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SrI:
SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

Dearest all

The limitless wealth Bhagavath, BhAgawatha, Acharya
kaimkarya is possible only with paripoorNa anugraham
of Periya PiraaTTi Sri Mahalakshmi. 

That is why Amudhanaar starts of the verses with
poomannu maadhu porundhiya maarbhan.. Nammazhwar
performs saranagthi to Dhivya Dampathi.. with his
wonderful verse,.. 

agalagillEn iRaiyum enRu alarmEl mangai uRai maarbhA! 
Pugal onRu illaa adiyEn nin adikkeezh amarndhu
pugundhEnE". 

She along with PerumAL is the Parathvam and the Eka
sEshi for us. Eka Seshitvam refers to both Sri Devi
and Bhagawan together as the means and the goal
(upAyam and Upeyam )

Sri MahAlakshmi has got all the attributes, the
thirumEni, its specialties, the kalyANa GuNAs, which
the Lord likes always; Not even a second, she gets
separated from the Lord; Blemishless; the pattamahishi
of dEvAthi dEvan; the mother for the enire universe;
and my mother too; Such greatest mother Sri
mahAlakshmi- I, who has no other shelter or protector,
take refuge at her lotus feet. ? says Ramanuja who
immerses himself in Nammazhwar verses. 

All saasthrAs and pramANams that declare about the
Lord are equally reflecting on PiraaTTi also..
whenever and wherever the Lord pervades and whatevere
form that He takes in Para, vyooha, vibhava, haardha
and archa roopams, PiraaTTi is with Him inseparably as
She is nithyaanapaayinee. Yamunna, Ramanuja muni have
declared this in their works. 

That is the very purpose Ramanuja performs his
saranagathi on a Panguni Utthiram day in front of Sri
Ranganayaki and Sri Ranganathan..  Ramanujacharya,
requests the Mother in SaraNAgathy Gadyam, 
addressing Her with Her all auspicious qualities with
which she 
surpasses Her Consort even. She commands the Nithya
suris, like Anantha, Garuda, Vishvaksenar et al for
kaimkaryams. She instructs even Devendra, Brahma
Rudran and other devas. Not only that. She is the
Master even for their spouses ? say Yamunacharya in
Chauthsloki. 
Ramanujacharya surrenders to this Supreme Divine
Mother (Deva Deva Divya Mahishi), as the Mother of the
Universe (akilajaganmaathaa) ; but immediately adds..
``my Mother'' (asmadh maatharam). Indeed, her
compassion is unlimited. [padmapriyE, padmini padma
hasthE viswapriyE, vishNu manO(S)nukoolE.. tvad paadha
padmam mayisannidattvaa. ] 

Hence Amudhnaar pleads now to Periya PiraaTTi Sri
Mahalakshmi for Her blessing him to have the Lotus
Feet of Ramanuja always on his [amudhanaar?s] head. Or
if we take refuge at the feet of Ramanuja, we would
also be blessed to praise PiraaTTi and be at Her Lotus
Feet. That would fetch us the Lord?s Lotus feet as
well [as mentioned in the first verse of Ramanuja
nootranthAthi] 

angayal paayvayal thennaraNG kan,aNi aakamannum
pangaya maamalarp paavaiyaip pORRuthum paththiyellaam
thangiya thennath thazaiththun^eNY chE!n^an^
thalaimichaiyE
pongiya keerththi iraamaa nuchanatip poomannavE. 108

oh mind! Similar to those who are desirous of placing
the lotus flower of the divine feet of Ramanuja?s for
adorning their heads, we would also desire to adorn
our heads and in order to get that bliss, all that we
need to do is: to hold onto the divine lotus feet of
the most compassionate Mother Periya PiraaTTi Sri
Ranganayaki the divine consort of Lord Sri Ranganantha
of the most beautiful Srirangam divya desam,
surrounded by the fertile fields full of waters. 

nenjE- my mind! 
pongiya keertthi ? the ever growing fame and vaibhavam
of 
iraamaanusan ? Ramanuja?s 
adi poo ? Lotus Feet
num thalai misai- on our heads 
patthi ellaam thangiyadhu ? Bhagavath, bhAgawatha,
acharya bhakti are all resident 
enna- [everyone should be] praising so; 
thazhaitthu manna- [like that it] should ever grow and
grow and such a state should prevail always; [or
because it has grown so]
am kayal pay vayal- the beautiful fishes jump with joy
in the fertile fields of 
then arangan ? Lord Ranganathan of Srirangam 
aNi aagam- in His divine chest 
mannum- the one who resides there permanently 
pankayam maa malar ?born out of lotus flower 
paavaiyai ? Periya PiraaTTi 
pOtrudhum-  Let us praise Her glories and pray to Her,
the most merciful and most compassionate Mother. 

If we place the lotus feet of Ramanuja?s on our heads
always, we would be certainly be blessed with
Bhagawath, BhAgawatha and Acharya bhakti growing
intensely in us. 

sravaNam keertthanam smaraNam paadha sEvanam |
archanam vandhanam dAsyam sakhyam aathmaniVedhanam ||

there are thus different kinds of bhaktyi [devotion]
and all of such bhakti would come and apply here as
well. Juts like praying to and taking refuge at
Acharyan in order to get bhakti for EmperumAn ? the
Lord Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayana, one can also pray
to the Divine Lord Sri Ranganathan to bless us with
acharya bhakti and be at the feet of acharya forever.
Grander and more appropriate is to plead and pray to
the most merciful Mother? Sri Mahalakshmi who is the
compassion personified. Without any prayer, there ca
not be any fruits. Hence we have prayed to and pleaded
PiraaTTi, the fruits are sure to be attained. There is
no doubt about it. 

ankayalgaL- the beautiful fishes- are the devotees and
bhAgawathas who never ever leave the Srirangam Divya
Desam. 

This verse concludes the 108 verses of Ramanusa
nootranthAthi. 
It is asmadhAchaaryan parama krupai that adiyEn could
somehow complete the same. Anything found good in it,
is entirely due to the most brilliant commentaries of
Sri UttamUr Swami and of Sri Prathvadhi Bhayankaram
aNNan Swami and the sweet divine chaste tamil pasurams
of Amudhanar?s. All errors, mistakes and faults are
entirely due to my lack of understanding.. 

Thanks to everyone for the patience and constant
encouragement.        

EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Thiruvaranagtthu amudhanaar ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsanu dAsan


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