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Madhavakkannan V • March 30, 2002 


SrI:

SrI Ramanujacharya was staying at Kanchi for a while to assist Tiruk Kachi 
Nambi in his daily chores of service to Lord Varadaraja.
(3) News came that Alavandar was very sick and he desired to meet with Ilaya 
Perumal. Just as Tirukkachi Nambi and Alavandar arrived, they saw the 
funeral procession of Alavandar. During the last rites, they noticed that 
three fingers of Alavandar remained folded signifying three of his last 
unfulfilled wishes.

As Ilaya Perumal swore:

i ) that he would write a commentary on Veda Vyasa's Brahma Sutra
ii ) that he would perpetuate the memory of Sage Vyasa and Sage Parasara
iii ) that he would strive to propagate Visishtadvaita on the lines of the 
4000 holy collects of Alwars,

The fingers unfolded one by one automatically and stretched out to normal 
position signifying that these were his (Alavandhar's) last wishes. (from 
SrI Anbil Ramaswamy's Acharya vamsa vruksham,w hich again refers to many 
works listed therein)

Regards
Namo Narayana
aDiyEn dAsan


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