Iraamaanusa Nootrandhaadhi Vyakhyanam in English - Post 1 (Intro)

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Respected Ramanuja Bhaktas,

 

For the benefit of those who may not yet be members of Bhakti List or

, I am forwarding the English translations of Velukkudi

Krishnan Swamy's discourses on IrAmAnusa NootrandhAdhi. This devotional

hymn consists of 108 verses in praise of Sri Ramanuja, describing his

life, his greatness, and the temples and great teachers that he served.

It also promotes a very important aspect of the SriVaishnva faith that

in my opinion, serves as the main message of the International Ramanuja

Society: Faithful connection to Sri Ramanuja, emperumAnAr sambhandam,

through the intercession of our present day Acharyas is in and of itself

the means to realizing the Divine.

 

We are quite blessed to have all those involved in this wonderful

explanation of this monumental work as members of our International

Ramanuja Society:

 

Sri Velukkudi Krishnan Swamy

Mukundan Pattangi

Bhagya Murali

K V Narayanan

 

My sincere thanks and pranAmams to these respected devotees for their

noble efforts in bringing the message of IrAmAnusa NootrandhAdhi to all

of us.

 

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

Mohan

 

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srimathE rAmAnujAya namaha

 

Humble Pranams:

We are starting to re-write Iraamaanusa Nootrandhaadhi Vyahkhanm in

English

per the upanyaasam rendered by U.Ve. Velukkudi Krishnan Swamy every

Saturday 8:30PM CST Free over the tele-bridge (405 244-5555, Pass:

1533)

 

We hope to be able to learn and share this anubhavam with others from

these postings.

Foreword :-

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We seek the blessings of all bhaagvathaas before proceeding

in this small kaimkaryam of translating Iraamaanusa Nootrandhaadhi in

English

according to the upanyaasam rendered by U.Ve. Velukkudi Krishnan Swamy.

We also request all bhaagavathhas, mahaanubhaavaas and other learned

scholars to

pardon us if we write something that may be incorrect.

Any mistakes in these posts are purely out of our ignorance and lack of

understanding on our

part,

feel free to correct us, as and when you see fit.

We submit the forthcoming postings of Iraamaanusa Nootrandhaadhi to the

lotus feet of Bhoomi, Neela, Lakshmi Devi sametha, Sriya: pathi Sriman

Naraayanan and our beloved Emperumaanar and all Azhwaars and

Poorvaachaaryaas

to accept this kainkaryam for themselves and guide us through the entire

journey of this

kainkaryam.

 

We will not add, delete or modify any of the lines or anubhavams that

U.Ve.

Velukkudi Krishnam Swamy has given in his upanyaasam. We also seek the

blessings of U.Ve. Velukkudi Krishnan Swamy in fullfilling this

kainkaryam without any

hinderance.

 

" RAAMAANUJASYA CHARANAU SHARAM PRAPADYE, SRIMATHE RAAMAANUJAAYA NAMA: "

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Aachaarya Vandanam :

www.radioramanuja.com/talks/velukkudi/rnoot/acharya.htm

You can hear the upanyasam on-line at:

http://www.radioramanuja.com/live.htm

(Stays here one week only)

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Pranaamam Lakshmana Muni: prathigrihnaathu maamakam

prasaadayathi yath sookthi: swadeena pathikaam sruthim

 

Upaveethinamoordhva pundravantham,

thrijagathpunyaphalam tridandahastham

sharanaagatha saarthavaahameede

shikaya shekarinam pathim yatheenaam

 

====> Swamy Vedaantha Desikan in Yathiraaja Sapthathi

 

Shree maadhavaanghri jalajadhvaya nithya sevaa

prema vilaashaya paraankusha paadha bhaktham

kaamaadhidhoshaharamaathma padaasrithaanaam

raamaanujam yathipathim pranamaami moordhnaa

 

====> Swamy Manavaala Maamunigal in Yathiraaja Vimsathi

 

" Bhagavan naaraaynaabhimathaanuroopa swarooparoopaa, guna vibhava,

aishwarya,

sheeladhyanavadhikaathishaya, asankhyeya kalyaana gunaganaam,

padmavnaalayaam, bhagavatheem, sriyam devim, nithyaana paayineem,

niravadhyaam, deva deva divya mahisheem, akhila jaganmaatharam,

asmannmaatharam, asharanya sharanyaam,

ananya sharana: sharanam aham prapadye "

 

====> Emperumaanaar in Sharanaagathi Gadhyam

 

RAAMAANUJASYA CHARANAU SHARAM PRAPADYE

 

VEDICS

Iraamaanusa Nootrandhaadhi Team

KV Narayanan, Bhagya Murali & Mukundan Pattangi

http://www.radioramanuja.com/talks/velukkudi/rnoot/