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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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