Tanian of 45th paTTa Azhagiyasi~ngar

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SrI LakshmInRusimha ParabramhaNE namaH

SrI LakshmInRusimha divya pAdukA sEvaka SrIvaN SaThakOpa -

SrI nArAyaNa yatIndra mahAdESikAya namaH

 

namO nArAyaNa!

 

Dear all,

 

A devotee asked for the meaning of the tanian of current

Azhagiyasi~ngar's tanian. Here it goes ....

 

Tanian of SrImad Villivalam Azhagiyasi~ngar (45th paTTam),

SrI NArAyaNa yatIndra mahAdESika :

 

SrImat-ra~nga-SaThAri samyamivarAt(l)-labhda-aagama-anta-dvayam

SrImat-vIra-raghUtvahAdya-SaThajit-pAdAravinda-aaSrayam |

SrImat-vEda-avatamsa-dESikayatEH kAruNya-vIkshA-aaspadam

sEvE ra~nga-dhurINa-SAsana-vaSam nArAyaNam yOginam ||

 

Meaning :

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My salutations/worship unto nArAyaNa yOgi who

 

a. Obtained/Learnt ubhaya-vEdAnta from In~jimETTu

Azhagiyasi~ngar;

 

b. took refuge at the lotus feet of DEvanArviLAgam Azhagiyasi~ngar;

 

c. was the recipient of the merciful glances of MukkUr

Azhagiyasi~ngar;

 

d. is attracted to the royal command of Lord Ra~nganAtha.

 

 

Allied features to be remembered for these four things respectively:

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* Ubhaya-VEdAnta kAlakshEpam and also SamASrayaNam under

In~jimETTu Azhagiyasi~ngar.

 

* Bhara-nyAsam, apart from Ubhaya-VEdAnta kAlakshEpam too under

DEvanArviLAgam Azhagiyasi~ngar.

 

* Nominated as a yati by Mukkur Azhagiyasi~ngar.

 

* The sannyAsa-Aashrama svIkAram took place at SrI-ra~ngam.

 

 

Notes :

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* SaThAri refers to one who his the enemy of SaTha vAyu, which

actually influences the new born babies to get bounded by

prakRuti ie.samsAra. Since NammAzhvAr controlled the SaTha-vAyu,

he is addressed as " SaThAri " . SaThakOpa implies a similar

meaning. SaThajit also refers to the same meaning.

(ji => To conquer).

 

* The first AchArya of SrI Ahobila Muth is SrI Aadi-vaN SaThakOpa

JIyar. Intimate connection got established between this JIyar

and NammAzhvAr when the former obtained the latter's

archa-mUrti at AazhvAr thirunagari and re-concecrated it.

The title " vaN-SaThakOpa " is used for all the JIyars who

followed this JIyar. Some JIyars had " SaThakOpa " as a part of

their thirunAmam (name) also. The first JIyar was named as

" SaThakOpa " Yati by Lord Lakshmi NRusimha.

 

* ra~nga-SaThAri refers to SrI SrIra~nga SaThakOpa yatIndra -

mahAdESika, popularly known as In~jimETTu Azhagiyasi~ngar

(42nd paTTam). yati-indra implies " Prince of Yatis " . Originally,

Bhagavad RAmAnuja was known as " YatIndra " and " YatirAja " .

Many sannyAsis of this sampradAyam do caryy over that title.

dESika implies " AchArya " .

 

* samyami is same as yati Or SannyAsi. To be more specific,

it refers to one who has controlled all indriyas and mind,

for performing yOga/dhyAna on SrIman NArAyaNa,the Para-Bramhan.

 

* samyamivarAt + labdha = samyamivarAllabdha.

 

* labh => To obtain.

 

* aagama-anta-dvayam refers to Ubhaya-VEdAnta. aagama-anta is the

end of aagama ie.vEdas, which is vEda-anta = vEdAnta.

Ubhaya-VEdAnta => Twin-VEdAnta, comprising that of Sanskrit as

well as Tamil (by AzhwArs).

 

* vIra-raghUtvahAdya-SaThajit : This refers to SrI VIrarAghava

yatIndra mahAdESika, popularly known as dEvanArviLAgam

Azhagiyasi~ngar (43rd paTTam). The middle word refers to

one born in the lineage of King Raghu, implying the name

Raghava (RAma).

 

* avatamsa refers to " crown " . vEda-avatamsa refers to vEdAnta.

 

* vEda-avatamsa-dESika-yatEH refers to SrI VEdAnta dESika yatIndra

mahAdESika, popularly known as MukkUr Azhagiyasi~ngar

(44th paTTam).

 

* vIkshA implies seeing,glance.

 

* dhurINaH implies " Chief " Or " Lord " / " Master " . ra~nga-dhurINa

implies ra~nganAtha.

 

* SAsanam implies " Royal Command " or " Law " .

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aDiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,

anantapadmanAbhan alias Anand

Villivalam Azhagiyasi~ngar thiruvaDi.