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SrI:

Dear Sri Madhavakkannan  :

Hearty congratulations on completion of another Marathon .
It is  awonderfully informative series on  AmudhanAr's
tribute to Bhagavath RaamAnuja .

Many thanks ,
V.Sadagopan
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Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 7:15 AM
Subject: [Oppiliappan] Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi- 108th verse [Last verse] - 
Bhagavath, BhAgawatha, AchArya kaimkaryam is possible only with 
Mahalakshmi's grace only!


> 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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