One morning some Srivaishnava's asked for food and Ramanuja's wife
Rakshakambal said there is nothing to offer. Ramanuja went inside and
found the food hidden. He was angry at his wife and offered the food to
the hungry men.
In another
incident there was an altercation between Ramanuja's wife and the wife
of his Guru over the purity of water in the pots they held. Mahapurna
observed this and started back to Srirangam immediately with his wife
chasting his wife for the cause of unpleasant incidence. Ramanuja after
returning to his residence came to know about incident and decided to
take up Sanyasa, sending his wife to her parents abode (These incidents
how Ramanuja was against Caste pride).
He went to the Shrine of Lord Varadha, and prayed 'Oh Lord Varadha! (Granter of boons) Grant me the deliverance from samsara and invest me with all the insignia of the vaishnava ascetic : i.e., the Triple-Staff, Holy thread, the saffron robe'. Lord Varadha was pleased, bestowed the aspired things to Ramanuja and addressed him as 'Ramanuja Muni'.
Ramanuja had weaned himself from the world. He was punctually doing his daily routine ordained for monastic. To carry out the promise which he had given to Yamuna, he wanted a colleague. He could not think of a better than his cousin. Govinda who was in the service of Lord Siva in Kalahasti. He summoned his maternal uncle Srishailapurna who was at Tirupathi to fetch Govinda. In the meanwhile, Kuresha and Dasarathi were rejoiced to hear that Ramanuja have joined the monastic order and many aspirants pleaded with Ramanuja to accept them as his disciple. Ramanuja welcomed them and thus a group of pupils gathered round the future pontiff of vaishnava sect.
Yadava Prakasa's mother was a regular visitor to the temple of Varadharaja. She had seen the spiritual progress of Ramanuja. She advised her son to accept Ramanuja as his teacher. For some time Yadava had begun to doubt the soundness of advaitism. He was convinced that Ramanuja is a spiritually enlightened soul, and followed him
He went to the Shrine of Lord Varadha, and prayed 'Oh Lord Varadha! (Granter of boons) Grant me the deliverance from samsara and invest me with all the insignia of the vaishnava ascetic : i.e., the Triple-Staff, Holy thread, the saffron robe'. Lord Varadha was pleased, bestowed the aspired things to Ramanuja and addressed him as 'Ramanuja Muni'.
Ramanuja had weaned himself from the world. He was punctually doing his daily routine ordained for monastic. To carry out the promise which he had given to Yamuna, he wanted a colleague. He could not think of a better than his cousin. Govinda who was in the service of Lord Siva in Kalahasti. He summoned his maternal uncle Srishailapurna who was at Tirupathi to fetch Govinda. In the meanwhile, Kuresha and Dasarathi were rejoiced to hear that Ramanuja have joined the monastic order and many aspirants pleaded with Ramanuja to accept them as his disciple. Ramanuja welcomed them and thus a group of pupils gathered round the future pontiff of vaishnava sect.
Yadava Prakasa's mother was a regular visitor to the temple of Varadharaja. She had seen the spiritual progress of Ramanuja. She advised her son to accept Ramanuja as his teacher. For some time Yadava had begun to doubt the soundness of advaitism. He was convinced that Ramanuja is a spiritually enlightened soul, and followed him
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