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SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

Dearest all,

When the Lord instructs us to perform Bhakti means,
how can Ramanujacharya instruct and advise the
Saranagathi maargam [way]? Is it correct?- the answer:
The Lord Himself as a rahaysa, in gitA 18-66 says:
those who leave or can not do jnAna, karma and bhakti
yogams, can surrender at His Feet and He would absolve
them of all paapams and grant mOksham by Himself. He
consoles them with an assuaging assurance ?do not
lament?. Thus here Amudhanaar beautifully describes
about the wonderful divine commentary of GitA by the
most merciful Ramanuajcharya through GitA bhAshyam.   
   

aarenak kinRu nikarchollin maayanan Raivartheyvath
thEriniR cheppiya keethaiyin chemmaip poruLtheriyap
paariniR chonna iraamaa Nnuchanaip paNiyumnNallOr
cheeriniR chenRu paNinthathu,en Nnaaviyum
chinthaiyumE. 68

When Arjunan, during the MahAbharatha battle, was
confused and confounded as to what he needs to do, to
fight or not to fight, he placed his bow down and
requested the Lord to advise him. Sri KrishnA blessed
him (and us) with the glorious Divine GitA and Sri
Ramanujacharya blessed us in a much more simple terms
the essence of GitA in order to enable us understand
clearly the rich esoteric meanings of GitOpadEsam of
Sri krishNA. My mind and AthmA long and desire for
KalyAna GunAs of those Bhagawthas who hold on to such
broad minded, merciful Sri Ramanujacharya.

mMaayan anRu- EmperumAn Sri Krishnan during
KrishnaavathAram  
ivar deivam thErinil- in the divine chariot [given by
Agni devan] of Pancha paaNdavas  
seppiya geethaiyin- instcruted Arjuna the GitA
saasthrA [in 725 verses] 
semmai poruL- the true purport of these slokas ? the
esoteric meanings-
paarinil theriya sonna- for the whole world to
understand- clearly blessed us with GitA bhAshyam
[commentary on GitA] 
such most merciful Ramanuja 
paNiyum nallOr-  was worshipped, prostrated and
respected by Bhaagwathas 
seerinil senRu- enjoying the kalyANa guNAs of these
greatest sishyas of Ramanuja 
en aavi yum chinthaiyum- my AthmA, my mind and buddhi 
paNindhadhu- always pays their respects and prostrates
at their feet. 
sollil- when said [in short]:
enakku inRu aar nigar- there is none equal to me? [for
having understood the inner esoteric meaning of GitA
bhAshya]

Without understanding the true purport of GiTA, people
didtort the meaning and interpret in their own way.
Hence Swami Alavandhar blessed us with the summary
called GitArtha sangraham and saved the GitA from
being misinterpreted. The illustrious Acharya Swami
Alavandhar [SrI YamunAchArya] expressed the essence of
GitA, in his small Sanskrit composition, GitArtha
Sangraham. Following Swami Alavandhar, and based on
that, Swami EmperumAnAr Sri Ramanujacharya wrote a
detailed commentary, Srimad GitA Bhashyam. Swami
Nigamatha Mahadesikan established in his Taatparya
Chandhrikai that the interpretations of GitA given by
Swami Ramanuja were the ones truly valid and
completely in conformity with the graceful intentions
of Sri Krishna and the Vedas. 

Sri Nigamantha Mahadesikan also authored GitArtha
sangraha Rakshai to explain the contents of Swami
Alavandhar?s GitArtha sangraham. Considering the great
importance of GitA, Sri Nigamantha Mahadesikan has
also gracefully left for posterity a collection of
Tamil verses [poems] knows as GitArtha Sangraham,
which are a translation of Swami Alavandhar?s Sanskrit
Sanskrit composition of the same title.

Since Ramanuja was an avathAra purusha he was able to
comprehend the meaning of each chapter, each verse in
the right Vedic manner and hence blessed us with the
commentary. Swami KooratthAzhwAn has learnt everything
from him and has brilliant scholarship to understand
Swami?s commentary. After having taken refuge at the
feet of KooratthAzhwAn[who is the most ardent sishya
of EmperumAnAr] and enjoying his kalyANa guNas , who
can be equal to me?  

EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan


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