Guest guest Posted October 25, 2002 Report Share Posted October 25, 2002 Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha | Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha SrisailEsa dayA pAthram deebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam | Yateendra pravanam vandhE ramyajAmataram munim || Arthi prabhandam is considered to be the charama or last prabhandam of Periya Jeeyer, Sri manavAla mahAmuni. Prapannas are those who make an absolute surrender to the lord and remain with the mahAvishvAsam (utmost belief) that, Lord will take care of all their needs and grant moksha. Such prapannAs are classified into two: Truptha prapanna and Artha prapanna. Truptha prapanna is one who has atmost faith that, he is going to attain moksha due to the nirhEduka krupa(grace) of Lord after shedding his present body (dEhAvasAnE moksham) and waits patiently till that time. But an Artha prapanna is so eager to attain the divine abode of Lord that he hurries to attain the same and hence forces God to grant him moksha immediately. Sri manavala mahAmuni remained as a truptha prapanna till he sang the other prabhandams and engaged himself in the various kainkaryams (service to bhagavan/bhagavatas) but at one point of time he got very vexed with these sAmsAric (worldly) matters and hence wanted to shed his body immediately and attain the service to the divine feet of Sriman Narayana in his divine abode (Sri Vaikuntam). The feelings of Sri manavAla mahAmuni at that stage were expressed in words as “Arthi Prabhandam”. Jai Srimannarayana | Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai | Sumithra Varadarajan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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