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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




 
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