Sri: Adiyen's humble pranam to all devotees: =============Part 3 ============================ The SaraNagati Gadyam is an exposition of all the ideas contained above. Of the "nava nidhis"? (nine gems), the nine gem-like compositions bequeathed to us by swami Ramanuja, the "Gadyatrayam" forms the 6th,7th, and 8th compositions, his last composition being the "Nityagranta". There is reference to "saraNAgati" in all the compositions of swami Ramanuja. In his first composition, VedArtha sangraha? itself, he states, "daivi hyEsa gunamayi?..mAmEva yE prapadyantE!!" "iti tasyaitasyAtmanah karmakrtvicitra gunamaya prakrti samsargarupAt samsAranmOksah bhagavat prapattim antarEna nOpapadyatE ityuktambhavati nanyah panthA vidyatEyanAya" In his Vedanta dIpa, starting with SriyahkAntOmE, he has prayed for service stating "manasat pAdAbjE paricaranAsaktam bhavatu mE". Sri BhAsya, swami Ramanuja's magnum opus itself strongly defends pAncarAtra? which is a SaranAgati shAstra. Ramanuja's Gita bhAsya?closely follows ?GitArta sangraha? of AlavandAr, the author of AgamapramAnyam, etc. and pays obeisance to him at the start of the work. It is also stated in Periya Thirumudi AdaIvu?that Kurathazhvan had written a commentary on Gadyatrayam though, unfortunately, this work is lost to us now. There can be no doubt whatsoever that these Gadyas are the works of swami Ramanuja. Who else but swami Ramanuja could put such lofty ideas in such sweet poetic prose! Only, unlike the earlier five compositions which are vAdagrantAs?, to convince the outside world through only authorities acceptable to them (vedic, upanishadic proofs), the Gadya-trayam and Nityagrantha? are for the practical guidance for all of man kind, every one unwilling to turn away from the magnificent, yet simple idea of surrender at the lotus feet of Sriman Narayana. =================Continued on part 4 =========== Sources: GADYA-TRAYAM OF SWAMI RAMANUJA Dr. V V Ramanujam, M. A., M. Sc., Ph. D., Editor, YatirAja pAduka (With the maNipravALa commentary by vyAkhyAna chakravathi swami periyaAcchAn piLLai. Serialized with permission from the original publisher, Sri Parampara Sabha, Bangalore) This article appeared in Vedics Magazine: Sri Ramanuja Darsanam http://www.vedics.net/magazine/index.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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