Seventh dip in the enjoyment of Emperumaanaar!

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

Swami Desikan continues to allure me with his YathirAja Sapthathi to keep

immersing ourselves in the greatness of Sri Ramanuja!

 

Sloka 56 says:

 

In this world, there was no luster of the jnAna viLakku- jnAna deepam (the lamp

of Knowledge). It was not lit and the whole place was filled and engulfed by

darkness. People, were terribly down with the darkness of aj~nAnam. In order to

show them the way, there shall be light. Sri Ramanuja was the Deepam. What is

the oil for this lamp? The Bhakti- the intense devotion of YathirAjar on Sriya:

Pathi Sriman Narayanan was the unadulterated, faultless, Oil to keep the flame

alive for ages. Was the bhakti expecting anything return? Absolutely Not. This

bhakti, by nature was not expecting any thing in return.

 

What would have happened to the world, had there been no lamp in this world? The

good, virtuous saadhus and Srivaishnavas, who are now blessed with Sri Ramanuja,

would have been wandering in the dark, and would have fallen into the traps and

pitfalls, laid by other Non vedic religions. There would have been the ahnkaaram

of other religions filled everywhere, engulfing the whole world with darkness.

These Srivaishnavas would have been bitten and eaten by the cruel "janthus"

(animals and insects ) living there (the vidhaNdaavaatham- the wrong arguments

of other religions are these janthus).

 

These people would not have been saved, bout for that lustrous lamp (Sri

Ramanuja) Thus Srivaishnavas have been saved!

 

In the immediate next slOka (57) Swami Desikan says beautifully: People (of

other religions) claim that Sri Ramanuja Siddhaantham is latter developed one!

Our religions are earlier; So we are better. How’s that possible? So what if it

is new and latter established? One should judge more by its philosophy and its

relevance and interpretation to Vedas and sruthis; and not with regard to its

age. That’s the way to judge a philosophy. So it is Ramnuja Siddhaantham that is

a correct and the most accurate interpretation of Vedas and hence is THE

Philospohy.

 

On the other hand, Sri Ramanuja Siddhanantham is simply a re-establishment of

what Dunkar, Dramidar, Guha Devar, Vyasar, et al, had earlier established with

their commentaries. Also, it was later followed by NammAzhwAr, Sri Nathamuni,

Sri Yamunacharya (Alavandhar), Periya Nambhi and then Sri Ramanuja. It was Sri

Ramanuja who firmly established this ancient philosophy in his Sri Bhashyam and

is hence, called Ramanuja Siddhaantham. Hence, it is NOT EVEN LATTER DEVELOPED

ONE!

 

Look at Swami Desikan’s arguments and his firm declaration of the greatness of

Ramanuja Siddhaantham!

 

Swami desikan, Emperumaanaar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Narayana Narayana

 

Narayana dAsan

 

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