Bhagavad Ramanuja Vaibhavam- 1.38- To that king among Yogis, let me pay my obeisance again and again

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

 

continuing on swami yamunachary's praise on his grand father -cum-

prapracharyan- Sriman Nathamuni

 

Sloka 3 of sthothra rathnam

 

Alavandhar now enjoys his grandfather; acharyan for

others- Sriman Nathamuni blessing us with his

wonderful granthas and also getting to us with

AzhwAr’s verses and declares that he was yogisrEshtar,

offering his praNAmams again and again.

 

bhUyO namO(s)parimithAchyutha bhakti tattva

jnAnAmrtAbdhi parivaaha sibhair vachObi:

lOkEvatheerNa paramaarttha samagra bhakthi yOgAya

NAthamunayE yaminaam varaaya

 

Unbounded, limitless Lord’s subject matter namely,

Bhakti and jnAnam; such bhakti jnAnam have over

flooded and poured out in the form of most auspicious

Sri sookthis [of Sriman nAThamuni]; and through

blessing us in this world with the wondefrful divine

granthas (prabandhams) of AzhwArs filled with bhakti;

and through these works, AzhwAr pasurams, came down

and established the unparalled supremacy of Sriman

Narayanan and the truthful, correct nature of His

roopa, swaroopa, vibhUthis and about Him, [our

Nathamuni] had limitless, uninterrupted bhakti yoga.

To that king among Yogis, let me pay my obeisance

again and again.

 

My humble Obeisance to Sriman Nathamuni again and

again– the best among those who have subdued the

senses; by whose works, granthas; which are the

overflow of unlimited love and jnAnam of the Lord

Achutha; due to which – the true bhakti yoga appears

to have landed onto the earth.

 

Achyutha bhakti, tattva jnAna- cane be interpreted to

be the jnAnam based on his own works as well as on the

works of AzhwArs, Sage vyAsa, Parasara et al; He

blessed us with nyAya tattva and Yoga rahasya

granthas. Also he propagated the AzhwAr’s verses; He

performed bhakti yoga as mere pleasing to the Lord

even after he performed Prapatti and thus it is swayam

prayOjanam. That is also kind of dhyAnam and hence it

is also termed yoga as well. The dhyAna yogam came

down to his sishya Thirukurugaikkavalappan and could

not be reached to Sri Yamunacharya. The Yoga rahasya

though was not passed on later, it could probably be

there during Alavandhar's time and hence lOkEvatheerNa

word is indeed apt. Thus having even performed

Prapatti and been blessed with the same, Sriman

nAThamuni did not leave his dhyAnam and enjoying of

the Lord in uninterrupted meditation i.e. yogam and

hence he was king among Yogins.

 

Sri Alavandhar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan