Bhagavad Ramanuja Vaibhavam- 1.34- Our Acharyas place us in the path laid out by Nammazhwar

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Today Vaikaasi Visaakam - Swami Nammazhwar - Our Kula OPathi- Prapanna Jana

santhAna kooTasthar - Thirunakshathram

This post is dedicated unparalleled Nammazhwar's glories.

 

Let us pay our obeisance to Swami Nammazhwar'

Swami Desikan prabandham Paramapatha bhangam – 2nd verse says:

 

vidun^eRiyanchi vidath thodakkiya

vithiyaradainthu thozhaththa zhaiththathezhu

vizhiyaruL thanthu vilakkadikkaLai

virakiliyampi vilakki vaiththanar

 

koduvinaiyen pathanaith thinaiththanai

koNar_tha likantha kuNaththanaththinar

kurukaiyil vanthu kozhuppadakkiya

kulapathi thantha kuRippil vaiththanar

 

kadun^arakan pugazhaRRi maRRoru

kathi peRumanpilemaip poruththinar

kamalaiyugantha kadaR kidaikkadal

karuNai yuyarnthathidark korukkinar

 

padumuthalinRi vaLarththa naRkalai

palapalavonRa vemakkuraiththanar

pazha maRaiyanthi nadaik kidaichchuvar

paramathamenRathidiththa paththarE.

 

Considering other religions and non-vedic and avaideeka sampradayams, as the

walls and hurdles for the Vedanta maarga, those walls

 

Idittha patthar- were torn apart by ardent devotees, our unparalleled acharyas;

 

Vidu neRi anji – feeling scared to enter into the forbidden track of wrong

path in lives;

Vidath thodakkiya – beginning to discard of (those wrong paths);

Vidhiyar- such fortunate and blessed ones (we are);

Adaindhu thozha – in order to save us – (acharyas made themselves so easily

accessible for us to prostrate their feet;

Thazhaitthu yezha – grows further more and more

aruLvizhi thandhu- they gave us (their merciful glances) with their parama

krupai;

vilakku adi – those that need to be dispelled (those paapams that are hurdles

for getting higher and grander fruits)

kaLai – the weeds (paapams)

iyambi- (acharyas) explained to us (all of those things in lucid manner) with

daya;

vilakki -thus by explaining, they kept us out of such wrong paths and paapams

viragil vaitthanar – (based on our qualifications and capacities), made us

follow the prescribed easier paths

(those greatest acharyas) kodu vinai enpadhanai – cruel karmic diseases and

deeds

thinaitthanai koNardhal igandha – not an iota of such deeds approach them;

these acts are brushed aside;

guNathanatthinar – being possessed of wealth of most auspicious sattvika

guNas;

 

kurugaiyil vandhu – Took avathAram in the divine place of Thirukkuruhoor;

kozhuppu adakkiya – (other mathasthars’- religions’) (futile attempts)

were tamed by (the sreesookthis- works of)

kulapathi thandha – the path and works laid out by and shown by Swami

Nammazhwaar

kuRippil vaitthanar – these acharyas placed us in (the essence of path shown

by Nammazhwar)

 

kadu naraku – the cruel nakaram is caused by paapa karmas

anu kazhaRRi- removing and getting us rid of attachment to such karmas and love

for such karmas (these merciful acharyas)

maRRoru gathi peRum anbil – To attain the “other†destination, and love

for it

emmaip porutthinar – made us in it (that path with love)

kamalai ugandha – The One who is so loving and endearing to PiraaTTi Sri

Mahalakshmi;

kadalkidaikadal – The ocean of compassion, daya- Sriman Narayanan reclining in

the ocean of milk; (blue hued ocean reclining on white milky ocean)

karuNai uyarndha thidarkku – The upper (zenith) region i.e. personification of

Daya, and kripa of Sriman Narayanan

orukkinar – placed us under His Lotus Feet

 

padumudhal inRi – that which has no end or no reason for perishing;

vaLarndha – that which has grown always from strength to strength

palapala naRkalai- the very many vidyas

onRa emakku uraitthanar- imparted to us so that those are understood by us well

and rightly

 

Summary: The other religions were standing like the blocks for the right and

unparalleled vaideeka sampradaya. Those walls were torn open by our unparalleled

merciful acharyas – ardent devotees of Sriman Narayanan- thorugh their works

aand sree sookthis and winning over the opponents.

 

Such greatest acharyas- we are able to identify and feeling scared of our own

paapams and attempting to get rid of such paapams, we approached them for saving

us. We are so fortunate and blessed. They showered us first with their merciful

glances. They explained to us in details what are the worng paths and why we

should get rid of them as well dislike doing or falling in love with such deeds.

They made us do some good deeds and act on right path. They ensured that we

don’t accrue any more of our paapams – such most auspicious attributes they

are possessed with. GuNa paripoorNar.

 

They made us follow the right and wonderful path laid out so beautifully by our

Kula pathi – Prapanna jana santhAna kootasthar- Swami Nammazhwar. They made us

have intense desire to take the path that would enable us attain

mokshaanubhavam. They made us recipient of the daya of Swami our dearest Lord

Sriman Narayanan- the blue hued ocean of compassion, who reclines on while milky

ocean- the one who is endearing to Sri Mahalakshmi. They taught us ever truthful

vishayams of Bhagawaan. Such great upakarams – our unparalleled acharyas have

done for us.

 

NammAzhwAr ThiruvadigalE SaraNam

Regards

namo narayana

dAsan