Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi- 6th verse- I am not qualified to sing; but mind is not in my control

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SrI:

SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

 

Dearest all,

 

Let us enjoy the sixth verse of Amudhanaar's

Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi:

 

Though I had mentioned that these verses have come out

of the bhakti for Ramanuja, I am not qualified to

compose these verses- says Amudhanaar with

naichyAnusanthAnam.

 

iyalum poruLum ichaiyath thotuththu,een kavikaLanpaal

mayalkoNtu vaazththum iraamaa

Nnuchanai,mathiyinmaiyaal

payilum kavikaLil paththiyil laathaven paavin^enchaal

muyalkin Ranan avan RanperuNG keerththi mozinthitavE.

6

 

Those who are good at composing verses with deep

meanings and rhyming poetic lines, sing lovely poems

on Ramanuja, with their immense bhakti towards

Ramanuja, I, the lowly self, sinner, devoid of any

bhakti, not desiring to enjoy those lovely verses of

these great people, am now attempting foolishly to do

this work of singing about the limitless, unbounded

greatness of Ramanujacharya. (How will I succeed?)

[Yeah. It is more apt for adiyEn ]

 

AzhwAn, Bhattar, MudhaliANdaan, Embaar, Thirukuruhai

Piraan PiLLaan, SomaasiyaaNdaan, Acchaan, and there

are many such great sishyas of Ramanuja who are

mahaakavis. When they compose those verses will be of

superior quality with deep inner meanings; rightly

extol the glories of Ramanuja; with the rhyming poetic

lines; poetic skills in abundance.

 

saguNou saalankaarou shabdhaartthou kaavyam. – they

say. Sabdham, meanings, rhyming words, the alignment

of these words in wonderful poetic way, inner meanings

laden inside the words are all found in great

kaavyaas. Those who are capable of composing with such

verses of poetic skills, only can write about

Ramanuja's greatness and then only there is some sense

and enough justice to extol Ramanuja's glories. And I

can enjoy those lovely verses on Ramanuja and satisfy

myself beaming with pride on Ramanuja's glories.

 

Instead, I who is not at qualified to compose these

poetic verses; who is not as learned as those greatest

revered bhAgawathas are; have now attempted to sing in

praise of Ramanuja. Am I such a fool? Yea. Fools rush

in where angels fear to dread. I am qualified in that

way. Though I want to keep quiet, my mind is not in my

control. [Realizing that, these bhaagawathas would

talk high of these verses].

 

EmeprumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan