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SrI:
SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:
Dearest all,

On this most auspicious day of Sri Ramanuja
Thirunakshathram, let us meditate on the lotus feet of
Sri Bhashyakarar- Sri Ramanujacharya beginning with
the most brilliant verse [composed by one of his
ardent sishyas, Swamy KooratthAzhwAn- also called as
Kuresa] 

LakshmI nAtha samArambhAm nAtha yAmuna madhyamAm |
asmadhAchArya paryanthAm vandhE guruparam parAm ||

I worship the entire guruparamparaa that starts with
Emperumaan, Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan; which has
SrI nAthamuni (in between) upto my AchArya (Sri
Ramanuja).

This Thaniyan describes the paramapara of our Acharyas
which starts with Sriman Narayanan. Sri AzhwAn pays
his obeisance to the paramapara upto his Acharya. He
does not mention the name of his Acharya (calling upto
my Acharya -asmadhAchArya paryanthAm. . It fits in so
well for every one of us when we recite this upto my
Acharyan, I pay my obeisance to the Gurupamarapara: -)
AzhwAn is known for his intellect and scholarship.

Acharya parampara: [lineage]
Sriman Narayanan
Sri Mahalakshmi
Sri Vishvaksenar
Sri NammAzhwAr 
Sri NAthamuni
Sri UyyakkoNdaar (Sri PundareekAkshar)
Sri MaNakkaal nambhi (Sri Ramamisrar)
Sri Alavandhar (Sri Yamunacharya)
Sri Periya Nambhi (Sri MahapoorNar)
Sri RAMANUJACHARYA

yO nithya-machyutha-padaam-buja-yugma-rugma
vyaamOhadas dadhi-tha-raaNi thru-Naaya mEnE
asmath-gurOr bhagavathOsya dhayaika-sindhO:
raamaanujasya saraNau saraNam prapadhyE.

[After the entire parampara upto Sri Ramanuja,
KooratthAzhwAn composes a special slOka for his
peerless preceptor Acharya saarvabhouman Sri
Ramanujacharya]

I take refuge at the feet of our guru Bhagavaan
Ramanuja, that ocean of mercy who, infatuated with the
gold-like, lotus feet of the Lord, considered all else
as mere blades of grass. 

ParamAthmani yOrakthO virakthO(S)paramAthmani- Due to
His jnAna, Bhakthi, VairAgyam, Sri Ramanujacharya
considered only the lotus feet of the Lord Sriman
Narayanan as the means and the Goal- for that matter-
everything. Nothing else mattered to him. He is not
interested in others and considers others (material,
sensual pursuits) as thruNam (blade of grass). 

Swamy Desikan enjoys Sri Ramanuja?s dhivya mangaLa
vibhava roopam:

upaveedhinam oordhva pundravantham 
  trijagadh puNya palam thridhanda hastham I
saraNAgatha saartha vaaham eedE 
  sikhayA sekariNam pathim yatheenAm II [YatirAja
Sapthathi 11th verse]

I praise Yathiraja, who shines with a Yajna
Upaveetham, on His chest and with the OordhavapuNram
who is really the fruit of the Good deeds of all
worlds, who has a thridaNda, in His hand, and finally
has a tuft of hair on the Head. He is the saviour of
the Vaishnavites, surrendered unto Him, guaranteeing
for their salvation. [Translation by Dr V N Vedantha
Desikan from Tamil orginsal commentary written by
Paramapadhavaasi Sri U Ve Villivalam Narayanachariar
Swami] 

There is a wonderful set of 108 sweet tamil verses
sung by Thiruvarangatthu amudhanAr [sishya of
KooratthAzhwAn- and also a contemporary of Sri
Ramanujacharya. ] They are Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi.
These 108 verses are considered as part of 4000 verses
? the wonderful divine verses of 12 AzhwArs. 
how and why- what are these verses... Let us enjoy
morrow. 

Let us conclude with a couple of soul stirring verses
of Sri Manavala maamunigaL's Arthi prabandham:

adhikaaram uNdEl arangar irangaarO?/
adhikaaram illaadhavarkkanRO - YathirAjA!/
nee iranga vENduvadhu; neeyum adhikaarigaLukkE
irangil en seyvOm yaam?

Lord Ranganathan, blesses and saves those, who adhere
to saasthras; who qualify themsselves, for the
recipients of His mercy, by following as 
prescribed (like performing Karma, jnAna, Bhakti
Yogam).We are not capable of performing such paths.
akinchanan; ananya gathih; We are helpless; we have no
other refuge; Only for such "poor" helpless people 
like us, RamanujA! YathirAjA! You are there to save!
(Hence, the only thing that we can do now is to
surrender at Your Feet.)  But, if you also, YathirAjA,
start to look for qualified (adhikaaris) only, where
do we go, RamanujA, and what else we can do?

"ennaip pOl pizhai seyvaar iv ulagil uNdO?
unnaip pOl porukka vallaar uNdO?- anaitthu ulagum
vaazhap piRandha yathiraasa maamunivaa!
yEzhaikku irangaay ini.

Oh Yathiraajaa maa munivaa! Is there any one greater
sinner than I! Is there any one more patient (and more
merciful) than You!YathirAjA! the One, born to save
the whole world! Please have mercy one me 
now.

Let us enjoy these 108 verses of Iraamanusa
nOORRanthAthi one by one as days go by. With the
Acharyan's anugraham, let us take up this palatable
task of enjoying his glories... sung by Amudhanaar. 
Achaarya saarvabhouman SrI Bhaashyakaarar
ThiruvaDigaLE saraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dasan

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