SrI: SrImathE Ramanujaya namah: Dearest all, Earlier, Amudhanaar described Ramanuja?s mastery of RamayaNam and GitA saasthrAs, and his skill in establishing the Srivaishnava doctrine and crushing the other non-vedic religions. Now Amudhanaar mentions that Ramanuja is the greatest mahaan who has learnt even Tamil Vedas [Divya prabandhams] and Veda, Vedanta. sollaar thamizoru moonRum churuthikaL naan_gumellai illaa aRan^eRi yaavum therinthavan eNNaruncheer nNallaar paravum iraamaa Nnuchan_thiru naamam nambik kallaar akalitath thOr,ethu pERenRu kaamipparE. 44 In this vast world, one wishes to know what the ultimate Purushaartham is. Sri Ramanujacharya studies art, dance and drama in Tamil and also sweetest AzhwAr?s works in Tamil, the four Vedas and all limitless innumerable Vedantha and Dharmas and analyzed them individually as well as in entirety. He stands like a shining light, establishing the greatest truths reflecting the sruthis and Vedic truths in clear categorical terms, and is praised for His KalyANA guNAs by Great scholars with love and devotion. This world (and its people)- oh no! are not listening and paying attention to my words. (Are they not sensible?) Sol aar thamizh moonRum- art, music, drama in Tamil [iyal, isai, naatakam] sruthigaL naangum- Rg, Yajur, saama, AtharvaNa Vedas ellai illaa aRa neRi yaavum- innumerable, limitless, dharma saasthrAs [etc] theritthavan- All these are understood crystal clear by him eN aru seer nallaar paravum Iraamaanusan- Ramanujacharya - One who is the personification of limitless kalyANa guNAs and who is praised by scholars for the same; thirunaamam nambi kallaar- One who has not learnt His Thirunaamam [even after seeing these kalyANa guNAs of his] with an unflinching faith that it would alleviate karmic diseases; agal idatthOr yEthu pERu enRu kaamipaar- in this vast world, where and when will they ever desire for and for which goal? [never ever they will.] Ramanuja mastered in all Tamil arts- namely grammar, literature, dance, music, drama etc.. and also Sanskrit veda Vedanthams [sruthis]. iyal- the letters, grammar, and the words, etymology, meanings etc isai- Tune, beats [raga, thaaLams and the subsets of theirs]; naatakam- with the combination of the two above, drama is formed.. and with abhinayam [miming] it becomes a dance drama. Vedas were in fragmented form and Veda Vyasa consolidated them and divided into four standardized categories of the mantras. Thus standardized, they were named Rig, Yajur, Samam, and atharva Vedas. Each of these Vedas were further classified into samhithas [hymns for rituals]. Brahmanas [prose portion/performance details of rituals] and AraNyaka including Upanishads [with mystical elements . meaning of hymns]. Ramanuja had mastered these veda, vedanthams and learnt all saasthrAs. Ramanuja drew profusely from Upanishads to promulgate his school of vedantha known as Visishtadvaita and his Bhashyams on Brahma Soothrams and the GitA are masterly ones. Besides Swami blessed us with the very important work on Vedantha called Vedaartha Sangraham which contains the central purport on Upanishads. More than his knowledge and expertise, Swami was merciful and dayaika sindhO [ocean of dayA] and showered mercy on His disciples and all those taking refuge at His Feet. Those who have not yet realized this and not understood his such wonderful kalyANa guNAs, the greatness of His and as well as the power of His divine name ? will not be able to get any path for attaining any of their goals. Those who have understood the divine name of Ramanuja and have realized His kalyANa guNas would get to know what is the REAL Purushaarrtham [goal] Others would only search and search and unless they take refuge at Ramanuja?s feet, they will never find.. Moksham alone is thus Purushaarttham. No- there is something even higher than that. Next verse- Amudhanar mentions that. EmperumAnAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo Narayana dAsan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:SriRangaSri-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:SriRangaSri-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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