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Vaduga Nambi, disciple of Sri Ramanujar praised the Acharya as #Ubhaya_vibhuti_nayaka. This is a name used for Lord Narayana because He is the Lord and master of leela vibhuti — this world, and also of Sri Vaikuntha. But how is the name justified in the
Vaduga Nambi, disciple of Sri Ramanujar praised the Acharya as #Ubhaya_vibhuti_nayaka. This is a name used for Lord Narayana because He is the Lord and master of leela vibhuti — this world, and also of Sri Vaikuntha. But how is the name justified in the
case of Ramanuja? Lord Ranganatha left it to Ramanuja to decide who should enter Sri Vaikuntha. Until then it was the Lord Himself who had decided that. But now He gives Ramanuja that right of decision. Ramanuja, having been granted the Lord’s right, can be rightly addressed by a
name that belongs to the Lord!
Ramanuja served his teacher Tirvaranga Perumal Araiyar, by serving him milk and also grinding sandal paste for him, and this earned for him the name of #Vararangaanu_kampi, from Vaduga Nambi. Vaduga Nambi also referred to Ramanuja as
Ramanuja served his teacher Tirvaranga Perumal Araiyar, by serving him milk and also grinding sandal paste for him, and this earned for him the name of #Vararangaanu_kampi, from Vaduga Nambi. Vaduga Nambi also referred to Ramanuja as
#SriRamanujar Ramanujar studied Ramayanam from Peria Tirumalai Nambi. He studied it not once, but 18 times! Among the Lord’s avataras, Ramanujar was deeply devoted to the Rama and Krishna avatarams. The icon that he worshipped everyday was that of Krishna. One day, a devout
Vaishnava brought an icon of Rama to Ramanujar. Ramanujar said that here was One who did not even say He expected surrender. Krishna had said that He would most certainly grant liberation provided a person surrendered to Him. But Rama did not even lay down such conditions. Such
was the simplicity of Rama. Just as association with Rama was the way to liberation, so was association with Ramanujar, because Ramanujar himself was associated with other Sri Vaishnava preceptors. One day Ramanujar was giving a discourse on the Ramayanam. He had reached the part
