Bhagavad Ramanuja Vaibhavam- 1.66- Yatiraja's srisukthis are nothing but Veda Vedanta saaraartthams

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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)]

 

Swami Desikan in his Yathiraaja Sapthathi

summed up the uniqueness and significance

of the Yathi Saarvabhoumaa's Sri Sooktis

as the river of life-sustaining nectar flowing

in our ears( srothra kuhare sudhaa-saaram

nishinjanthi ).He elaborated further about

the ultimate effect of that nectar this way :

the Sri Sookthis of Yathiraajar serve as a

cloud pouring down the copious rain of eternal moksham

(Yathi Purandarasya ukthaya: aksharam amrutham ksharanthi).

These Sri Sookthis serve us further as the means of tastimg

the delectable nectar of Bhagavdh anubhavam that chases away

any potential narakaanubhavam ( Lakshmana ukthi: naraka-

mathana sevaa aasvaadha naadimdhamaa na: ).

 

Our Yathiraajaa's Sri Sookthis are rooted in

the four Vedaas and in Upanishads that serve

as the crown of the Vedaas ( Sruthi Sirasi vidheeptha

kireetam ).In one of his Yathiraaja Sapthathi

slokams , Swami Sri Desikan explains the roles

played by our Paramaachaaryan's Sri Sookthis :

they act as the essence of the ancient Rg vedam ;

they serve as the meanings of the Saama vedam ;

they serve as a brilliant commentary for the

Yajur vedam ; they stand as the saaraarthams

of the Atharva veda manthrams and finally they

serve as the radiant lamp that illuminates

the tattva thrayams ( Isvaran, Chethanam and

Achethanam )and their integral relationship.

 

[Reference: Sri Satakopan Swami's write up on Yathiraja]

 

Acharyan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan