Sri Bhaashyakaarar Thirunakshathram today- Chitthirai ThiruvAdhirai

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SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

Today Chitthirai ThiruvAdhirai is Sri Bhashyakarar –

Sri Ramanujacharya Thirunakshathram. Let us meditate

on his lotus feet for dispeeling all our anjnAnam and

bless us with paripoorna sEshathva jnAnam and to

follow the wonderful clear unambiguous path of

Saranagathi laid by the most compassionate AchArya

saarvabhouman..

 

As we are all aware the famous thaniyan on Ramanuja-

and this was composed by KooratthAzhwAn -which is well

known to the group.

 

yo nityam acyuta-padAmbuja-yugma-rukma/

vyAmohatas tad itarANi tRNAya mene /

asmadh guror bhagavathOsya dayaika-sindhO:

rAmAnujasya caraNau SaraNam prapadyE/

 

I take refuge at the feet of my AchAryan Ramanuja,

that ocean of mercy who, infatuated with the golden,

Lotus Feet of the Lord Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan,

considered all else as mere blades of grass. (what an

anubhavam!).

 

Let us now take Swami Desikan's YathirAja Sapthathi.

Verse 10 is the most beautiful sloka with great

meaning which is as follows (Translation in English

by Sri U.Ve . V.N Vedanta Desikan (from Tamil

Commentary by Villivalam Sri U Ve Narayanacharya Swamy

from Sri Nrisimhapriya magazine)

 

May Sri Ramanuja-muni, accept my humble prostration -

he whose works performed the service as the woman-

attendant for the Veda- lady (who has captivated the

Lord and is His consort), this Veda- lady holding the

Lord under her spell, in a dependent manner- so to

say.

 

Elaboration (as heard in H.H Sri Poundareekapuram

Andavan upanyaasam): There is a Pattamahishi (the

queen) - the beloved queen of the King. This queen is

the most favorite of the King and the King always

dances to her tune because he likes her for her good

virtuous qualities and above all her exquisite beauty.

This Pattamahishi is the Vedas (personified as the

lady). This lady has always the most favorite of the

King (the Lord Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan, because

it is Vedas- most Truthful).

 

This lady has not been well attended for quite some

time by the maids (they are other religions like

Advaitham, Saakkiyam, SamaNam, etc.. distorting the

Vedic beliefs and truths with wrong,

misinterpretations) and the King is not pleased with

them because the queen does not look pretty and

orderly. Her tresses (hair) is all dirty; her make up

is untidy; The hair is not oiled, not perfumed; not

combed, because of which there is lot of little knots

("sidukku"). Thus the Vedas have lost their glory and

their true nature the King (the Lord) is not pleased

with her appearance and the queen (Vedas) as well

thereby.

 

Now the king has appointed the lady (i.e Ramanuja's

Sri sookthis like Sri Bhashyam) who very nicely

brought back all the orderliness, put back everything

in place, applied oils, perfumes (with his arguments

/establishing with his philosophy) and now the Vedas

are back in its TRUE FORM; THE KING IS IMMENSELY

PLEASED.

 

I bow to such GREAT SRI RAMANUJA WHO HAS SAVED VEDAS!

 

What a narration by Sri Vedanta Desikan!

 

YathirAjar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Swami Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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