KurEsar's Sri VaradarAja Sthavam: Part IV

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Dear BhakthAs:

 

Recently , Sri Kaaryam Swamy of Ahobila Matam ,

Sri Vangipuram U.Ve. RangarAjAchArya Swamy quoted

one slOkam that focuses on the greatness of

KoorEsar aka KooratthAzhwAn alias Koora NaaTan:

 

arvAnchO yath padha Sarasija dhvandhvam aasrithya poorvE

MoordhnA yasyAnvayam upagathA DesikA MukthimApu:

sOyam RAAMAANUJA MUNIRAPI sveeya mukthim karasTAm

yath sambhandhAdhmanutha KATAM VARNYATHE KOORANAATA:?

 

As one of the five AchAryans of RaamAnujA ,

ThirukkOttiyUr Nambi revealed to us the greatness

of AchArya RaamAnujA and the Phalan arising from

worshipping His Thiruvadi:

 

" RaamAnuja Padha sEvAn Muukthi: Vindhathi

Vindhathi VindhathyEva "

 

Like Saanthi Paadam ,ThirukkOshtiyUr Nambi stated

thrice that the Paadha Sevai of his sishyan , AchArya

Raamanujaa will yield Moksham and hence gave the title of

EmperumAnAr to his Sishyan, Sri RaamAnujaa. The above slOkam

reveals what AchArya RaamAnujA thought about His dearest

sishyan , KooratthAzhwAn. This slOkam is based on an

ithIhyam that AchArya RaamAnujA , who believed that

His Thirumudi Sambhandham to His AchAryAs and His

Thiruvadi sambhandham with sishyAs as the most

rejuvenating factors , believed strongly that

His Sambhandham with KooratthAzhwAn will assure Him

Mukthi(Sveeya Mukthim karasTAm).The Vaathsalyam of

an AchAryan for His dearest sishyan is revealed here .

Such is the greatness of KooratthAzhwAn . The above

slOkam concludes by stating , "KaTam Varnyathe KooranATa:?".

How can we indeed describe the glory of KooranATar ?

Kura NaaTan was the thridhaNdam in the hands of

AchArya RaamAnujA. He is an AchArya MaNi and

an ujjvalitha dheepam , who poured out His heart

in praise of the MahA Mangala Dheepam shining on

top of Hasthigiri as a beckoning beacon for all

times to come.

 

In the next post, we will continue wqith the Vaibhavam of

Koora Naatar prior to starting on the first slOkma of

Sri varadarAja Sthavam.

 

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri satakOpan

Srimath Azhagiya Singar PaadhAngri rENu .