AchaArya RaamAnujA CD ROM Contents Summary : Part III

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

AdiyEn has covered sofar the following three

sub items of section 1 this CD ROM :

 

1.1: Incarnation

1.2: RaamAnujA's Formative Years

 

1.3: RaamAnujA's spiritual Quest:

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Yesterday , adiyEn stopped at the stage of Sri RaamAnujA

meeting Periya Nampi at MadhurAnthakam and proceeding to

Srirangam to acquire additional Gurus under the guidance

of Periya Nampi.Today , we will continue with a description of

the CD ROM contents elaborating his life at three important

sthalams dear to Sriman NaarAyaNA ( Srirangam , Thirumalai

and ThirunArAyaNapuram ).

 

1.4: RaamAnujA at Srirangam

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The graphics of PraNavAkruthi VimAnam and

the subhAsrayam o para VaasudEvan at the sacred

VimAnam of Srirangam comes first into focus.

The crowded street scene of Srirangam ,

where Sri RaamAnujA has settled down now

away from Kanchipuram follows next.

 

Next comes the most moving picture of

AchArya RaamAnujA with anjali hastham and

thridhandam presenting himself before

Sri RanganathA for worship .That graphics alone

brought tears to adiyEn'seyes. AchArya RaamAnujA's

kalakshEpa GhOshti at Srirangam is covered next.

 

1.5: RaamAnujA at Thirumalai

 

Sri RaamAnujA's arrival at the foot of Thirumalai hills

for climbing the seven hills , his kaimkaryam to establish

once and for all the VishNu roopam of the Lord

of Thirumalai , deliverey of his first lecture in front of

the Lord of Thiruppathi and the Lord's anugraham that

helped to create the First of the nine granthams of

our revered AchAryan (viz)., VedArtha sangraham

are covered brilliantly in this section by the multimedia

artists of Bangalore/Mysore.

 

1.6: RaamAnujA at ThirunArAyaNapuram

 

There are some wonderful graphics here dealing with

the twelve years that AchArya RaamAnuja Spent at Melkote

in the company of ThirunArAyaNan and Yadhugiri ThAyAr.

The conversion of the local King , VishNu Vardhanan

into Sri SampradhAyam , entrance from ThondanUr

into Melkote by the southern gate, the blessing

of the ThirukkulatthAR there , the fulfilment of

the command of BhagavAn to release Him from the ant hill,

where He had entered , the help of the KshEthra Vaasis in

the building of a special temple for ThirunArAyaNan

under the holy guidance of AchArya RaamAnujA

are covered here in a splendid manner . The slOkams are

sung in ranjaka rakthi raagams like SaamA and Surutti .

The darsanam of ThirunArAyaNan is eye filling and

the experience is insatiable as he presents Himself

to us with Mallikai flower garland adorning His KirItam

as Sriman NaarAyaNan .

 

Section 2 : the Nine Granthams

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Sub section 2 focussing on the nine granthams

bequeathed to us by AchArya RaamAnujA as our

Kula Dhanam is covered next.This is a weighty

section with many treasures for the eye and the ear.

 

The two auxillary sections dealing with the Philosophical

significance of each of the granthams and the "tell m more "

section dealing with the original excerpts from the granthams

recited by authentic scholars , who know these works

as kanta Paatam are exemplary sections . Rare indeed is to

hear these spiritually uplifting recitations .The taniyans

and/or the mangala SlOkams for each of these nine granthams

are sung by very competent Karnatic music vidvAns

in the most enjoyable Raagas like SahAnA , Naattai,

SankarAbharaNam ,Vaachaspathi and Aanandha Bhairavi .

 

The graphics associated with each of the grantham

sections are an amalgam of taste (asthetics) , Bhagavath

and AchArya bhakthi. These are a class by themselves

to enhance our devotion to the great AchAryan and

his nine sacred granthams listed below :

 

1.VedArtha sangraham

2.VedAntha Saaram

3.Sri BhAshyam

4.VedAntha Dheepam

5.Sri GitA BhAshyam

6.SaraNAgathi Gadhyam

7.Sriranga gadhyam

8.Sri Vaikunta Gadhyam

9.Nithya grantham

 

AdiyEn will cover this section in a subsequent

posting .

Daasan , V.Sadagopan

 

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