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                                  SrIH
SrImate raângarAmAnuja MahA deSikAya namaH
SrImate SrInivAsa rAmAnuja MahA deSikAya namaH
SrImate VedAnta rAmAnuja MahA deSikAya namaH
SrI raânganAtha divya maNi pAdukAbhyAm namaH

AcArya rAmAmRtam  - (from SrI raânganAtha pAdukA  dt. September08  Part 1)

               English Translation of 
SrImad rAmAyaNa upanyAsam in tamizh by SrImad tirukkuDandai ANDavan

        As published in SrI raânganAtha pAdukA by
SrI u.ve. nATTEri KiDAmbi rAjagopAlAcAriyAr  (Editor of SrI raânganAtha 
pAdukA)

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SrImad ANDavan tiruvaDi,
kalyANi kRshNamAcAri
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            SrImad tirukkuDandai ANDavanâs SrImad rAmAyaNa upanyAsam

If bharata went to his uncle's house, how did it matter to Satrughna?  Why did 
he accompany him?  nitaH prIti puraskRtaH â he went because of his affection. 
 It is bhAgavata prIti; he went to perform bhAgavata kainkaryam.  bharata is a 
great rAma bhakta and a great bhAgavata.  It is Satrughna's way of serving a 
bhakta and bhAgavata. It is the way of SrI vaishNava-s; madurakavi AzhvAr 
followed the same path. 

tunbaRRa madurakavi tOnRak kATTum
tolvazhiyE nalvazhigaL tuNivArgaTkE
(adhikAra sangraham -2 and also rahasyatrayasAram - guruparamparA sAram)

In rahasyatrayasAram, svAmi deSikan says â madurakavi AzhvAr's way is what 
SrI vaishNava sampradAyam should be.  He is named madura kavi.  Was he named 
like that because he sang about his AcArya?  No one was named madura kavi for 
singing the praise of PerumAL.  It is enough if one just desires to be with 
AcArya.  The name of nammAzhvAr generates the sweetness of nectar in the mouth. 
The same does not happen when  PerumAL's name is uttered.  What can we do?  It 
is enough if we say 'nammAzhvAr'.  We experience so much bliss.  How much bliss 
is this?  There is happiness involved with the five senses â applying 
sandalwood to the body, wearing flowers, eating halvA (sweet), seeing pleasing 
sights, listening to music, keeping a baby in the lap etc.  These are supposed 
to be great enjoyments.  On a greater scale is the bliss experienced in the 
deva lokam.  The delight in brahma lokam is even greater than the latter one.  
Even greater contentment comes from
 being in 'kaivalyam' where the jIvAtmA has left the body and is in an atom 
state and is ever-existent and does kainkaryam to bhagavAn.  Higher than this 
state of enjoyment comes from being in paramapadam where vaikuNThanAthan is 
âvIRRirundu Ezhulagum tanikkOl Sellaâ (tiruvAi. 4.5.1) - ruling over 
fourteen universes and nitya vibhUti, and is seated on His bed, AdiSeshan, 
along with His consorts and is being served by nitya sUri-s; experiencing this 
bhagavAn vaikuNThanAthan is the highest of all enjoyments. 

Even higher than that felicity is the one where we can enjoy when He Himself 
comes down to kshIrAbdi as four mUrti-s - vAsudeva, sankarSana, pradhyumna and 
aniruddha.  On a higher scale of bliss is the one where we can enjoy Him as a 
hRdaya kamala mUrti â One residing in our hearts as antaryAmi.  Greater 
ecstasy arises from seeing Him as His ten avatarA-s.  Of all the ten, the 
highest delight comes from worshipping Him as nRsimhAvatam, rAmAvatAram and 
kRSNAvatAram.  kRSNa, who took birth in a jail and made Himself easily 
available to the naÃve AyppADi folks is the most delightful of these three.

Even in kRSNAvatAram, the most enjoyable is experiencing Him as bAla kRSNa.  
His tiru AyppADi pastimes are even more pleasant.  Words cannot describe that 
bliss.   Of all the pastimes to enjoy, His being tied to a mortar by yaSodha is 
the most pleasing.  That is when He showed all His saulabhyam (easily 
accessible)  - âettiRam uralinODu iNaindirundu Engiya eLivEâ (tiruvAi. 
1.3.1) - a naÃve woman tied the all powerful paramAtma because of His 
saulabhyam - âyadi Saknoshi gaccha tvam  ati cancala ceshTita! (VishNu 
PurANam - 5.6.15)  â it is most enjoyable to think about His being tied to 
the mortar on His chest by a woman.

Madurakavi says that experiencing his AcArya is of a higher form of enjoyment 
than enjoying that kRSNAvatAram.  

kaNNi nuN ciruttAmbinAl kaTTuNNap
paNNiya perumAyan ennappanil
naNNitten kurugUr nambi ennakkAl
aNNikkum amudURum ennAvukkE!
                          
ânaNNittenkurugUr nambi ennakkAl aNNikkum amudUrum en nAvukkEâ is a much 
better experience than enjoying emperumAn kaNNan, who got tied by a rope.  
AzhvAr says that when he utters the name of ten kurugUr nambi â His AcArya 
nammAzhvAr who was born in ten kurugUr kshetram, sweet nectar is generated in 
his palate. 

Since bhAgavata kainkaryam is superior to kainkaryam to bhagavAn, not even 
looking at rAma in the palace, Satrughna got involved with serving bharata;  
VAlmIki praises him as anaghaH â one without any blemish. He is one who does 
bhAgavata kainkaryam.

gacchatA mAtula kulaM bharatena tadA'naghaH  |
Satrughno nityaSatrughno nItaH prItipuraskRtaH  ||   (ayodhyA. 1.1)

Another question is asked of madurakavi AzhvAr â What is this? You are saying 
you do not need PerumAL!  Even though you denounce PerumAL, what will you do if 
PerumAL comes to you?  Will you worship if PerumAL comes to your doorstep or 
not?

AzhvAr says - âI will worship; I will not forego thatâ.

tiri tandAgilum deva pirAnuDai
kariya kOlat tiru uruk kANban nAn
periyavaN kurugUr nagar nambhikku AL
uriyanAi aDiyEn peRRa nanmaiyE! (kaNNi nuN - 3)

deva pirAnuDai kariya kOlat tiru uruk kANban nAn â I will worship the divine, 
extraordinary, blue-cloud-hued form of bhagavAn. 

AzhvAr, will you worship PerumAL also?

AzhvAr says, â I am not worshiping PerumAL directly.  I am looking at 
emperumAn because my AcArya likes Him - kariya kOlat tiru urukkANban nAn.  
nammAzhvAr is enough for me. But, since my AzhvAr is worshiping Him, I will 
also fold my hands before Him, that is all. 

I told you a story the other day; do you remember that or not?

There was a father; he had a son.  He got him married.  Daughter-in-law came to 
the house.  They had a child.  Father and son started a fight.  There was some 
misunderstanding! Nothing else.  Because the matters became worse, he set up a 
separate living place for his son in the next street.  Father was living in one 
house.  Son was living in one house with his wife. 

The baby became one year old.  The daughter-in-law said, âThe baby has to 
live a blessed life.  Go call your father and mother!  I will also come.  We 
need to get their blessings for our babyâ.  Both of them went and told the 
parents, â We have to do Ayush homam for the baby; both of you must attendâ.

Parents agreed.  They also like baby; they do not have anything to hate the 
baby. 

Father and mother went to attend the Ayush homam.  The officiating priest came 
and did the Ayush homam in a special way.  He did navagraha homam (AcAryan is 
indulging in humor here); they did annap prAsanam â fed the baby food for the 
first time.  He chanted special blessings for the baby.  The priest was given 
dakshiNai â compensation.  taM  tvA sincAmi yajushA prajAm AyurdhanaM ca! 
rocano rocamAnaH SobhanaH SobhanaH kalyAnaH ..  the priest completed 
everything.  It is customary to prostrate before elders after everything is 
done.  Both the daughter-in-law and son prostrated before the parents; they 
made the child also do the same.  They sprinkled akshadai (rice for blessing) 
for the baby, daughter-in-law and son.  

When the son was prostrating, tears appeared in father's eyes.  It did not 
happen when daughter-in-law was prostrating and when the baby was prostrating.  
The father had come only because of his love for the baby; the son was living 
separately.  He asked his son, âWhy are you prostrating?  You left us saying 
you do not need us and why are you prostrating now?â

Son said, âFather!  I will not prostrate also.  I am doing it because she did 
it!â  (laughter in the audience).

tiri tandAgilum deva pirAnuDai
kariya kOlat tiru urukkANban nAn
periyavaN kurugUr nagar nambhikku AL
uriyanAi aDiyEn peRRa nanmaiyE!

AzhvAr is sufficient for me.  I will worship him only.  My AzhvAr is worshiping 
PerumAL.  Because he worships Him, I am also folding my hands in worship to 
Him. It is really not my intent.

It is like the story where the son says that he prostrated because the 
daughter-in-law prostrated.  He is having a practice that he should be doing 
whatever she is doing!  (audience laughs)  That is all. 

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(To be continued)



      


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