SrI:
SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:
Dearest all,
Let those who cast doubts and are suspicious be so; It
is we who are blessed indeed to be the servant and
dAsa bhuthars of Ramanuja?s sishyas; servant of the
God of Ramanuja, i.e. Sri Ranganthan and the eternal
servant of Paramacharyan Sri Ramanuja.- Amudhanaar
enjoys in few verses.
nallaar paravum iraamaa Nnuchan,thiru naamamn^amba
vallaar thiRaththai maRavaa thavar_kaL evar,,avarkkE
ellaa vitaththilum enRumep pOthilum eththozumpum
chollaal manaththaal karumaththi Nnaalcheyvan
chOrvinRiyE. 80
I, shall always serve, wholeheartedly and
uninterruptedly, with no gap, at all times, under all
circumstances, with my words, with my actions and with
my thoughts, in all situations,- those Bhagawathas who
always think of the graceful nature of other dearest
Srivaishnava Bhagawathas who have desired to praise
and utter the glorious divine names of Sri
Ramanujacharya at all times.
nallaar ? those who shine with jnAna vairAgya
anushtAnams
paravum- praise
iraamaanusan- Ramanujacharya [His]
thirunaamam- divine names and the glories
namba vallaar thiRatthai ? believe due to their jnAnam
and their [such greatest bhAgwathas and sishyas?]
deeds
yavar maRavaadhavargaL- whoever keeps contemplating
and enjoys
avarkkE- for those dAsa bhoothars and bhAgawathAs
alone
ellaa idatthilum ? in all places
enRum- at all times
e pOdhilum- even when they do not look for or expect
[or even when they reject or refuse to accept]
e thozhumbum- all kids of kaimkaryam [service]
sollaal manatthaal karumatthinaal- in speech, thought
and actions [manas, vaak and kaayam]
sOrvu anRi- without getting tired or without any gap
due to laziness
seyvan- will perform
The moment the prathivaadhis [other religion personnel
who argue] hear the name Ramanuja they start
disappearing from the scene. The same is mentioned by
Swami Desikan in 51st verse of YathirAja Saptathi-
vikalpAdOpEna sruthipathamasEsham ? kalaha:
Capricious carping based on fallacious reasoning is
the way for some contestants. They tend to cross
question everything, pointing out an alternative
possibility for every thesis, even if it is
unreasonable. By such humbugs, they tend to pollute
and confuse the Vedic path. The annoying noise of
these wild elephants will die the moment the name of
Ramanuja is announced.
Like Narayana saranagathi manthra, Ramanuja
saranagathi manthram is also equally powerful, if not
more. Thus EmperumAnAr Thirunaamam grants everything
to us.
As posted by Sri Sampath Rengarajan Swami: Since Sri
rAmAnujar is the pradhAna AchAryAL for all
SriviashnavaLs, chanting his thiru nAmam and
thinking of his thiruvadi itself is considered as
pradhAna manthram and yAgam. Sri thiru arangatthu
amudhanAr delivered this anthAthi in such a way that
each and every pAsuram has the "mantrhram" or
manthrA embedded in it. Such manthram is none other
than the thiru namAm of our pradhAna AchAryAn Sri
irAmanusar. ie the name "irAmAnusan" is placed in each
and every pasuram and for a total of 108 times.
Many slOkams have the beeja aksharams embedded in it
as similar to being hard coded. Some examples are
Sri Hayagreeva slOkam, Sri Garuda panchAsat and so on.
Since some of the beeja manthrams are not advisable
to be chanted by everyone these are embedded by our
poorvA chAryALs in slOkams that everyone can chant and
derive the palans of chanting these beeja
aksharams. In the same way,
"SrimathE rAmAnujAya namaha" is embedded in each
pAsuram and so for 108 times. Those who can recite
this anthAthi gets the fruits of chanting the pradhAna
AchAryA thaniyan 108 times. Thus it is
also known or called as prapanna sAvithri.
In Sri visnu purAnam it is said that during
kaliyugam mere doing nAma japam will itself lead one
to mOksham. It is understood that such chanting
will lead one to doing saranAgathi through a
sadhAchAryAL. The reference to nAma japam in Sri
Vishnu purAnam can be considered as a direct
reference to chanting irAmAnuja nooRRu anthAthi. The
name "rAmA" and "anujA" has the "rAma"
saptham in it. Every one knows the power our Sri
rAma nAmam. In addition to it this name also has anujA
in it. anuja is generally meant as younger brother.
Since an younger brother is a dAsan to
elder brother (here it is empurumAn Sri rAmA is the
elder brother) the combined word also means the one is
a dAsan to Sri rAmA. Thus the word rAmAnuja itself
becomes a secret code or manthra for
everyone. It is all the more important for prapannAs
as it is the thiru nAmam of the most revered
AchAryAn. All our AchAryAs in Srivaishnavam recited
their AchAryA's thaniyan during their last
breath. Thus, reciting AchAryA thanian is so
important and is sAvithri or the pradhAna manthram for
a prapannA [Thanks to Sri Sampath Rengi for his sweet
write up]
EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan
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