irAmAnusa nORRu anthAthi - part 2 - irAmAnusar, the manthram

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Srimadh Azhagiya singar thiru vadikaLE saraNam

Sri thiru arangatthu amudhanAr thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri Ramanujar thiru vadikaLE saraNam

Sri thAyAr samEtha Sri AdikEsava perumAL thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri RenganAyikA samEtha Sri RengarAjan thiruvadikaLE saraNam

 

irAmAnusa nORRu anthAthi - part 2 - irAmAnusar, the manthram

 

Dear bAgawathAs,

 

When Sri "RamAnujar"'s name was written on the river bed, the sand

turned into gold and it spread and turned everything else into

gold as well. If the mere name Sri irAmAnusa can make such wonder,

a small attempt is made to substantiate this anubavam as to why

such this name is so wonderful ? What does it contain in it to

make everything golden and wonderful. Sri thiru mangai wanted to

build the temple walls of Srirangam in gold. Sri nam mAzhwAr

delivered that Lord Sri Oppiliappan was in the city of thiru

viNNagaram which was surrounded by the walls that are made of

gold. ie., "minnap pon mathil soozh thiru viNNagaram sErntha

appan". It is said that Srivaikundam is surrounded by gOlden

mathils. When Sri irAmAnusar nAmam is a manthram by itslef and can

pave the way for one to attain mOksham and reach paramapadham by

doing prapatti through a sadhAchAryAn, there is no doubt writing

his thiru nAmam alone will give a "preview" of what is to come for

a "vanchaniyillAtha AnmA". Besides the pathams of his thiru nAmam

are also analysed here for a clear understanding of its mantric

nature (*).

 

Sri irAmAnusar has several names such as Sri Udayavar, Sri

bAshyakArar Sri thiruppAvai Jeer, Sri emperumAnAr and so on. One

may wonder why these other names are not embedded and considered

as manthrA ? These other names as similar to the name irAmAnusar

are all idaiyil vantha kArANap peyargaL. ie., these names were all

addressed for various reasons that the name itself is embedded in

them. For example, Sri bAshyakArar for delivering Sri bAshyAm and

thirup pAvai jeer, for listening to thirup pAvai everyday and

poring out wiht His tears during such sravanam of thirup pAvai.

But the name irAmAnusan is also a kArAnap peyar that came with a

reason from the beginning. ie, He is the incarnation of the

brother or dAsan of Lord Sri rAmA himself. Since this name is

"muthalil idap patta avathArap peryar", this is the main manthram.

"anuja" or "anusa" in tamil mean brother, dAsan, adiyAr and so on.

 

Many name their children as Ramaswamy, Krishnaswamy etc. The

purpose is that when someone calls them by their name whether for

good or bad of them, the nAma sankeertthanam of the Lord yield

them many puNNiyams. However, the best is to give the name as "I

am the dAsan of Rama", "I am the prasAd of krishnA" (Krishna

prasad) and so on. In fact it is said that Sri Ramanuja HIMself

repented for not having children. if only he had, he would have

named them as similar to the vaNNAn, as "mAran, vaguLAbaran, and

so on..", all after Sri nammAzhwAr (**). The name of a person mean

a lot in kaliyugam.

 

In Srivaishnavam it is the Vaishnava lakshanam to consider one as

the adiyAr's adiyAr and the junior most adiyAr irrespective of

their age, knowledge, and anushtAnam. It is very important for a

Srivishnava that he signs himself as Sri rAmAnuja dAsan. After

considering the above explanations on the mathrArttham of the name

Sri irAmAnusar, this signature may be considered to mean that one

is Sri ramA's (dAsan's) adiyAr's adiyAr.

 

Srimadh Azhagiya singar thiru vadikaLE saraNam

Sri thiru arangatthu amudhanAr thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri Ramanujar thiru vadigaLE saraNam

Sri thAyAr samEtha Sri AdikEsava perumAL thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri RenganAyikA samEtha Sri RengarAjan thiruvadikaLE saraNam

 

thiruk kudanthai Sampath Rengarajan

 

(*) On how a mantra is to be recited please refer to the wonderful

series written by Sri Anbil Ramaswamy in the following URL's and

as well write to him for personal copies at ramanbil

http://www2.be.com/~mani/bhakti/archives/sep98/./0079.html

http://www2.be.com/~mani/bhakti/archives/sep98/./0078.html

http://www2.be.com/~mani/bhakti/archives/sep98/./0082.html

http://www2.be.com/~mani/bhakti/archives/sep98/./0083.html

http://www2.be.com/~mani/bhakti/archives/sep98/./0083.html

http://www2.be.com/~mani/bhakti/archives/sep98/./0088.html

 

(**) Please refer to Sri P. Dileepan swamin's touching article on

this vaibavam.

http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/apr96/0079.html

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