vEdAnta-dESika on rAmAnuja

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SrImatE rAmAnuja-mahA-munayE nama:

 

On this appearance day of SrI rAmAnujAcArya today,

I would wish to share a few things SrI vEdAnta-dESika

said about our beloved SrI-rAmAnujAcArya.

 

dESam ellAm ugandiDavE perum-bhUtUril

cittirayil Adirai-nAL vandu tOnRi-k,

kAsinimEl vAdiyarai venRu,

arangar gadiyAga vAzhum yati-raasaa !

mun pUsurar-kOn tiruvarangattu amudanAr

un ponnaDi-mEl andAdiyAga-p pORRip-pEsiya

nal kalith-tuRai nURu eTTup pATTum

pizhai-aRavE ennakku aruL sey pEni nIyE ! -- prabandha-sAram

 

 

rAmAnuja !

The best-of-the-saints who dedicated his life to Lord ranga-nAtha!

Who is beloved to the entire world!

Who appeared on citrA-AdrA !

Who prevailed over flawed-philosphers! [...]

Kindly protect me with perfect knowledge !

 

 

Also SrI vEdAnta-dESika describes SrI rAmAnuja variously as follows:

 

"perum-bhUtUr vanda vaLLal"

The saint from SrI-bhUta-puri who generously distributed

the Lord's Mercy to everyone.

 

"mutti-tarum-yati-rAsar"

The best among saints, who delivers us from material existence.

 

jayati yati-rAja sUkti: !

[Glories to SrI rAmAnuja's Divine Teachings ! ]

jayati mukundasya pAdukA-yugali!

[Glories to the Lotus Feet (nam-AzhvAr) of Lord Mukunda ! ]

tad-ubhaya-dhanA: tri-vEdIm avandhyayanta: jayanti bhuvi-santa:

[Glories to vaidika-s who treasure them both]

-- SrI-ranga-nAtha-divya-maNi-pAdukA-sahasra

 

 

vAzhi aruLALar !

vAzhi aNi atti-giri !

vAzhi yati-rAsan vAsagattOr !

vAzhi SaraNAgati-ennum sArvuDan maRRu-onRai

araNAgak-koLLadAr anbu !

[ Live Long ! Merciful Lord !

Live Long ! the Hasti-giri abode of the Lord !

Live Long ! Saint rAmAnuja's disciples !

Live Long ! All who are totally surrendered to the Lord ! ]

- hasti-giri-mAhAtmya

 

 

Please visit the following links to further remember

SrI-rAmAnujAcArya on his appearance day today !

 

http://members.tripod.com/~sriramanujar/vandanam.html

http://members.tripod.com/~sriramanujar/works_on_ramanuja.html

 

 

rAmAnuja-dAsa

Ramkumar

 

 

 

 

 

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