Srishailesha Mantra Sezhumporul

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Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Srimath Varavaramunaye Nama:

 

Srishailesha Mantra SemporuL

 

 

By Karappangadu Venkatacharyar Swami

 

 

It is not an exaggeration to say that there is no greater

mantra than the Srishailesha mantra which was given by the

supreme Lord Sri Ranganatha Himself.

 

Manavala Mamunigal was the target for the complete grace

of his acharya ("srishailesha dayApAtram"), Thiruvaymozhip

Pillai. The fruit of that devotion to his acharya is shown

not as bhagavat prApti but as yatIndra prAvaNyam and

dhIbhaktyAdi guNArnavam. As Swami himself shows "enthai

thiruvAymozhip piLLai innaruLAl vantha", his possessing

extreme devotion to Ramanuja and his being the ocean of

qualities such as knowledge, devotion and determination,

came about due to his acharya's grace. A person who

posseses wealth enjoys it just by being the owner of

that wealth and nothing else. Similarly, Swami being

Yatindra Pravana and possessing great qualities happened

by his acharya's grace - as he is srishailesha dayAtpAtra.

 

By acharya's nature of being a benefactor, association and

devotion to Ramanuja, who is the deliverer, occurs. Swami

shows his devotion and madhurakavi nishtai to Ramanuja in

Yatiraja Vimshati ("rAmAnujArya! karuNaiva tu madgatiste")

and in Arthi Prabandham ("mAsil thirumalaiyAzhvAr ennai

nEsaththAl ninpAl sErththAr", "unthan abhimAnamE

uththArakamenRu sinthai seythirukkac seytha nI anthO!

ethirAsA! sathirAga nin thiruththAL thA", "avarkkAy

ethirAsar emmaik kadugap paramapatham thannil ERRuvar,

enna bayam namakkE", "ethirAsar tham abimAnamennum

pOthaththai ERip pavamAm puNarithanaik kadanthu pAthak

karailayak kuRuguvanE"). In Upadesa Ratthinamalai too,

as phalasruti Swami says "enthai ethirAsara innaruLukku

ilakkAgi sathirAga vAzhnthiduvar".

 

Therefore, the greatest meaning that Mamunigal shows is

that the 4 akshara names ethirAja and rAmAnuja are

greater than the 4 akshara name nArAyaNa. And this

meaning is present in the thaniyan given by Namperumal.

 

Let us recite the divine name 'ramya jAmAtru muni' which

has even the Lord's divine name in it, and surrender to

Swami ("vande ramya jAmAtaram munim").

 

 

Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam