Bhagavad Ramanuja Vaibhavam- 1.58- Swami emperumAnAr's devotion to Sriman nAthamuni

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika manahadesikaya nama:

 

Dearest all,

Continuing on our pastime of enjoying Bhagavad Raamanuja vaibhavam:

[as part of our series and service to Srivaishnavas to commeomorate the 1000th

year (2017)]

 

Again in this tamil verse, Amudhanaar mentions that

due to Nathamuni’s immense enjoyment of Nammaazhwar’s

sreesookthis, EmperumAnAr- Udayavar is devoted deeply

to Sriman Nathamuni.

 

Let us enjoy the 20th verse on EmperumAnAr’s enjoyment

of Nammaazhwaar:

 

aarap pozilthen kurukaip piraan,amu thaththiruvaay

eerath thamizin ichaiyuNarnN thOr_katku iniyavar_tham

cheeraip payinRuyyum cheelangoL naatha

muniyain^enchaal

vaarip parukum iraamaa NnuchanenRan maan^ithiyE. 20

 

Sweetest lovely cool Thiruvaaymzohi came out of the

Divine beautiful mouth of NammAzhwAr. Sri Nathamuni

considers himself belonging to all those who sing the

pAsurams of Thiruvaaymozhi lovingly and devotedly; he

immerses himself in the qualities of Bhagawathas who

recite Thiruvaaymozhi. Similar to a very thirsty

person dashing into a pond and hurriedly, continues to

drink incessantly, Sri Ramanujacharya placed Nathamuni

in his heart, drank him lovingly and enjoyed greatly.

Such great Sri Ramanuja is my indestructible limitless

huge wealth.

 

Madhurakavi AzhwAr realized and enjoyed Nammaazhwaar’s

sweet chaste Tamil verses. With the help and teaching

of the lineage from those who were devoted this

Madhurakavi AzhwAr, Sriman Nathamuni enjoyed the ten

verses of KanninunchiRuthaambu and the ten verses on

ArA amudhE verses. HE was so mesmerized by the

sweetness of those verses that he craved for the

remaining of those thousand verses, not satisfied with

the just ten verses of Thiruvaymozhi.

 

Since Sriman Nathamuni was a yogi, he meditated on

Swami Nammaazhwaar’s lotus feet reciting the 11 verses

of KanninunchiRuthaambu about 12000 times non-stop. He

had saakshaathkaaram [seen physically] of Swami

Nammaazhwar himself then and there. Swami blessed

Sriman Nathamuni not only with his verses; but also

the remaining verses sung by other AzhwArs.

 

Swami Nathamuni with such a bhageertha prayatthnam

[huge and enormous efforts] obtained these 4000

verses; and also taught his sishyas with abhinayam,

and rhythms, [thaaLam vazhangi thamizh maRai innisai

thandha vaLLal]; and established Arayar sEvai at

Srirangam.

 

Sriman Nathamuni thus immersed himself into these

sweet verses; established and propagated the same.

Swami also wrote Nyayatattvam, Yoga rahasyam etc..

Thus he became jagadhaacharyan and his jnAna bhakti

vairAgyam were amazing. Swamy emperumAnAr

Ramanujacharya enjoyed contemplating on the wonderful

glories of such greatest Sriman Nathamuni and mediated

on his lotus feet all the time. Such Greatest

emperumAnAr alone is our immeasurable wealth.

 

EmperumAnAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan