Guest guest Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 Sri:Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: shrIman nigamAnta mahAdeshikai: anugrihItam || kumAra lokAchArya pa~nchAshat || Shloka 6: kUresha govinda padAravinda sevArasAmodita chiththa bhUmA |bhaTTAryavaryopi sukham dadAtu mamAdya vedAntimunIshvareNa || Meaning: bhaTTAryavaryopi - (May) Sri Parasara BhattarvedAnti munIshvareNa - along with Nanjeeyar (who was known as Vedanti),sevArasa Amodita chiththa bhUmA - who has the heart filled with pleasure due to the sweetness of the servicekUresha govinda padAravinda - done at the divine lotus feet of Kooraththazhvan and Embar,dadAtu - givesukham - happinessmama - to meadya - now. In this shloka, Swami Desikan is doing mangalashasanam to four acharyas: Sri Kooraththazhvan, Sri Embar, Sri Parasara Bhattar and Nanjeeyar.Kooraththazhvan is the father and acharya to Bhattar. Anotherof Ramanuja's disciples, Embar, is also an acharya to Bhattar.When Bhattar and his brother Srirama Pillai were born, Sri Ramanuja came to see the children of Kooraththazhvan. It wasEmbar who carried the children to Udaiyavar. When Ramanujasaw the kids he asked about the divine fragrance on them.Embar admitted that to protect the children he had said theDvaya mantram in their ears. So, Ramanuja decided that Embarshould be their acharya. However, one time when Kooraththazhvan was teaching the meanings of the rahasya traya to his disciples, he alsoincluded Bhattar in the group, as he feared that postponingteaching the great meanings of the rahasyas to any one was not a good thing. Bhattar's disciple Nanjeeyar was called Vedanti prior tosurrendering to Bhattar. After Bhattar won Vedanti over in adebate (through the meanings of Thirunedunthandagam), heleft him at Thirunarayanapuram and returned to Srirangam.Due to the behaviour of his wives toward Srivaishnavas one time, Vedanti renounced everything, became a sanyasi and came to Bhattar. Seeing him, Bhattar exclaimed 'Come, Our Jeeya! ("vArIr! nam jIyarE")'. From that time onward he came to be known as Nanjeeyar.Desikan is saluting these great acharyas in this shloka. Vedanta Desikan Thiruvadigale SharanamPillai Lokacharyar Thiruvadigale SharanamAzhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan http://www.acharya.org Shape in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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