Gadya Thrayam - Introduction, purport and its commentaries.

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Sri:

SRIMATHE RAMANUJAYA NAMA:

 

Humble pranam to all Devotees.

 

The Saranagati gadyam is the first of three compositions of SrI Ramanuja

in Sanskrit prose. The three prose pieces (Gadyas) are expressions of the

inner experiences of the great Acharya and are to be ranked with the

mystic poetry of our Azhvars.

 

The Saranagati gadyam is actually a conversation between SrI Ramanuja,

SrI RanganAtha and His consort, srI ranganAyaki, and is a live exposition

of the doctrine of prapatti – surrender at the feet of srI Ranganatha.

 

On a Panguni Uttiram day in Sri Rangam, while Lord RanganAtha sat in

court with His consort on His divine throne, SrI Ramanuja stood before

them, surrendered himself and all his belongings to the divine and

begged that all his earthly sins be pardoned and that he be accepted in

the service of the divine couple. He got so accepted, with additional

assurance that all his spiritual protégés would be accorded what was

assured to him.

 

Thus, the assurance of acceptance was not in isolation to swami

Ramanuja alone, but to all his spiritual progeny. It is on behalf of all

humanity that Ramanuja pleaded and we, as his spiritual heirs, can feel

assured of the Lord’s grace.

 

 

The SaraNAgati Gadya is a forceful commentary of the mantra ratna

(the gem amongst mantras), the dvaya mahA mantram.

 

The shorter SrIranga gadyam is an abridged version of

the SaraNAgati gadyam and is directly addressed to swami rAmAnuja’s

personal god - mamanAtha! (my master) SrIranganAtha! The vaikunTha

gadyam expresses the yearning of our jagadAchArya to reach SrI

VaikunTha, the supreme abode of Vishnu and serve the Lord and His

Consort. It recalls in spirit the last decades of the ThiruvAimozhi of our

kulapathi, swami Nammazhvar.

 

The language of the Gadyas is nectarine. A recitation of these is bound

to please the Lord as much it stirs and satisfies the reciter. The Lord is

bound to grant our prayer, however sinful we may be, remembering the

assurance He gave to the great Master.

 

The three Gadyas have been commented upon by several of our

Acharyas. Some of these commentaries are lost to us. The ones that are

accessible to us are,

 

• The maNipravAla commentary of swami PeriyAvAchchAn PiLLai,

• The brief Sanskrit commentary of sudarsana bhattar and

• the gadya bhAsya of swami VedAnta DeSikA

 

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