Introduction and Amalanatipiran translation with notes

[Guest guest]

Respected Ramanuja Bhaktas,

 

I am happy to share with all of you the first in a series of postings

from Sri Vedaraman Sriraman, one of the newest additions to our

Society's discussion group....

 

 

Dear Bhagavathas,

My name is Vedaraman Sriraman. I am a

Manufacturing Engineering faculty person at Southwest Texas State

University

in San Marcos, Texas. I grew up in Madras, although my family hails from

Manakkal, Lalgudi District, Tamil Nadu. A Smarta by origin I am very

interested in the Sri sampradayam (particularly in Pillai Lokacharyar's

works). Many bhagavathas in this list have helped me with my queries. I

am

grateful for this learning opportunity.

 

Sriman Mukundan suggessted that I periodically post portions of U.Ve.

Satyamurti Ayyangar Swamin's book on Amalanatipiran. In this mail I have

included the Taniyans for this Prabandam. The Swamin's work is based on

the

commentaries of Periya Vaccan Pillai, AMP Nayanar and Vedanta Desika. I

wish

to state the following are the fruits of the labor of Satyamurti

Ayyangar

Swamin. With Perumal's grace all that I have done is simply retype the

document. Needless to say all typos are mine and I beg everybody's

pardon in

advance.

 

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

Vedaraman Sriraman

 

***********************************************************************

AMALANATIPIRAN

 

[The text (transliterated in English), translation and notes]

 

[The translation is in verse form but not with the usual tinge of

poetic

fancy (frenzy ?), indulging in fanciful (daring) departures from the

text.

The present translation faithfully conforms to the original, as in the

case

of my rendition, in English, of Tiruvaymoli, Tiruppavai, Tirumalai,

Tirupallielucci etc. The verse form has been choosen as it is found to

have

a better appeal than prose.]

 

 

Taniyans (Invocatory Songs)

 

Sanskrit Sloka (by Mahapurnar)

 

Apada cudamanubhuya harim sáyanam

Madhyekaveraduhitur muditantaratma |

Adrstrtam nayanayor visayantaranam

Yo niscikaya manavai munivahanam tam ||

 

Meditate I shall upon saint Munivahana who swore,

His eyes shall none else behold anymore,

Having seen the Lord Hari, feet upwards, in splendor galore,

Tween twin branches of, Kaveri, in sweet repose.

 

Note: 'Apadacudam' : [From the feet to the crown - This might have been

the

Alvar's resolve, to start with, but he could not lift his eyes of the

Lord's

pair of lotus eyes, dazed and dazzled that he was. See notes under Song

Eight.]

 

Tamil Taniyan (by Srisaila Purnar)

 

Kattave kanta padakamalam nalladai unti

Tettarum udara bandam tirumar pukantam cevvay |

Vattamil kankal meni muniyerittani pukuntu

Pattinal kantu valum Panar talparavinome ||

 

Blessed are we to worship the feet of Panar, the bard,

By joy sustained, espying thro' vision, by the Lord dowered,

His feet lovely, radiant robes, exciting navel, glittering waistband,

Winsome chest with Tiru, on it well-poised,

Lovely neck, coral lips, eyes lotus-red, the cloud-hued

Form enthralling, inside the sanctum on the Muni mounted. ||

 

Note : [in this treatise it is not proposed to tire out the readers with

the

mass of details, found in the several commentaries but to present the

best

parts of them all, in a compact and easily assimilable form, with

suitable

additions to make their reading intelligible].

 

( To be Continued )