poem was a curse on

Ma:muni was one of our eminent that came from the depth of his the surface; but when deeply
a:cha:rya:s. Filled with earnest heart, spontaneously expressed pondered upon, it was found to
devotion towards Sri: Ra:ma:nuja itself as a curse, in poetic form.. have rich meaning.
and in praise of Ra:ma:nuja’s ..as follows:

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