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SrI:
SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

Iraamanusa nooRRanthaathi:

Let us begin to enjoy the majestic divine glories of
ACHAARYA SAARVABHOUMAR Sri Ramanujacharya.. 
May He bless this attempt [though adiyEn is completely
disqualified for the same]. 

Just due to the sadAchaarya sambandham, adiyEn gains
strength and commences this task. adiyEn closely
follows Sri UttamUr Swami's wonderful vyAkhyAnam. 

Swami Ramanujaâ??s unparalleled glories have been sung
by Amudhanaar in very many ways and in different notes
in this most wonderful and vine verses. While he did
praise Ramanujaâ??s glories, he [amudhanaar] sings
lowly of himself with naichyaanusanthAnam
concurrently. The involvement of Ramanujaâ??s on the
sweet AzhwArâ??s sreesookthis; Srimad Ramayana, Sri
Bhagavad Gita is enlisted here in these verses. Also
the scholarship, the logical arguments and saasthric
proof with which he [Sri Ramanuja] conquered the
â??otherâ?? non-vedic and avaidika religions and
philosophies;  the intense and deep devotion of
Emperumaanaar Sri Ramanuja on archA murthys of Sriman
Narayana are all glorified herein. The difference and
uniqueness of Ramanuja as against the Lord Himself,
the achaarya aikaanthyam are also nicely touched upon
by Amudhanaar movingly. 

One may here, read about the glories of acharya and
sing; here Amudhanaar saw with his own naked eyes and
enjoyed the glories of Emperumaanaar and thus bursts
out with tremendous acharya bhakti with all these
divinely beautiful verses. Hence this is grander. 

First seven verses are ubOdhgAtham.. Then,
Ramanujaâ??s bhakti for all AzhwArs is mentioned. In
the beginning of this work, with two verses,
Ramanujaâ??s special affinity and reverence for the
two AzhwArs namely Paraankusa, Parakaala dhivua suris.
Both these AzhwArs [Parankusa- Nammaazhwaar; Parakala-
Thirumangai Azhwaar] have sung more than 1200 verses
each and have immensely helped us with great upakaaram
of these wonderful srisukthis which are none other
than the four Vedas and six Veda angaas. The rendering
of Nammaazhwaar srisookthis and the Uthsavam for him
were varied out by Thirumangai Azhwaar himself durning
his period in Srirangam. 

Nammaazhwaar has enshrined in his Thiruvaaymozhi the
Upanishad meemaamsa saareeraka saasthrA- the essence
of Brahma suthra and has sung thousand verses. Also he
is the prapanna jana santhAna kooTashthar.
Emperumanaar Sri Ramanuja had arranged to have these
thousand verses of Nammaazhwaar as well as the
thousand verses of Thirumangai AzhwAr [who had begun
this uthsvam] sung during the month of maargazhi. Also
these two AzhwArs had taken the roles of Naayaki as
Paraankusa, Parakala naayaki and have sung verses in
those roles languishing for His love and saving
â??herâ??. In view of the foregoing, these two AzhwArs
have been sung herein specifically and exclusively.

poomannu maathu porunthiya maar_pan pukazmalintha
paamannu maaRan adipaNin^ thuynthavan palkalaiyOr
thaammanna vantha iraama Nnuchan_chara Naaravindham
nNaammanni vaazan^eNY chE!chollu vOmavan naamangaLE. 
1

1. SarvEshwaran is the One who has Periya PiraaTTi
MahAlakshmi, (seated on Lotus Flower) permanently
residing in His Chest. NammAzhwAr blessed us with the
Divine Thiruvaaymozhi which is an excellent
description of most auspicious kalyANA guNAs of
SarvEshwaran Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan. Sri
Ramanuja took refuge and immersed himself at the Lotus
feet of Sri SadagOpar- NammAzhwAr. The great scholars
who have studied and mastered various saashthrAs, have
realised the greatness of Sri Ramanuja (and his
philosophy/doctrine) and have surrendered to His feet
as the only means for them. Oh mind! In order to
enables ourselves and let us also be saved by taking
refuge at the Lotus Feet of Sri Ramanujacharya, come
and let us utter the divine names of Sri
Ramanujacharya!

Comments by SrI UttamUr Swami:
 
AzhwArs were called so due to their immersing
themselves in the glories of Thirumaal Sriya: Pathi
Sriman Narayana. NammaazhwAr calls Him as â??num
thiruvudai adigaLâ?? ; ahagillEn iRaium enRu alarmEl
mangai uRai maarbhan; numakkum poovin misai nangaikkum
naathan; Thiru naaraNan thaaL; ninnANai ThiruvaaNai
â?? thus declaring everywhere Sriman Narayana as
LaksmI Pathi and paying his obeisance to them as
Dhivya Dampathi; enjoying as one Divine pair.  vEri
maaRaadha poomEliruppAL vinai theerkka- in order to
dissolve all our sins, She resides eternally in His
divine chest. Nammazhwarâ??s verses exhibit His and
Her kalyANa guNas; parathva sowlabhyas and thus sang
thousand verses on Them reaching the final crescendo
attaining His Lotus Feet gloriously. Thus he is above
all sages and other AzhwArs as well. He is in our
Acharya parampara and thus we are blessed with such
great Guru parampara from NammazhwAr as Prapanna jana
santhAna kooTasthar- contemplated Sri Ramanuja and
enjoyed reciting these verses of his again and again
and also arranged for the Araiyar Uthsavam for the
same. Thus he has become the idhatthaay for
Thiruvaaymozhi. That is the greatness of Ourâ??
Ramanuja. 

Not only that. He had transnformed the kuDhrushTis to
suDhrushTis.... He had the ability to change them by
quoting the appropriate vedic hymns and Vedanta
saathrAs. The different streams and rivers of all
fields of learning take birth in him like the
waterfalls from the Thirumala mountain. This in order
to establish the divine words of SatakOpa [Parankusa]
and grant to the world, he took birth as Ramanuja and
if one takes refuge at his feet, [he] would be blessed
with clarity in understanding ubhaya vEdanatha namely
the Vedas, Vedanthas and the Tamil Veda- Dhivya
prabandhams and be blessed with the adherence to the
saathrAs in anushtAnam as well and the best of life
here and there.. Contemplating his such wonderful
glories in our minds, let us utter his divine names
[understanding their meanings] Ramanuja, YathirAja,
Emperumanaar, Udayavar, Sri Bhashyakarar, etc.. 

Since his birth, he was given the name of Ramanujan.
This name is also addressed to Lakshmana and Lord
Krishnan [Rama + anujan = Ramaâ??s younger brother].
Our Ramanuja is blessed with great anubhavams and with
kaimkarya ruchi and hence he was LakshmaNo Lakshmi
Sampanna; Sri Sampannar.

In Yathiraja sapthathi, 
SamithOdhayaSankarAdhigarvai: svabalaadhuGrutha
yaadhava prakaaSa: |
aCharOpithavAn sruthErapArThAn nanu rAmAvaraja: sthra
yEva bhUya: ||

Swamy Desikan equates Ramanuja as KaNNan [Krishna]. 
bharathAra param namO[S]sthu thasmai praThamOdharaNAya
bhakti bhAjAm.. wherein he is equated to Bharata; 
Since he also has tremendous acharya, azhwaAr bhakti,
he is Sathrugnan; [serving and His devotees /
BhAgawathas]

After Rama, he is the one who performed the way of
life in accordance with saasthrAs; established dharma;
and varNAsrama dharma; saraNAgatha rakshaNam [saving
those who surrendered to him].. Thus he is Ramaâ??s
anujanm in all respects.

He appeared after AndAL [who is also called Raamaa-
RamyathE ithi Raamaa:] 

He followed the foot steps of Periya PiraaTTi
Mahalakshmi [the most compassionate One who does not
at all know punishment; who knows only daya, and
forgiveness for all our trespasses] and accepts all
those who take refuge in him with infinite mercy and
daya on them.. like SrI.. Hence Ramaâ??s
anujan..[Rama- Mahalakhmi] 

Whenever we enjoy reading this name Ramanuja, all the
above glories of his name should be contemplated.

palkalaiyOr- it means those who have learnt different
saasthrAs; vedanthas; Vedas etcâ?¦ It can also be
interpreted as those speaking other languages, namely
Kannada, Telugu, Hindi etc.. and they also took refuge
at Ramanujaâ??s feet. 

nenjE [mind]- amudhanaar addresses his mind- implying
that he is composing these verses with his mind on it
fully and with full commitment and involvement; and
focused in glorifying and praising Ramanuja. Also it
means: I am not writing this for getting name or fame.
It is only for you and me; and for our benefit. -
nenjE [mind]. We both only need to remind ourselves of
this.  

EmeprumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
RaamAnujArya dhivyAj~nA vardhathAm abhivardhathAm..

yO nithyam Achyutha PadhAmbhujayugmarugma
  vyAmOhatha: tadhitharANi thruNAya mEnE 
asmath GurO:BhagavadhOsya  dayaikasindhO:
  Raamaanujasya CharaNou SaraNam prapdhyE 

Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan   


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