Ashtasloki 14: Verse 5: Dwayam - concluded.

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

Pranam to all devotees:

 

Dwayam concluded, (as in post 9, 10, 11 & 12)

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Dasaithan The ten meanings of Dwaya Mantram are thus

explained.

 

Mantharam thrayathey the bhakthas who contemplate on these ten meanings

of the manthra are protected by

the Dwaya

Mantram by virtue of its sound

effect as well as by the

realisation of the meanings as

explained

 

Adigatha nigamaha This manthram is favoured by the

Vedas.

The Gatavalli portion of the Vedam

contains the full text

of this Dwaya Manthram. This was

first revealed by

Paramatma to Sri Mahalakshmi in

the Vaikunta Loka.

Subsequently Lord Ranganatha of

Srirangam taught the

manthram together with Thirumantram

and Charama Slokam to

Ranganayaki Thayar who in turn

taught to Vishvaksena.

 

Shadpadhaha There is a practice to treat the first word as

three words like 'sriman', 'narayana'

and 'charanow' or two

words like 'srimannarayana' and

'charanow' and explain the

meaning. Parasara Bhattar is against both

the practices. To

keep the wordings intact as per the way of

our Acharyars,

 

 

Sri Bhattar had specified that there are six words in the Dwaya Manthram.

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Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

VP Srinivasa Varadan