irAmAnusa nORRu anthAthi - part 4 - prabhanda gAyathri

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Srimadh Azhagiya singar thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri thiru arangatthu amudhanAr thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri Ramanujar thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri thAyAr samEtha Sri AdikEsava perumAL thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri RanganAyikA samEtha Sri RangarAjan thiruvadikaLE saraNam

 

irAmAnusa nORRu anthAthi - part 4 - prabhanda gAyathri

 

Dear bAgawathAs,

 

Reciting AchAryA thanian is so important and is sAvithri or the

pradhAna manthram for a prapannA. It is not that different if the

word gAyathri and sAvithri are used interchangably. For many

usages both thes words mean the same and can be used in different

places. Sri irAmAnusa noRRu anthAthi is also known as prabhandha

gAyathri. ie., Some used address this grantham as a prabhanda

gAyathri as well. There is a simple explanation one can provide

for this. One has to do sadhyAvandhanam thrice a day and without

fail chant or do japam on Sri gAyathri manthram. Just as similar

to Sri gAyathri manthram one has to remember this manthram known

as Sri irAmAnusa nooRRu anthAthi atleast thrice a day ie.. on all

the three kAlams.

 

One can also derive that this prabhandham or literature is called

as prabandha gAyathri for some other simple reasons as well. Sri

gAyathri has the essence of all the vEdham in it. By chanting it

one can extract the vEdha sAram in their mind body and soul.

Sameway this Sri irAmAnusa nooRRu anthAthi has the essence of all

the 4000 prabhandhams and one can distill the essence of all these

4000 prabhadhams by understanding chanting this nool as well.

Without going into the exact meaning, simple outaly for Sri

gAyathri manthram may be cited to provide a comparison. It is said

that Sri gAyathri manthram contains the jeeva prayatthanam and

Lord's aruL in it. Same way this grantham Sri irAmAnusa nooRRu

anthAthi also contains the aruL of the Lord and the jeeva

prayatthanam explained in it.

 

In order to see why Sri rAmA's name may be seen as something

equivalent to Sri gAyathri manthram an attempt is made to compare

Srimadh vAlmiki rAmAyanam and Sri gAyathri manthram. They both has

some common structure in them. Sri vAlmiki delivered Srimadh

vAlmiki rAmAyanam in 24 chapters and Sri gAyathri manthram has 24

aksharams. Srimadh vAlmiki rAmAyanam begins each chapter with each

one of the aksaram of Sri gAyathri manthram in the same order as

they appear in Sri gAyathri manthram. Sri rAma is considered as

the vEdha purushan or purusha utthaman who conducted HIMself as

per every aspect of Sri vEdhA without even a hairline deviation.

So HE is considered the essence of vEdham in this avathAram and

HIS thiru nAmam is considered the essence of vEdham. Sri gAyathri

manthram is also considered as the essence of vEdham. Sri nAlAyira

divya prabhandam is considered the vEdham. In such tamil vEdham,

the name of Sri irAmAnusar is considered as the essence or sAram

of vEdham as it appears in the tamil vEdha gayathri known as

irAmAnusa nooRRu anthAthi. The thirumEni of Sri AdisEshan is

referred to as vEdham in some places. So it is not an exaggeration

if one says that the name Sri irAmAnusar itslef is the vEdha

sAra aksharam and the nooRRu anthAthi is the gAyathri manthram.

 

Srimadh Azhagiya singar thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri thiru arangatthu amudhanAr thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri Ramanujar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

Sri thAyAr samEtha Sri AdikEsava perumAL thiruvadikaLE saraNam

Sri RanganAyikA samEtha Sri RangarAjan thiruvadikaLE saraNam

 

thiruk kudanthai Sampath Rengarajan

 

* (Refer to some details on *one of the* the avathAra rashyam of

Sri irAmAnusa as the incarnation of Sri Lakshmana and Sri

dAsarathy as the incarnation of Sri rAmA himself to serve Sri

Lakshmana in this incarnation. This well written article was

posted by Smt nAgu Satyan. This article is titled as " Re: To

FORWARD " , as it was forwarded by another bAgawathA then.

http://www2.be.com/~mani/bhakti/archives/apr96/./0066.html

 

 

 

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