Dip 1- in the enjoyment of Sri Ramanujacharya

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SrImathE Ramanujaya Namah:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

April 21st is Thirunakshathram of Sri Ramanujacharya (Chitthirai Tiruvaadhirai).

It is adiyEn's intent to call you all and enjoy immersing ourselves in the most

merciful, most auspicious, greatest kalyANa guNAs of YathirAjar- Udayavar-

Emperumaanaar, Sri Ramanujacharya. We will take a dip in the deep Ocean of His

kalyAna guNAs again and again everyday until 21st, (till we catch cold and His

Feet!)

 

Sri Ramanujacharya with His towering personality- Fair complexioned- with

dwAdasa oordhva pUndram (12 ThirumaN), the pristinely pure saffron sanyaasi robe

(that adds beauty to the fair complexion further), the dark tresses curly hair

of sikhA which is so charming on His moon like Divine smiling face laden with

dayA on us, (Charming Most graceful Thirumukham), the white bright pooNool

(yagnOpaveedham), the strong thridhaNdam, the lovely Lotus feet- Oh Lord! What a

sight It could have been, to those Srivaishnavas must have been blessed with!

 

How nice it would have been to witness Sri Ramanujacharya, walking so gracefully

with such an enchanting personality, with his group of sishyas of calibre like

KooratthAzhwAn, MudaliANdaan, Embaar, Boy Paraasara Bhattar, Kidaambhi Acchaan,

and others…. What a sight! Once, even Periya Nambhi (who had initiated Sri

Ramanuja with Pancha smaskaram) saw this group coming in the front and

prostrated on the ground falling flat. When asked, he said "It appeared to me as

if Alavandhaar is coming with his sishyas!

 

This scene of Divine Beauty of Sri Ramanuja reminds me of Embaar's poem on the

azhagu of Ramanuja and declares in the end "illai enaaku edhir; illai enakku

edhir; illai enakku edhirE! "There is none equal to me; none equal to me; none

equal to me!".

True!

 

There is NONE equal to us FOR BEING BLESSED WITH Sri Ramanuja (sampradayam)!

 

EmbAr's description:

 

parppOm enatthigazh pai~nkazhal unRan pallavamE viralum/ paavanamAgiya

painthuvaraadai pathintha marunkazhagum/ muppuri noolodu munkail yEndhiya

mukkOlthan azhagum/ munnavar tandhidum mozhikaL niRaindhidu muruval

nilAvazhahum/ kaRpagamE vizhi karunai pozhindhidum kamalkkaNN azhagum/

kaarisuthan kazhalsoodiya mudiyum kana naRRsihai mudiyum/ yeppozhudhum

ethiraaJan vadivazhaghu yen idhayatthuL uLLathaal/ illai enakku edhir; illai

enakku edhir; illai enakku edhirE!"

 

Embar's enjoyment of seeing Sri Ramanujacharya's lotus feet , tender fingers

reminding one of the creepers, sacred safforn robe, most auspicious pooNool,

thridandam , His enchanting smile laden with dayA , large dark eyes reminiscent

of wish yielding kaRpaka maram (tree), the kudumi (sikhA) formed by abundant

tresses is simply beautiful . EmbAr declares that there is no one equal to

him; since YathirAjan's Divine Beauty lingers in his heart.

 

YathirAjar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Narayana Narayana

 

Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan

 

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Sri Lakshminrusimha ParabrahmaNE namaha

Sri Lakshminrusimha divya pAdukA sEvaka SrivaNN -

SatakOpa Sri nArAyaNa yateendra mahAdESikAya namaha

 

On the advice of Sri Madhavakkannan, I am forwarding my feelings on his

beautiful posting(1) to the bakthi list

 

Daasan

Rangarajan.

> ----Original Message Follows----

> Rangarajan S R <Ranga_S1

> 'Madhavakkannan V' <srivaishnavan

> RE: Dip 1- in the enjoyment of Sri Ramanujacharya

> Tue, 13 Apr 1999 15:10:01 +0530

>

> Sri:

> Sri Lakshminrusimha ParabrahmaNE namaha

> Sri Lakshminrusimha divya pAdukA sEvaka SrivaNN -

> SatakOpa Sri nArAyaNa yateendra mahAdESikAya namaha

>

> > Sri Ramanujacharya with His towering personality- Fair

> > complexioned- with dwAdasa oordhva pUndram (12 ThirumaN), the

> > pristinely pure saffron sanyaasi robe (that adds beauty to

> > the fair complexion further), the dark tresses curly hair of

> > sikhA which is so charming on His moon like Divine smiling

> > face laden with dayA on us, (Charming Most graceful

> > Thirumukham), the white bright pooNool (yagnOpaveedham), the

> > strong thridhaNdam, the lovely Lotus feet- Oh Lord! What a

> > sight It could have been, to those Srivaishnavas must have

> > been blessed with!

>

> > How nice it would have been to witness Sri Ramanujacharya,

> > walking so gracefully with such an enchanting personality,

> > with his group of sishyas of calibre

>

> Your beautiful description reminds me of Swami Desikan's 11th

> shloka in

> Yathiraja Sapthathi

> "upaveethim Oordhvapundravantham

> thrijagath punya phalam thridhanda hastham

> sharanagatha sarthavahameede

> shikhaya shekarinam pathim yatheenaam"

>

> I was told that poonool and dwadasa thiruman are special

> characteristics of

> Yathis of Shree Vaishnava faith. Poonool is usually discarded

> by other sanyasis

> on taking up sanyasa ashramam is it not? The other unique

> characteristic of our

> Emperumanar as Swami Desikan's vison perceives is the fact

> that he was ever

> surrounded by a huge Srivaishnava prapanna goshti.

>

> Please forgive (m)any mistakes I might have committed in my

> utterences.

>

> Daasan

> Rangarajan

>

>

>

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