Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi- 5th verse- if some talk low of these verses, that would also add to Ramanuja's greatness

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SrI:

SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

 

Dearest all,

 

Let us enjoy the fifth verse of Amudhanaar’s

Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi:

 

enakkuRRa chelvam iraamaa NnuchanenRu ichaiyakillaa

manakkuRRa maanthar pazikkil pukaz avan manniyacheer

thanakkuRRa anpar avanthiru naamangaL chaaRRumenpaa

inakkuRRam kaaNakil laar,paththi Eyntha iyalvithenRE.

5

 

If some people (who are not blessed with the mind to

appreciate the greatness of Ramanuja) talk low of

these verses which declare that Ramanuja is the

invaluable wealth for me (and Srivaishnavas), even

that adds to his greatness only. Those who know of

Ramanuja and his kalyANa guNAs will not see any flaw

or find anything wrong with these verses; and also,

will they realize that it is due to my bhakti

/devotion towards Ramanujacharya that has enabled me

to compose this.

 

I, Ramanuja dAsa, as mentioned in the earlier verse,

have now realized that Ramanuja alone is the greatest

and only wealth and have sung in praise of Him here.

Those who have highest regards and bhaki for

Paramacharya Sri Ramanuja would know that these verses

have arisen out of the limitless acaharya bhakti and

hence would not see any faults nor would they talk

low. Those lowly humans, who are not [aware of Sri

Ramanuja’s glories] would find faults and if they do

that, we would consider that as plus point only and it

would add to Acharya’s glories.

 

enakkuRRa selvam Ramanusan- Ramanuja is my invaluable

wealth. This line can be linked to those bhAgawathAs

also who talk high about Amudhanaar’s verses. i.e.

Those BhAgawathas who consider that Ramanuja alone is

their invaluable wealth, would talk high of these

verses.

 

It can also be linked in a complementary sense to

“othersâ€, the lowly humans who find faults with

these verses and talk low of them. For them, Ramanuja

is not their wealth and they have not realized his

glories. They are foolish [maandhar]. The world knows

these people are capable of mentioning only such

criticisms and hence when they say something low of

anything, BhAgawathas would realize that, there should

be something great about these verses. Thus their

talking low actually add value to these verses and

hence, Ramanuja’s greatness.

EmeprumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan