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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Madhavakkannan V" <srivaishnavan@xxxxxxxxx> To: <srirangasri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <malolan_net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <acharya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <nama-singapore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <parakalamatham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <ramanujamission@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <desikasampradaya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <bakthi-indonesia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/join (Yahoo! 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