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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




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