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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:
Srimad Vara Vara Munaye nama:

|| sri bhagavad yAmuna muni bhiranugrhItham sthOthra rathnam ||

thasmai namO maDhujidh anghri sarOja thathva
j~nAna anurAga mahima athishayantha sImnE |
nAThAya nATha munayE athra parathra cApi
nithyam yadhIya caraNau sharaNam madhIyam || - SR 2

Literal Meaning:
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athra - in this world(bhUlOka); parathra ca api - in vaikuNTa;
nithyam - eternal; yadhIya caraNau - whose(srI nAThamuni) feet;
madhIyam caraNam - my refuge; maDhujidh - one who experienced the 
love and affection of the Lord; anghri sarOja - who sought the Lotus 
feet(of the Lord); thathva j~nAna anurAga - cosisting of true 
knowledge and intense love; mahimAthishaya anthasImnE - who 
represents the farthest landmark of that surpassing greatness;
nAThAya - one who is my Master; thasmai nAThamunayE - to that Master
nAThamuni; nama: - my obeisances

Detailed meaning:
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Obeisance to that master,NAThamuni,whose feet are my eternal refuge
in this and the next world and who represents the farthest landmark 
of surpassing greatness which consists of true knowledge of the lotus 
feet of the vanquisher of maDhu and intense love for them.

In the previous slOka,srI ALavandhAr had paid obeisance to srI 
nAThamuni. Since in srI vaiShNava sampradhAya, the principal AcArya 
after nammAzhvAr is srI nAThamuni,yAmuna continues to offer 
salutations to him. The lotus feet of nAThamuni are the refuge in 
this world and the next world(vaikuNTa). srI nAThamuni has a perfect 
spiritual knowledge about the Lord and hence is himself a "complete" 
person. He had personally experienced the love and affection of the 
Lord. The Lord had come to reside in him. Hence,srI ALavandhAr is 
paying both before and after obtaining liberation. 

A doubt may arise as to the appropriateness of paying obeisance to 
the feet of the AcArya,both before and after obtaining liberation
("athra parathra cApi"). Should not the refuge,after obtaining the 
liberation,be with the Lord? The answer is two fold. Firstly, it is 
common to refer to those who have obtained liberation from this world 
as persons who have attained the feet of the AcArya. Secondly,the
bhAgavathAs are to be worshipped in preferance to bhagavAn.

PS: Sri PVP's vyAkyAnam(with pramANam) for the first few slOkAs will 
be added soon as I need some clarification! I request the readers to 
bear with me for this delay in resuming this Jewel ST. BhAgavathAs, 
without any hesitation,are most welcome to correct me at any 
point/time.

ALavandhAr thiruvadigaLE sharaNam
AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam
NC Nappinnai






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