Panguni Utthiram- Sri Ramanuja's Saranagathy at the feet of Sri Ranganathan and ThiruvEmatamudiayaan vaibhavam

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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

 

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

 

Today is Panguni Utthiram day.. Today, on the panguni

utthiram day, Lord RanganAtha (namperumAL) appears

along with our mAthA pirAtti Sri RanganAyaki thAyAr

and on only this day, one can have this sEtthi sEvai

(darshan of Divya dampathis together) in a year. Let

us meditate the Lotus feet of Sriya:pathi Sriman

Narayanan and surrender to Them and on this day, Our

YathirAjar Sri Bhagawadh Ramanujamuni was self- lost

in the all-auspicious ambience pervading the Mandapam

and indicted the three prose prayers- SaraNAgathy

Gadyam, Sri Ranga Gadyam and Sri VaikunTa Gadyam, when

he witnessed the Graceful Most Compassionate Divya

Dampathi’s Setthi Sevai.

 

A few paragraphs- I have extracted from Saranagathy

Gadyam and let us enjoy the Bliss reading them! In

SaraNAgathy Gadyam, Sri Ramanuja first surrenders to

PiraaTTi appeals to Her for Her recommendation.

 

1. Bhagavan NarAyaNa ......... saraNa maham

prapadhyE..

 

Meaning: Sri MahAlakshmi has got all the attributes,

the thirumEni, its specialities, the kalyANa GuNAs,

which the Lord likes always; Not even a second, she

gets separated from the Lord; Blemishless; the

pattamahishi of dEvAthi dEvan; the mother for the

entire universe; and my mother too; Such greatest

mother Sri mahAlakshmi- I, who has no other shelter or

protector, take refuge at her lotus feet.

 

Requesting Sri mahAlakshmi to recommend to Lord Sri

RanganAtha:

 

2. pAramArtthika...... asthumE..

 

Meaning: Parabhakti, ParaGnAnam and Paramabhakti are

the permanent means to hold the Lord's Lotus feet.

With those Bhakti, one can get the divine experience

and Bhagavath anubhavam which is the only one to be

desired and nothing else; From that Bhagavadh

anubhavam, the " NILAIYAANA KAINKARYAM " (eternal

servitude) to the Lord. For getting that sort of

attitude and the bhakti, one shall perform SARANAGATHI

at the Lotus feet of namperumAL. O mAthA! ,Please

bless me to obtain such bent of mind to do SARANAGATHI

at all times; with no gap absolutely.

 

PiraTTi acknowledges:

 

3. asthuthE.....Let it happen as you asked for.

 

4. Thayaiva sarvam sampathyathE With that saraNagathi,

you are going to get EVERY sampath (wealth whatever).

 

(Sri YathirAjar after describing the beauties of the

guNAs, the ornaments, the weapons, praises the Lord

Himself and surrenders to Him!)

 

Oh Lord! The One who has all that He can think of; who

can achieve all that He can attempt; The one who is a

parabrahman; uttamapurushan; who rules all unlimited,

unbounded beings and non-beings; Sri mahAlakshmi

nAyakA!,NarAyaNA; Sri vaikutanAthA; The one who is an

ocean of kArunyam, sowseelyam, vAtsalyam,

AudhAryam,Sowndharyam; The one who does not see the

level and protects everyone equally; who wipes the

sufferings of bhaktALs; who removes bhaktAs' mistakes;

who knows the truths of all matters; movable ones, non

movable ones-He commands them at all times; who is the

support for the entire Universe; who is a swAmi for

the entire Universe; And also my swAmi; Who has

everything with Him; who can get whatever He thinks;

who is different from others (except Him); who is like

a kaRpakatharu for those who beg Him; who is a friend

in need; one who never separates Himself from pirAtti;

Sriman NarAyaNA; one who is the only refuge for those

who are in need of support; Such Sri NarAyaNA! I

surrender into your two Lotus feet.

 

Pitharam... gruhANi cha..

 

O BhagawAn! I have left the bonds of bodily relations

like father, mother, wife, children,

bhandhus(relatives), friends, Gurus(who teach me

material things), rathinangaL (wealth),danadhAnyangaL.

Properties, Houses, DharmangaL, and all others.., and

now I have surrendered to your feet, TrivikramA!

 

TvamEvadEva sodum..

 

DEvAdhi dEvA! You are my mother; my father; my

relative; my Guru; my knowledge; my matter; my every

thing; One who has unparalleled good

qualities; One who is a father of all movable and

immovable, living and non living beings; You are the

only one who can be worshipped; You are the only one

who can be a Teacher; Hence, You are the GREATEST;

 

When there is not even an equal person to match You;

How can there someone be greater than You(There CAN

NOT BE).

 

Hence, I have placed my human body flat on the ground

and prostrate at your feet considering You as my Lord,

the one who is worshippable. Consider me as a son to a

father; as a friend to another friend; as a wife to a

husband; and bear all my mistakes, blunders which I

have committed.

 

(Our Sri RamanujA thus prostrated to Sriya: pathi and

begged to be forgiven by the Lord).

 

ManOvAkkAyai..kShamasva..

 

10 & 11.Through the mind, Language and the body, from

time immemorial (for so many births), the mistakes,

blunders (apachArams) have been committed;that too,

tremendous, infinite number of apachArams- doing the

ones which should not have been done; not doing the

ones which should be done as per shAstrAs; committing

apachArams to the Lord; to the BhAgavathALs;

committing unforgivable, unpardonable apachArams; -All

of these, O Lord,Please show mercy on me and forgive

me for my such

mistakes. Out of these apachArams, some have already

started giving me results; some have not yet yielded

results; some have been committed in the past; some

are being done in the present; and some may even be

committed in the future; - Please forgive me for all

these apachArams. With regards to Atman, Worldly

things, I have been having a misconception and having

a " vibhareetha GnAnam " , for quite a long time (for so

many births); All these wrong GnAnams and

misconceptions, which I possess, and will possess-

Please forgive me them also.

 

BHAGAWAAN REPLIES:

 

Evambhootha mathkainkarya....kinkarO bhavishyasi..

 

17.Like that, you may not possess or have any means to

get Nitya kainkaryam to Me; you may have committed

numerous apachArams to Me; and to My bhAgavathALs; you

may have committed unpardonable apacharams; you

may have possessed vibhareetha ahankAram and

vibhareetha gnAnam and hidden the " Real " swaroopam of

the soul; You may have got WRONG (vibhareetha)

thoughts for ages (for so many births); you may

possess

sathva, rajasa, thAmasa guNAs and also are bound by

sukha, dukkangaL (pleasure and sorrows); their

causes-the origin of such vibhareetha

thoughts;- you are being troubled and disturbed

greatly by the above things and obstruct you to get

the " paripoorNa parabhakti, paragnAnam and

paramabhakti; - In spite of all these, even though,

you have all the above, JUST BECAUSE SOME WAY (may be,

inadvertently), YOU HAVE RECITED DWAYA MANTHRAM;

 

and Hence, With My Grace and Mercy, you will get rid

of all hurdles; worries and troubles coming in the way

to obtain para bhakti and para gnAnam and parama

bhakti; With My Grace, you will be blessed with My

Swaroopam, GuNam, Roopam, Perumai, LeelAs etc., and

you will see Them in person; you will be My servant

and you will enjoy Me ONLY; you will realize that

realizing Me and Serving Me ONLY GIVES you HAPPINESS

AND

BLISS; For ever, permanently, with no other material

benefit or desire, you will LOVE to serve Me;

Experiencing Me and Great Love and Bhakti,

affection arising in you out of that Rich Experience

will come to you BY MY GRACE; you will always

PERENNIALLY LOVE TO SERVE ME AND GET BLESSED; you will

be keen on That only;

 

18. This section is an assuring answer by the Lord to

a question that Sri Ramanuja has in mind :When do I

start such a kaimkaryam? You have already started

BEING like that.

 

19.Keep uttering Dwaya manthram and be aware of ITS

MEANING; get over even the semblance of ALL these

HURDLES; Live like that HAPPILY in SRIRANGAM till your

body is worn out and will not house YOU ANY MORE;

 

20.When your body falls down, you will shine BRIGHT BY

MY GRACE and you will see My Darshan and You will be

GREATLY INQUISITIVE to see Me and Reach Me to Serve

Me; and you will shed the BODY like removing the old

cloth; you will get All Bhakti for Me Due to My Grace;

You will get " Nitya Kainkaryam " for Me; and you will

Not desire anything other than the bliss and happiness

of performing Nitya Kainkaryam;

 

21.Have No Doubts about This (mA thE bhoothathra

samsaya:)

 

22. I have NEVER UTTERED FALSEHOOD; Nor will I ever;

Rama Never Talks Twice; " Once, whoever surrenders to

Me and says " I am Your Servant " , I

Give " abhaYam " to All such Beings " ;

 

23.SACRIFICE ALL FRUITS OF YOUR KARMA AND SURRENDER TO

ME ALONE; RENOUNCE OTHER MEANS OF ATTAINING ME; I

SHALL DELIVER YOU FROM ALL YOUR ALL SINFUL REACTIONS.

DO NOT FEAR OR LAMENT.

(SarvadharmAn ... mA sucha:)

 

24. Athas thwam thava.. sukhamAswa..

 

Hence, you, the one who has joined Me, will know Me as

I am, will see as I am and will reach Me as I am and

shall HAVE NO DOUBTS AT ALL ABOUT IT; Live Happily

Till then.

 

Thanjam adaindha nam RamanujanE thanjam.

 

Our Kula pathi SrI SatakOpar- Nammazhwar's saranagathi

verse [pf agalagillEn] is the essence of the divya

prabhandhams of the Azhwars . In his verses ,

Nammazhwar acknowledges the supermacy of Sri Venkatesa

over all Gods and states that the Lord of seven hills

is his father, mother , friend and every thing else in

this universe. The Azhwar states that he can not

conceive of ever being separated from Sri Venkatesa ,

now that he has been untied with the Lord . He

declares that Lord Venkatesa is the primordial force

and the lasting truth of this universe.

 

This greatest pasuram of NammaazhwAr – we will enjoy

later: this pAsuram is the essence of Dwaya manthram.

AlarmEl mangai: SrI. aghalagillEn- math (Sri + math).

Nigaril pughazhaay... ThiruvEngadatthaanE... NarayaNa.

 

unnadikkeezh- charaNau. amarndhu pugundhEnE....SaraNam

PrapadyE.;

 

This is an extraordinary pasuram wherein the AzhwAr

approaches the Lord with the mediation of Sri

Mahalkshmi through abject Saranagathi.

 

Connection between Sri Ranganathan and Sri Srinivasan:

 

Sri Ranganthan alone stood in Thirumala.. as

ThiruvEmkatamudaiyaan- Says ThiruppANAzhwAr..

 

Paasuram 3 of Amalanaadhipiraan : Mandhi paay --

 

The Lord reclining on the serpent couch in Srirangam

is the Lord , who stands on top of the great Venkatam

mountain in the north , where monkeys run hither and

thither . He stands there so that the celestials

(and humans ) may meet Him there . My mind's sweet

soul rests on the twilight - coloured garment of

that Lord ( RanganAthA ) and His shining NAVEL above

it , which created the (four-faced ) BrahmA .

 

As per Bhaagawatha aagnyA [instruction from Sri

Sadagopan Swamin] adiyEn ventures into the series of

ThiruvEmkatamudiayaan as enjoyed by AzhwArs. May Lord

Sri padmavathI SamEtha Sri Srinivasan Bless this

kaimkaryam and [though laughing at adiyEn’s

disqualifications and the rashness of the attempts]

make it complete through adiyEn- seelamilla siRiyOn-

this lowliest soul- as an instrument;

 

All errors, mistakes are entirely mine; if there is

anything good, it is due to the rich anubhavam of

AzhwArs; glory of Thirumalai Srinivasan and the Tamil

manuscript written by Sri Sadagopan Swamin; and the

other reference great books adiyEn is referring to add

fragrance to this naar [thread that links these

fragrant flowers]

 

SrI PadmaavathI samEtha Sri Srinivasa ParabrahmaNE

Namah:

Acharyan ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan