AchArya RaamAnujA Navarathna SatAri kaimkaryam at Melkote

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Dearest BhakthAs :

 

Since my appeal yesterday for the coverage of

the remaining two slots to reach up to the goal

of $600 for this kaimkaryam , there has been an

overwhelming response from six BhakthAs .

 

We stood at the level of $500 yesterday

prior to the appeal. Thanks to the most welcome

support of the six BhakthAs today , we have exceeded

the 600$ target by $301. We have therefore

$901 and can make use of that sum to create even

grander SatAri than the one we proposed earlier.

Since most of these support came within hour of

each other , it is very difficult not to include

all of the pledged contributions . Thanks to all

of You and May Bhagavath RaamAnujA's paripUrNa

anugraham be with you and your family for your

hearty particpation in this kaimkaryam . Each

time this Satari rests on the head of a BhaagavathA

in AchArya RaamAnuujA's sannidhi , that puNyam

will accrue to you .I have no doubt on that .

 

Here is the final list of the FIFTEEN Supporters:

 

1. Sri ChatAri Ramesh, Colorado

2. Sri Mohan sagar , Colorado

3. Sri T.A. Varadhan , Colorado

4. Sri Madhavakkannan , Simhapuri

5. Sri Sampath Kumaran, Overseas

6. Srimathi Sheela Belur , MD

(In memory of her dear Mother )

7. Sri V.R.AchAryA , MD

8. Sri. Valathur MuraLidharan, MA

9. Sri Raja KrishNaswamy , MA

10. Sri Diwakar KaNNan , CA

11. Sri MuraLi Kadambi(Rajagopal), NJ

12. Sri Anand Vadhul, NY

13. Sri Sriram Ranganath , NC

14. Sri G.Sreenivas , NY

15. Sri V.SadagOpan , NY

 

The total sum pledged is : $ 901/--

 

We exceeded our target by 50%

 

This augurs well for the completion of

an exquisite SatAri enmeshed with the nine

gems , which also stands for the nine Sri Sookthis

of AchArya RaamAnujA that are discussed in great

detail in the AchArya RaamAnujA CD ROM that has

just been released . The nine gems(works )

of AchArya RaamAnujA are :

 

1. Sri Bhaashyam ( His exquisite commentary

on Brahma Soothrams of Sage BaadarAyaNA )

 

2. GitA BhAshyam ( exposition on Bhagavadh-

GitA following AlavandhAr's GithArtha-

Sangraham )

 

3. VedArtha Sangraham (an elaborate work

dealing with the contents and purports of

important passages of VedAs and Upanishads)

 

4. Vedantha DeepA (Brief Commentary on Brahma-

SoothrAs discussing the purport of each

soothrA )

 

5. VedAntha SaarA ( another short commentary on

Brahma SoothrAs providing the meaning of each

SoothrA and adhikaraNA )

 

6. SaraNAgathi Gadhyam ( deals with the doctrine

of SaraNAgathi to Sriman NaarAyaNan )

 

7. Sriranga Gadhyam ( an earnest prayer to

Lord RanganAthA of Sriranga KshEthram )

 

8. Sri Vaikunta Gadhyam ( a rapturous description

of the Supreme abode of the Lord , Sri Vaikuntam )

 

9. Nithyagrantham ( a brief account of the daily

observances of a Sri VaishNavan as enjoined in

the scriptures ).

 

The Nine gems will represent the Nine blessed works

(Sri Sookthis ) of this great AchAryA , who spent

close to twelve years at Melkote worshipping

Sri Yathugiri NaacchiyAr samEtha Thiru NaarAyaNan .

AchArya RaamAnujA built the temple also for

ThirunArAyaNan at Melkote .

 

The nine gems on the golden satAri (Swamy NammAzhwAr)

of Lord RanganAthA as described by Swamy Desikan are :

 

(1) Ruby /PadhmarAgam (2) Maragatham /Emerald

(3) Mutthu/Pearl (4) Indra Neelam/Sapphire

(5) Diamond (6) VaiDUryam (7) rathna SaamAnyam

(8-9)Bahu Rathnams or other semi-prcious stones .

 

We anticipate a large number of Rubies

on this Navarathna SatAri , since that

color represents our Mother , Sarva Loka

Rakshaki , Sri MahA Lakshmi .

 

We will conclude this posting on this kaimkaryam

with two PaadhukA Sahasram SlOkams of Swamy Desikan .

The first is from Padhma Raaga Paddhathi

and salutes MahA Lakshmi :

 

prapsdhyE RanganAthasya PaadhukAm PadmarAgiNIm

Padhaika niyathAm tasya PadhmavaasAmivAparAm

...SlOkam 580

 

The second slOkam is the concluding slOkam of

Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram extolls

the glories of the NINE GEMS of AchArya RaamAnuja

Sri Sookthis and ALL AchAryAs who preceded HIM :

 

JAYATHI YATHIRAAJA SOOKTHI:

JAYATHI MUKUNDHASYA PAADHUKAA YUGALEE I

TADHUBHAYA DHANAAS THRIVEDIM

AVANDHYAYANTHO JAYANTHI BHUVI SANTHA: II

...SlOkma 1008

 

SrimAn RanganAthO Jayathu !

Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA Jayathu !

 

Subhamasthu, Sarva MangaLAni santhu

Daasan,

Oppiliappan Koil VaradaachArI Sadagopan