Sri Ramanujacharya Thirunakshathram Today- Let us rededicate ourselves to follow and practise our unparalleled Sampradayam in letter and in spirit

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SRI:

SrImathE Ramanujaya nama:

Dearest All,

 

Today is the most wonderful day.

 

The Thirunakshathram of Sri Ramanujacharya (Chitthirai

Tiruvaadhirai). It is adiyEn's intent to call you all

and enjoy immersing ourselves in the most merciful,

most auspicious, greatest kalyANa guNAs of YathirAjar-

Udayavar- Emperumaanaar, Sri Ramanujacharya.

 

He is unparalleled, unmatched.. a wonderful leader.

 

Sri Ramanujacharya with His towering personality- Fair

complexioned- with dwAdasa oordhva pUndram (12

ThirumaN), the pristinely pure saffron sanyaasi robe

(that adds beauty to the fair complexion further), the

dark tresses curly hair of sikhA which is so charming

on His moon like Divine smiling face laden with dayA

on us, (Charming Most graceful hirumukham), the white

bright pooNool (yagnOpaveedham), the strong

thridhaNdam, the lovely Lotus feet- Oh Lord! What a

sight It could have been, to those Srivaishnavas must

have been blessed with!

 

How nice it would have been to witness Sri

Ramanujacharya, walking so gracefully with such an

enchanting personality, with his group of sishyas of

calibre like KooratthAzhwAn, MudaliANdaan, Embaar, Boy

Paraasara Bhattar, Kidaambhi Acchaan, and others….

What a sight! Once, even Periya Nambhi (who had

initiated Sri Ramanuja with Pancha smaskaram) saw this

group coming in the front and prostrated on the ground

falling flat. When asked, he said " It appeared to me

as if Alavandhaar is coming with his sishyas!

 

This scene of Divine Beauty of Sri Ramanuja reminds me

of Embaar's poem on the azhagu of Ramanuja and

declares in the end " illai enaaku edhir; illai enakku

edhir; illai enakku edhirE! " There is none equal to

me; none equal to me; none equal to me! " . True!

 

There is NONE equal to us FOR BEING BLESSED WITH Sri

Ramanuja (sampradayam)!

 

EmbAr's description:

 

parppOm enatthigazh pai~nkazhal unRan pallavamE

viralum/ paavanamAgiya painthuvaraadai pathintha

marunkazhagum/ muppuri noolodu munkail yEndhiya

mukkOlthan azhagum/ munnavar tandhidum mozhikaL

niRaindhidu muruval nilAvazhahum/ kaRpagamE vizhi

karunai pozhindhidum kamalkkaNN azhagum/ kaarisuthan

kazhalsoodiya mudiyum kana naRRsihai mudiyum/

yeppozhudhum ethiraaJan vadivazhaghu yen idhayatthuL

uLLathaal/ illai enakku edhir; illai enakku edhir;

illai enakku edhirE! "

 

Embar's enjoyment of seeing Sri Ramanujacharya's lotus

feet, tender fingers reminding one of the creepers,

sacred safforn robe, most auspicious pooNool,

thridandam, His enchanting smile laden with dayA,

large dark eyes reminiscent of wish yielding kaRpaka

maram (tree), the kudumi (sikhA) formed by abundant

tresses is simply beautiful.

 

EmbAr declares that there is no one equal to him;

since YathirAjan's Divine Beauty lingers in his heart.

 

There are nine divine works of our dearest AchAryA.

(nava rathnangaL)

 

1. Sri Bhashyam- The commentary on Brahma sUthrA that

establishes

Vishishtadvaitic Siddhaantham.

2. Vedantha saarA-

3. Vedantha DeepA-

4. Vedantha sangraham- These three provide shorter

and intermediate

versions of the commentary on Brahma sUthram.

 

The above three provide the most authoritative texts

for us to comprehend the glory of Bhagavadh Ramanuja

Siddhaantham.

 

5. GitA bhashyam- Self explanatory.

6. SharanAgathy Gadhyam - Prose type composition on

his ultimate surrender to Lord through Periya Piraatti

Sri MahA Lakshmi’s recommendation and assurance and

the Lord’s reply.

7. Sri Rnga Gadhyam- Prose type composition on his

disqualification and Sri Ranganathan’s most auspicious

attributes

8. Sri Vaikunta Gadhyam- The jIvan’s travel to Sri

vaikuntam and the beautiful narration of the Parama

Padham and its Nathan.

9. Nityam- The Nitya karma anushtaanangaL, a sri

vaishnavan shall perform daily.

 

KooratthAzhwAn composed a thaniyan on Sri Ramanujar,

which is well known to the group.

 

yo nityam acyuta-padAmbuja-yugma-rukma/

vyAmohatas tad itarANi tRNAya mene /

asmadh guror bhagavato 'sya dayaika-sindhO:

rAmAnujasya caraNau SaraNam prapadyE/

 

I take refuge at the feet of my AchAryan Ramanuja,

that ocean of mercy who, infatuated with the golden,

Lotus Feet of the Lord Sriya:Pathi Sriman Narayanan,

considered all else as mere blades of grass. (what an

anubhavam!).

 

kaarEy karuNai Ramaanujaa. yaarE aRivaar nin aruLin

thanmai?

 

It is RamanujAchArya's grace that we are in the midst

of such great Srivaishnava Bhagawathas, to share their

anubhavams with us on this day.

 

Sri CG Balaji Swami from Bangalore reminded us today

that: in addition to swAmy rAmAnuja, today is also the

thirunakshatrams of -

 

- swAmy AtrEya rAmAnuja appuLLAr

- swAmy mahA-parakAla

brahmatantra-swatantra-parakAla-mahA-dESika - 21st

pattam

- swAmy rAmAnuja

brahmatantra-swatantra-parakAla-mahA-dESika - 25th

pattam and

- swAmy sAkShAt swAmy - SrImath vEdAnta-rAmAnuja

mahA-dESika

 

EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Namo Narayana

adiyEn

 

 

 

 

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Madhavakkannan V wrote:

 

 

 

 

Dasan

I heard tharamanuja had made

vedartha sangraham perhaps may be inadvertantly mentioned as vedantha

sangraham.

Am I correct?

 

4. Vedantha sangraham-