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                        Sri:
                Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:
                Srimath Varavaramunaye Nama:

                Srishailesha Mantra SemporuL


By Karappangadu Venkatacharyar Swami


It is not an exaggeration to say that there is no greater
mantra than the Srishailesha mantra which was given by the
supreme Lord Sri Ranganatha Himself.

Manavala Mamunigal was the target for the complete grace
of his acharya ("srishailesha dayApAtram"), Thiruvaymozhip
Pillai. The fruit of that devotion to his acharya is shown
not as bhagavat prApti but as yatIndra prAvaNyam and 
dhIbhaktyAdi guNArnavam. As Swami himself shows "enthai
thiruvAymozhip piLLai innaruLAl vantha", his possessing 
extreme devotion to Ramanuja and his being the ocean of 
qualities such as knowledge, devotion and determination,
came about due to his acharya's grace. A person who
posseses wealth enjoys it just by being the owner of
that wealth and nothing else. Similarly, Swami being
Yatindra Pravana and possessing great qualities happened
by his acharya's grace - as he is srishailesha dayAtpAtra.

By acharya's nature of being a benefactor, association and
devotion to Ramanuja, who is the deliverer, occurs. Swami
shows his devotion and madhurakavi nishtai to Ramanuja in
Yatiraja Vimshati ("rAmAnujArya! karuNaiva tu madgatiste")
and in Arthi Prabandham ("mAsil thirumalaiyAzhvAr ennai
nEsaththAl ninpAl sErththAr", "unthan abhimAnamE 
uththArakamenRu sinthai seythirukkac seytha nI anthO!
ethirAsA! sathirAga nin thiruththAL thA", "avarkkAy
ethirAsar emmaik kadugap paramapatham thannil ERRuvar,
enna bayam namakkE", "ethirAsar tham abimAnamennum
pOthaththai ERip pavamAm puNarithanaik kadanthu pAthak
karailayak kuRuguvanE"). In Upadesa Ratthinamalai too,
as phalasruti Swami says "enthai ethirAsara innaruLukku
ilakkAgi sathirAga vAzhnthiduvar".

Therefore, the greatest meaning that Mamunigal shows is
that the 4 akshara names ethirAja and rAmAnuja are
greater than the 4 akshara name nArAyaNa. And this 
meaning is present in the thaniyan given by Namperumal.

Let us recite the divine name 'ramya jAmAtru muni' which 
has even the Lord's divine name in it, and surrender to 
Swami ("vande ramya jAmAtaram munim").


Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam










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