[sri ramanuja] Fwd: Re:Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi- 38th verse- why did Ramanuja wait so long for saving me! I have wasted all these years!

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Srimathe Ramanujaya Namah:

 

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– Dasan Srinivasan

 

 

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namah:

 

 

Revered Prabanna Janah:

 

 

Sirasabhivadhanams. Sri Maadavakannan's anugraham of

comments on Amudhanar's Iramanusa Noortthandadi (38th

pasuram) as usual, evokes immense pleasure and stirs

up various connected thoughts.

 

 

As on earlier occasions, I wish to share the thoughts

evoked by the comments of Sri Madhavakannan, with a

plea 'gunavat sangraham kurthat dhoshadastu

visarchayet'.

 

 

Sri Bhagwat gunanubhavam is inseparable from Vedanda

rahasyas and to establish this truth at various

places, our Poorvacharyas have bestowed on us the

benefit of Vedanda gnanam simultaneously with Bhagwat

gunanubhavam. Vedantha cannot be anything, but

reflection of Bhagwat Aasridhars ..

'Twathasridhanam.............bhavanthi

leelas.vidhayascha vaidhikas twadheeya gambheera

manonucharina..;as our Prathamacharya Sri Alavandhar

says. .

 

 

The 38th pasura (Aakki adimai nilaippiththanai..) of

Iramanua Noortthandadi is one such pasuram where

Amudhanar's wondering why he was left astray so long

in the past and how he was blessed now with the

ulimate purushartha of Adimai – Bhagawatha seshadwam -

brings out the Nirankusa Swathandaryam of Emperuman.

Swaapathesartham implies a cardinal Vedantha rahasya,

viz., Paragathasweekaram and highest Purushartha as

Swayam Prayojana Bhakthi. Sri Nammalwar's pasuram

'Isaivitthennai yun thalinaikkeez

irutthummammanae.......(Thiruvaimozhi 5.8.9) for

instance is yet another exposition of Vedantha. His

lamentation 'Inru yennaip porulakki...... anru yennai

puram pogappunartthathu en seivan? (Thiruvaimozhi

10.8.9) shows his 'twaritha chithila chittham –

yearning for 'peru' purushartham – Aartha prabhanna

lakshanam.

 

 

Our Arulichcheyal treasure is unique because of its

Bhagwat gunanubhavam interwowen with Vedantha and I

implore our Ubhaya Vedanthapravarthaka adhikarigal to

give us the benefit and pleasure of these two Gnana

Amruthapthams simultaneously wherever possible

following the footsteps of our Poorvacharyas.. A place

is accorded above the Vedas for anulichcheyal. Mikka

vediyaar vedatthinutporul nirkap padi yen nenchul

nirutthinan....... (Kanninun sirutthambu) .

 

 

Swamy Emperumanar, relies on Nayaamatma shruthi

(Naayamaatma pravachanena na labya: na medhaya: na

bahutha shruthena: yamevaisha vrunuthe thena lbya,

thasyaisha aatma vivrunuthe thanoom swam – Mund 3.2.3

– 'Yam' here denotes Swayam Prayojana Bhaktinishtas,

according to poorvacharyas - ) Read with Kausheethaki

'Yesha hye eva sadhu karma karayatha tham yamebyo

lokeabya unnneeshadi.......) Swami Emperumanaar

exposes the true meaning of Bhagwat Geetha .Na aham

vedhair na thapasa na dhanena na jyejyaya.... Bhakthya

twananyaya sakya...... praveshtumcha paranthaba' (B.G.

..11 – 53 & 54) Swamy relies on these two shruthees

again to expose the meaning of Brahmasutra 3.2.34

“Upapattheschha” .Places where this essential

siddhantham - Paragathasweekaram - is stressed in

Arulichcheyal are plenty. Hence Swami Desikan says

“Yath yath krutthyam shrutheenam Munigana vihithai: se

Ithihasai: Puranai: thathrasow sathva seemna

Sadamadhana Muneh

 

 

 

 

samhitha: Sarvabhoumi' (Dravidopanishad Thathparya

Rathnavali). How apt the tribute given by Swami

Desikan is explicit here!

Amuthanar having wondered why he was left astray so

long and how the grace has fallen on him now, himself

gives us the answer he got from Swami Emperumanaar in

Noortthandadi pasuram 45 – Peru onru matrillai nin

sarananri ap peru alittharku aruonrumillai matru

acccharananri........ Similar to Sri Nammalwar's

“Aarenekku nin padame saranaha thanthozhinthai...

 

 

Vedantha cannot be anything, but reflection of ;..

'assridhanam........bhavanthi leela .vidhayascha

vaidhikas twadheeya gambheera manonucharina..;as our

Prathamacharya Sri Alavandhar says. .

 

 

For authenticity (aapthikku), thought fit to draw

support from every little known sources to strengthen

the relevance and hence brevity is sacrificed.

 

 

Adiyen Dasan Thiruvali Paravastu Srinivasan