Sri Alavandar's Sthothra Rathnam translation

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srimatE rAmAnujAya nama:

 

srivaravaramunayE nama:

 

 

 

srimadvangi kulothamsam

 

makarAdra kruthOdayam

 

vAthsalyambu nidhi srimAn

 

nArAyana gurumbhajE

 

srivEnkatEsha yathIshAryam

 

AchAryam pitharambhajE

 

nArAyana thanayam

 

drAvidAmnAya dEsikam

 

 

 

Dear Bagavathas:

 

Today is adiyal's Acharyan U.Ve.V.T.Tirunarayana Iyengar's (TirunArAyanapuram)

99th tirunakshatram. Being the

 

centennial year it is adiyal's desire to devote atleast sometime everyday to

what Acharyan stood for.

 

Starting from today, adiyal plans to post translation of Alvandar's stothra

rathnam in English.

 

This is taken from an ancient book in Kannada the author's name for which is not

available.

 

Praying to Alwars, Emberumanar and Acharyas to make this humble attempt to be

carried out

 

without interruptions, adiyals starts with the thaniyan and the first slokam in

this posting.

 

A humble request to Bhagavathas - please correct any mistakes that may occur due

to

 

adiyal's poor translation ability ....

 

alwAr EmberumAnAr Jeer tiruvadigalE saranam

 

rAmAnuja dAsi

 

Sriranganayaki Sheela

 

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namo namo yamunAya yAmunAya namO nama:

 

namo namo yamunAya yAmunAya namO nama:

 

Thaniyan:

 

swadayanniha sarvesham thrayanthArtham sudurgraham

 

sthOthrayAmAsa yOgindra stham vandE yAmunAhvayam

 

sadurgraham - that which can not be easily understood, thrayanthartham -

vEdAnthArtham (thrayee- 3 vedas

 

, antha - their end , artham - vedanthartham) , iha - in this world , sarveshAm

- to everyone, swAdayan - telling

 

in a way that kindles their interest, sthOthrayAmAsa - composed in the form of

sthOthra, tham - such a ,

 

yAmunAhwayam - named yAmunAchArya , yOgIndra- sage, vandE - I humbly prostrate.

 

tAtparya: It is extremely difficult for ordinary people to learn the vedArthas .

In order that such ordinary people

 

develop a taste for and understand vedArtha, Sri YAmunachArya gifted us with

this SthOthra rathna. I pay

 

obeisance to such a philanthrophic sage.

 

ShlOkam1

 

namOachintyAdbhutha klishta jnana vairAgya rAshayE

 

nAthAya munayE agadha bhaghavad bhakthi sindhavE

 

achintya - beyond imagination, adhbhutha - amazing, aklishta - very easy

 

jnAna - knowledge about Paramatma, vairAgya - renounciation of worldly desires

 

rAshayE- mountain of, agAdha - deeper than imaginable, bhagavad bhakthi sindhavE

-

 

immersed in the ocean of devotion, munayE- one who is contantly thinking of

bhagavAn,

 

nAthaya - to srimannAthamuni , nama: - I prostrate

 

tatparyam : SriamannAthamuni was full of knowldege about ParamAthman and

vairagyam

 

towards worldly desires. Although his devotion was like a deep ocean whose depth

can

 

not be estimated by us, it was easy and amazing to understand it. He was

constantly

 

immersed in Bhagavad dhyAnam. I prostrate to such a great nathamuni.

 

Background: Srimannathamuni is the first among our achAryas and is the grand

father

 

of Sri Alavandar and lived in VeeranArAyanapuram (kattu mannArgudi sannidhi).

 

Just like Veda Vyasa categorized the vedas into four, SrimannAthamuni recovered

 

the lost dravida vedas by his great effort and categorized it as nalAyira divya

 

prabhandhams and gifted it to the people of this world to enjoy it.

 

 

 

 

 

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