[sri ramanuja] Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi- 57th verse- I am not a fool to think there can be someone else who can save me!

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SrI:

SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

 

Dearest all,

 

There may be some who praise the Lord and can be

better and grander than Ramanuja… why do I say that

there is none equal to Ramanuja? aDiyaarkku ennai

Atpaduttha vimalan- says ThiruppaaNaazhwaar. He is the

One who has enslaved me to the devotees of the Lord

RanganAthan. I am the servant of servant of His

servant; I am the dust at the feet of Bhagawathas..

Says Kulasekara azhwaar. Ramanuja strictly follows

these wonderful esoteric statements of AzhwArs’ and

consider Himself as BhAgawatha dAsar. He alone is thus

the Grandest and the Peerless One. There is none equal

to him. EmperumAnAr considers these Bhaagawathaas as

bandhus. In this world, for me, there is NONE equal to

him at all. In this matter, I am not an anjnAni [do

not have wrong knowledge or lack of knowledge]

maRRoru pERu mathiyaathu, arangan malaratikkaaL

uRRava rEthanak kuRRava raaykkoLLum uththamanai

nNaRRavar pORRum iraamaa Nnuchanaiyin^ naanilaththE

peRRanan peRRapin maRRaRi yEnoru pEthaimaiyE. 57

 

Utthama purushar- Srivaishnavas consider only serving

the Beautiful ParamabhOgya Lotus feet of Sri

RanganAthan of Sri Rangam, and nothing else. They

consider only such like minded Bhagawathas as their

relation and companion. They consider only SaraNAgathy

tatvam (doctrine of surrender) as the only dharmam

that needs to be followed. Emperumaanaar- Sri

Ramanujacharya is praised wholeheartedly by such great

Sri vaishnavas, for his greatest merciful nature and

kalyANA guNAs. I am not so stupid and foolish to think

that there is something or someone else that I should

take refuge at than what I am presently blessed with-

the Bhagyam of having Sri Ramanuja with me. That

foolishness shall not bloom in me. Not any more.

 

maRu oru pERu madhiyaadhu- Not considering any other

goal as the Ultimate one to be attained [other than]

arangan malaradikku- the fresh bloomed red Lotus feet

of Lord RanganAthan

aaL utravarae- those [bhAgawathAs] who associate

themselves with these lotus feet

thanakku utravar aa koLLum- utthamanai- are considered

as the close relation by this GRANDEST One

naRRavar pORRum Iraamaanusanai- Ramanuja who is

praised by these bhAgawathaas [who are mentioned

above];

e naal nilatthae peRRanan- blessed to be with him- who

is the only BEST ONE in this four parts of vast world

[kuRinji, marudham, meydhal, mullai]

maRRu oru pEdhaimai aRiyEn- I would not have any other

thought against this.. [and if I have that, that would

be foolish of me].

 

This reminds me of Madhurakavi AzhwAr’s anbanaay

adiyEn sadhirtthEn inRE..

[from Nampillai and Namjeeyar VyAkhyAnams from Sri TCA

Venkatesan’s wonderful postings]

adiyEn:

Madhurakavi Azhvar used the words naan and en (me and

mine) during the time when he coveted his body and

soul, but now that he has gained the true knowledge he

states adiyEn.

 

sathirththEn inRE:

Madhurakavi Azhvar states that reaching the Lord does

not complete the journey; reaching Nammazhvar is what

completes the journey. He prides in the fact that his

journey is now complete because he who was attached to

several other things is now attached to Nammazhvar.

Madhurakavi Azhvar has exemplified the notion of

calling one's acharya as complete (nambi/pUrna) and

calling one's self as adiyEn (in their service).

 

EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan