Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi- 3rd verse- What a great service your have done to me, dear mind!

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SrI:

SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

 

Dearest all,

 

Let us enjoy the second verse of Amudhanaar’s

Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi:

 

The mind – not just stops at singing of Ramanuja; but

also on the glories of those on whom Ramanuja had

reverence; and those who have great adoration and

bhakti for Ramanuja. Adiyaar adiyaar tham adiyaar… in

lines of being the servant of servant of servant of

His, Amudhanaar’s mind also involves itself on the

bhaktha of Ramanuja and the masters of Ramanuja. Thus

Amudhanaar praises such a state of his mind and its

choice to sing in praise of them also. He himself is

the dAsa of bhaktha of Ramanuja. He is the sishya of

Swami KooratthAzhwAn, an ardent sishya of

Emperumaanaar Ramanuja.

 

It is because of the merciful benign glance of Swami

Kuresa, his mind is so clear on the greatness of Sri

Ramanujacharya. This Paramachaarya Sthuthi is the

result of such a merciful gmance of KooratthAzhwAn

[Even adiyEn’s attempt to translate is due to the

benign glance of asmadhAchAryan His Holiness Swami Sri

PaRavaakkOttai Andavan Sri Gopaladesika Mahadesikan

Swami, who has written beautiful commentary for

Yathiraaja sapthathi].

 

This Paramaachaarya sthuthi has become the favorite of

my acharya Kooratthazhwaan and his fellow sishyas and

other Sri Bhaashya simhasanaadhipathis. What a

blessing, oh mind!

 

pEriyaln^enchE! atipaNinN thEnunnaip pEyppiRavip

pooriya rOtuLLa chuRRam pulaththip poruvaruncheer

aariyan chemmai iraamaa Nnuchamunik kanpucheyyum

cheeriya pERutai yaar adik keezennaich

chErththathaRkE. 3

 

Oh my great mind! I pay my respects to you. You are so

great to have removed me from any connection with

those lowly, cruel, persons who are full of " I " and

" mine " (ahamkara, mamakarams). You have made me join

the Lotus Feet of the Bhagawathas, due to our love and

affection towards the Vishyam of Emperumaanaar Sri

Ramanujacharya, who is full of most auspicious kalyANA

gunAs, most virtuous, straightforward and is pure.

What a great service your have done to me, dear!

 

[Periya Koil Nambhi, the then priest of Sri Ranganatha

temple due to his lineage, was a great scholar and

AchArya RaamAnujA recognized that extraordinary

scholarship and felt and recommended that KoorEsan

become the AchAryan to nambhi instead of him.

Recognizing the sweetness of speech of Nambhi, AchArya

RaamAnujA gave the name of " AmudhanAr " to Nampi. From

then on, Periya Koil Nampi came to be known as "

Thiruvarangatthu AmudhanAr ]

 

Oh my dear mind! Grear mind! I have been blessed to

serve only at the temple and to the Lotus Feet of Lord

Ranganatha and hence was fortunate to be with little

sattva guNA [perhaps] and also due to partaking of

Bhagavath prasAdham always, my mind became purer. Thus

I am fortunate to get rid of my raakshasaa swabhAvam

[existing before] and the association with such people

[of raakshasa swabhAvam] of a’vaishnavas. Thus Sri

Ramanuja enabled me to get such a blessing.

 

It is because of His grace, we are what we are, thus

immersing ourselves in His kalyANa guNAs and also

prostrating to Udayavar’s bhakthas and his sishyas and

be kruthArtthan [having done what needs to be done [by

becoming a sishya of Swami KooratthAzhwAn]. Oh mind!

You have enabled this to hold onto the feet of Swami

KooratthAzhwAn. For such a parama upAkAram [immense

and greatest help] of now being able to even praise

their glories, there is nothing wrong if I prostrate

to your feet, oh mind!. My sincere thanks are always

to you for all the great upakaraam that you did to me.

[in the lines of vaLartthathanaal payan peRREn …

madakiLiyai kai kooppi vaNanginaaLE- says Kaliyan]

 

EmeprumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan