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SrisailEsa dayApatram dhIbhaktyAdi guNArNavam
yatIndra pravanam vandE ramyajAmataram munim

This is considered to be a mantra from various angles. 

1. mantAram trAyatE iti mantra: it protects one who meditates or chants it.
This mantra protects the bhaktas of Swamy manavala mamunigal. 

2. bhagavan is known as mantram since he is universal protector. 
tiruneduntandakam
- "mandirattai ( bhagavAnai) mandirattal (tirumandirattAl) maravAdu" alwar 
advises
his manas to praise and enjoy bhagavan through tirumandiram. Srisailesa 
dayapatram
is a mantram since revealed by the universal protector. It protected even the
universal protector.

3. Some srivaishnavas approached badri narayana for mantra upadesam. Badri 
narayana
had earlier preached tirumandiram to nara who was himself. To the new 
srivaishnavas,
he preached half of srisailesa mantra and guided them to go to srirangam for
the balance half. They came to srirangam and took part in mmunigal kalakshEpam
where there heard ranga nayakam uttering the first half of the same verse and
continuing with the second half. Since badri narayana not satisfied with giving
tirumandiram alone, revealed srisailesa mandiram, it is certainly a mantram.
pramanam : "sIr saila mandirattin sayamana padiyaiyum tandu, mElum padiyaga
tiruvarangam selvIrkal " Since srisailesa mantram took birth at the same place
and person as tirumandiram. 

4. If a doctor prescribes a new medicine today, it would supercede or take 
precedence
over earlier prescription. He would give a new prescription. vaidyO nArAyanO
hari : Sriman nArAyana the doctor gave an earlier medicine - tirumandiram. To
be more effective gave a new medicine in srisailEsa mantram. So it would get
added or supercede tirumandiram. 

5. tirumandiram talks about "a" - paramAtma full of mercy and gnana, "ma" -
jIvAtma who is a sesha bhUta with gnanam. in this mantra also
srisailesa stands for "a", pAtram stands for "ma" . makAram the jIva is full
of knowledge is told in - dhI bhaktyAdi guNArnavam. Similarly for all other
parts of this mantra. 

There are many more reasons for srisailesa dayAptram to be praised as 
tirumandiram.
I stop here, as I have already overshot. 

SrimatE rAmAnujAya nama:



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