SriGuNa-ratnakOSam hymn.

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carry (the onnRAna / Original) nammAzhvAr from AzhvAr-tiru-naGari on the banks

of tAmra-parNee, all the way to Srirangam for the sacred ambience of

recitation. AzhvAr and the retinue (parijanam) were encamped in the

tiru-k-kuRaL-appan (SrivAmana) shrine at the southern end of Srirangam. [in

later times, SrirAmAnuja discontinued this practice as hazardous, and

consecrated the AzhvAr shrine, next to the Grand GaruDa, in the Great Temple

itself.] SrinAtha-munikaL, in the excultation of his rediscovery of the

entire corpus of divya-prabandham, extended the festival to 20 days, with the

addition of the other three Thousand. In his time, Sri Ramanuja assigned the

Third Thousand, iyaRpA, to tiruvaranGattu-amudanAr, to be recited on the day

after AzhvAr-beatitude, at the end of the festival. The SriGuNa-ratnakOSam of

Sri Bhattar is recited, same as with SriranGa-rAja-stavam, in the psalmodist

GOshThee (which has a high presence of the descendants of Sri Parasara Bhattar

and of Sri Vedavyasa Bhattar), on the sand-stretch (maNal-veLi azhakiyAnn, west

arm of the fourth enclosure known as Ali-nADan tiru-c-chuRRu, after tiru-manGai

who apparently planned for it by leaving the vast space unbuilt). The

AzhvAr-s reach the grand palm-thatch pavilion on the next outer enclosure,

while AzhvAr, para-kAlan, and uDaiyavar reach the GOshThee site for the

recitation which begins as soon as Our Lord (nam-perumAL) sets out for the

'araiyar-sEvai' in the 'thousand-pillared' tiru-mA-maNi maNDapam. It is

totally transporting to witness the manner in which Our Lord reaches in long

strides to meet the prapanna-ultimate, AzhvAr, and the high-key recitation of

the

concluding verse, "GuNa-tunGatayA tava ranGa-patE..." The SriGuNa-ratnakOSam

is recited on the seventh day of the irA-p-pattu. This part of my report is

from personal observation while sitting behind my brother Sri Kannan reciting

in the GOshThee. I am not wiser than you, Mani, but Sri Guna Ratna Kosha is

perhaps written SriGuNa-ratnakOSam as indicated. It is not a mere prefixing

of the Sri honorofic, but signifies the treasure of the benignities of Sri.

As befits the SrivaishNava sampradAyam. Best wishes from tirumanjanam Sundara

Rajan

Roman">(Srirangam) ramanuja "Mani Varadarajan"

<manimani > Fri, 10 Feb 2006 11:56:51 -0800

[ramanuja] Use if Sri Guna Ratna Kosha srimate ramanujaya namahDear Friends,A

western scholar with whom I'm in touch was curious about how Sri Bhattar's

"Sri Guna Ratna Kosha" was used formally, whether it is used in any particular

worship

at home or in temples. If any of you can fill me in, particularly those of

youwho are familiar with the kramas in Divya Desams, I would be greatly

obliged.Please email me directly if possible.with regards,adiyen ramanuja

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