from Smt. Sheela Belur - stOtra ratna - 11

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namO namO yAmunAya yamunAya namO nama:

namO namO yAmunAya yamunAya namO nama:

 

slokam 11:

 

svAbhAvika anavadhikAtishaya Ishitrutvam

nArAyana tvayi na mrushyati vaidika: ka:|

bramhaa shiva: shatamakha: parama swarAD

ityEtEpi yasya mahimArNava vipruShastE ||

 

tvayi - in you,

svabhAvika - a natural attribute,

anavadhika - transcending time,

atishaya - great,

Ishitrutvam - universal Lordship,

vaidika: - knower of the vEdAs,

ka: who (will),

namrushyati - not tolerate?,

Bramha - four faced bramha,

shiva: - rudra,

shatamakha: - dEvEndra,

parama svarat - The supreme Lord over all brahma,

siva: etc.}

iti - so saying,

EtEpi - all of them,

yasya - which (ParamapuruSha SrimannArAyana),

tE - your,

mahimArNava - ocean of greatness,

vipruSha: - (seem like)drops of water.

 

tAtparyam:

 

Oh, Supporter of the universe! Who , being knower of

the vEdAs, will not accept your limitless universal

supremacy? Every being, including Bramha, Shiva, Indra

 

are like drops of water in the ocean of your

greatness.

 

Special notes:

 

This was the slOka that Sri rAmAnuja heard being

recited by mahApUrNa (perianambi) when the latter was

sent by ALavandAr to bring the former from kAnchIpuram

 

to srIrangam. Perianambi recited this slOka standing

in front of sri Anantha Somayaji's house. As soon as

Sri rAmAnuja heard this, he decided to immediately

accompany Perianambi to darshan of AlavandAr, the

composer of this sloka. As we all know, Lord's will

was different and Sri rAmAnuja could only get darshan

of AlavandAr's mortal remains. It was then that sri

rAmAnuja took an oath to the effect that he would , if

 

the Lord willed, carry out the three unfulfilled

desires of sri ALavandAr.

 

ALavandAr tiruvadigalE saranam

 

 

 

 

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