The gopuram Episode
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• December 16, 1998
*adiyen requests sri Bharat to kindly get some light on this issue from acharyas back home.* As per the above niyamanam of Sri Krishna Kalale I had a talk with Sri Rangapriya Mahaswami re the matter under discussion. I give below the gist of his opinion: In any matter concerning Swami EmberumAnAr the greatest authority is his writings alone.If he says something there he will act exactly like that.Any narration by others re his life can be accepted to the extent that it does not conflict with his views.In his writings he is a strong exponent of Vaidika Dharma and AchAra and upholds it in its entirety.The SAstras say that while MantrOpadEsam is for the eligible only,the words of the mantra without the Pranava can be given to anyone,and in some cases beneficial for other reasons too.So we can accept that Udaiyavar gave out the meaning and and the non-Pranava portion of the mantras to many people there. As regards whether he climbed to the Gopuram for this purpose: why would such a practical person do such a meaningless act? Would he not have chosen a hall where he would be audible and his audience more inclined to listen to him ? EmberumAnAr TiruvaDigaLE Saranam adiyEn Bharat
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