SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya nama: Dearest all, Ramanuja starts his commentary paying his respects to the great Sri vaishnava saint Sri Yamunacharya [Sri Alavandhar]. I bow the to the great Yamunacharya. All my sins have been destroyed by meditating on his lotus feet. I have become spiritually alive only because of him [i.e. only after studying his great sacred works]. Then Ramanuja proceeds to praise Lord Sriman Narayana and mentions His qualities with great joy; Lord Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan is a vast ocean of countless kalyANa guNAs [most auspicious attributes /qualities]. He is opposed to all evil and defects. He is infinite an is of the nature of knowledge and Bliss. He, the Bhagawaan has six major opulent qualities, namely.. jnAna, bhala, aishwarya, veerya, shakthi, thEjas. [Knolwedge, Strength, Lordship, Valour, Power and Glory.] Knowledge means directly perceiving all things at all times; Strength means giving support to all things at all times; Lordship consists of ruling over all things at all times; Valour is unbounded and infinite energy at all times; Power is the capacity to do all things which are impossible for others to do Glory means not requiring any assistance from anyone or anything else for doing any object whatsoever. Hid divine form is simply briiliant, majestic, graceful, fragrant, tender, beautiful and always youthful. He is always adorned with a number of divine ornaments, which are wonderful, eternal and pure. He possesses countless divine weapons, which are of terrible strongest powers, eternal and also auspicious like Snakha, Chakra, GadhA, Saarngha etc.. He is the beloved consort of Goddess Mahalakshmi,w ho is equal to Him in all aspects, in auspicious qualities, sovereignty, grace and glories. He is constantly praised by Nithyasuris like Anantha, Garuda, Vishvaksena et al and also by the Jeevathmas who have attained moksha [Paramapadham]. Their nature, existence, and activity depend completely on the Lord?s will and pleasure. Their sole happiness lies in serving the divine couple. The abode of the Lord is the Supreme Blisful place called Srivaikunta or Paramapadha. Here the Lord is enjoyed and served by the Nithyasuris and muktha jeevathmas [those who have attained moksha ? liberated jeevathmas] fully and for all times to come and under all circumstances. The Paramapdham or Srivaikunta abounds in innumerable objects of enjoyments and is full of infinite wonder. It is of infinite glory, eternal and fully faultless. The Lord, out of sport, creates, sustains, and sissolves the whole world. This world is filled with an infinite number of objects of enjoyment [achith] and the Jeevathmas who enjoy them [chith]. Sriman Narayanan is the Supreme Brahman [Para Brahman] and is the Highest One [PurushOtthaman]. Sriman Narayanan has created the entire Universe, beginning with Chathur mukha Brahma and including immovable objects like trees and grass. He is the vast ocean of boundless mercy, affection and generosity towards the jeevathmas. He took several avathars without giving up His own essential Nature, to make it possible for the human beings to worship Him. He bestows upon them fruits like wealth, enjoyments or moksha according to their wish individually. He came down as Krishna and made Himself visible to all people. Although this avathra was on the pretext of removing the burden of the earth, this was really for the purpose of His becoming the object of worship and enjoyment and surrender even to unworthy people like us. He did many divine leelas [acts or deeds] which captivated the minds of all like killing the several asuras [demons] sent by Kamsa and finally Kamsa himself. He freely gave to the world the nectar of His beautiful form, and words full of love and compassion. He made Akrurar, Malakara [garland maker], and many others divine. He spoke Gita under the pretext of encouraging Arjuna to fight. Eh taught the way of realizing Him through devotion and love [bhakti yoga]. This bhakti yoga which is developed from jnAna yoga and karma yoga is the means for attaining salvation or moksha. The above is free translation based on Ramanuja?s introduction to his Gita commentary. [from the wonderful book on Bhagavad Gita ? Introduction written by Oppiliappan Koil Sri U Ve VN Gopaladesikan Swami]. asmadhAchArya paryanthAm vandhE Guru paramparAm Regards namo narayana dAsan ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! 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