Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi- 12th verse- Mazhisai vandha jyOthi..

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SrI:

SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

 

Dearest all,

 

EmeprumAnAr in his heart houses Mazhisai vandha

jyOthi- Thirumazhisai Piraan- Bhakthi saarar always.

Amduhanaar enjoys the same in this verse.

 

12th verse on Thirumazhisai Piraan

 

idangoNta keerththi mazichaik kiRaivan iNaiyatippO

thatangum ithayath thiraamaa Nnusan,ampoR paathamenRum

katangoN tiRainchum thirumuni varkkanRik

kaathalcheyyaath

thitangoNta NYaaniyark kE_adi yEnanpu cheyvathuvE. 12

 

Emperumaanaar Sri Ramanujacharya has got the heart

always housing the Lotus feet of Thirumazhisai vandha

jOthi- ThirumazhisaiAzhwAr- Bhaktisaarar. Everyone

holds the pristine pure Lotus Feet of this Greatest

Emperumaanaar. Always they think and meditate on these

Lotus Feet, as the means and are blessed with this

great wealth. I am in love with, always indebted to

and am a servant of such Great jn~Anis / Bhaagawathaas

and none else. NarayaNan created Brahman (the four

headed one). From this BrahmA, Siva was born. Such

greatest TRUTH was asserted by ThirumazhisaiAzhwAr.

Recite his pAsurams and get saved, Oh Mind!. Praise

ThirumazhisaiAzhwAr's Feet.

 

AchAryAs enjoy this AzhwAr's works, and address them

as the sword that has been taken out of its cover

(from the waist band) to destroy other non- truthful,

false notions and doctrines and to establish that

Sriya:pathi Sriman Narayanan alone is Parathvam and

AzhwAr has NOT still put the sword back (since the

false notion still lingers...)

 

Since the 1st pAsuram starts with " Naanmuganai " , this

work is called " Naanmugan Thiruvandhaadhi (NMT in

short).

 

naanmuganai NaaraayaNan padaitthaan* Naanmuganum/

thaan mugamaay sankaranaip padaitthaan * yaan

mugamaay/

andhaadhi mElitaaRivitthEn aazhporuLaich*/

sindhaamaR koNmin neer thErndhu./

 

NarayaNan created BrahmA (naanmugan- four faced one);

BrahmA (thus became the instrument) and created the

universe starting with Sankaran. And this I have been

blessed to announce in this most important truth. Oh

People! you all see, understand the truth in this and

don't let it get out of your mind. MahOpanishad

declares this truth that Narayanan is the One who

cause of creation for all dEvAs through four faced

BrahmA whom He first created. (Thus, AzhwAr implies,

by getting to know the Creator, and the births of

BrahmA and Sivan, you all can get rid of your future

births.)

 

ThirumazhisaiAzhwAr, who is the disciple of pEyAzhwAr-

has firmly established the truth, that Sriman

Narayanan ALONE is the Para tatvam; There is no other

god; who can be equal to Him; (why to talk about

superior to Him) SarvEshwaran Sriya: Pathi Sriman

Narayanan alone is Cause of all worlds; and all

jIvAthmAs. He is the antharyaami in all beings; and

is the director of all their efforts, nature, state,

etc..; Even BrahmA, Rudra and other dEvAs can NOT get

to know of the Vaibhavam of Sriman Narayanan. Sivan

himself, had categorically told MarkaNdEyar that he

also pays his obeisance to Sriman Narayanan and Sriman

Narayanan alone can grant mOksham; Brahman, Rudran and

all other demigods too are protected by Sriman

Narayanan alone.

 

Sage VyAsar is the One who compiled the Vedas; wrote

Bramha sUthram, (the commentary of which is the great

Sri Bhashyam of Ramanuja) and is called Veda Vyasar.

After he compiled Vedas, he says:

 

aalOtya sarva saasthrANi vichaaryascha puna: puna: /

idham yEkam sunishparNam dhyEyO nArAyaNas sadhaa:

 

(Sage VyAsA I have carried out all research in all

saashtrAs; I have done all investigations; Wherever I

see, I find only this truth reverberating in all

saasthrAs- i.e. Sriman Narayanan alone is The Only One

Lord in all of them)

 

Veda Vyasar also says: (after he complied Vedas and

wrote Brahma soothram), raising his hands: Sathyam;

Sathyam; Punassathyam; ... Vedhaas saasthraa: Param

naasthE na Deivam Kesavaath Param. Vedas, Saashthras

do not proclaim any other Deivam as ParamAthmA other

than Kesavan..

 

The reason Srivaishnavas prescribe worship of Sriman

Narayana is because Srivaishnavas theoretically desire

only for moksha, to perform eternal service at His

Lotus Feet at Paramapdham and relasing the

transitoriness of the samsaaric pleasures and lives.

Only Sriman Narayanan is capable of giving moksha. If

some are interested in lesser pursuits, please go

ahead and pursue those deities and powers which are

capable of giving those [which again they are able to

grant due to the poers granted to those deities by

Sriman Narayanan- which is declared in GitA –which

is common for all Hidus. AzhwAr says: Realize that

worship of the Supreme Reality (synonymous with

Vishnu) is what is considered the best and most

fitting for the jIva by the Vedas and consequently our

Srivaishnava acharyas.

 

AzhwAr also, tells about himself: I am blessed by the

grace of Emperumaan and am blessed with the correct

knowledge (jnAnam); I am blessed to get rid of all my

future births and associated sorrows, by becoming His

eternal servant. I will spend all my time singing in

praise of Him alone and paying Obeisance to Him as

pastime; That is all what I want and that's enough for

me; Emperumaan, out of His great love for me, had

willingly come and has been residing in my heart. He

also, shows Himself most gracefully at all DivyadEsams

to bless me with His darshan. I SHALL NEVER EVER

WORSHIP ANY OTHER (IDHARA) DEVATHA, who is yet another

Jivan, mistaken as God by others.

 

He talks about the relationship that he has with the

Lord in a most moving way in paasuram 7 , which

reminds us of ANDAL's declaration KuRaivonrumillA

GovindhA,

UnRannOdravEl namakkingkozhikkavozhiyAthu :

 

inRAha nALayEyAha inicchirithu

ninRAha ninnaruL yenpAlathE --nanRaaha

naanunaai anRiyilEn kaNdAi NaaraNanE

neeyennaiyanriyilai

 

Oh NaaRayaNA ! I may become the object of Your

krupA today or it may happen tomorrow or it may happen

even after that passage of time. It does not matter. I

know that Your special Krupai belongs to me. I do not

exist without You and neither do You exist without me.

Unnai anRi naan ilEn; yennai inri nee ilai. What

a powerful and penetrating statement on the

relationship that he had with Sriman NaarAyaNA!

[extract from SrI Satakopan Swami's write up]

 

Thus Swami EmperumAnAr knowing AzhwAr’s unambiguous

unparalleled decrataion about the Supremacy of Sriman

Narayanan and our relationship with Him, has housed

AzhwAr in his heart always- says Amudhanaar. And such

glorious EmperumAnAr’s lotus feet is sought after

many bhAGawathAs; I am their servant; I am devoted to

them; - says Amudhanaar.

 

EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

daasan

 

 

 

 

 

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SrI:

SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

Dear Sri Srikanth,

 

What a great anubhavam of yours! Thanks a lot for

sharing the same quoting from sri Velukkudi Krishnan

Swami's upanysam. In any upanyasam, whenever he

mentions about Ramanuja's grace and daya on us, his

eyes are welled with tears..

 

Our Acharya saarvabhouman Sri Ramanuja is unparalleled

One... na bhUthO na bhavishyathi...

 

Is there anyone equal to us with such an acharyan?

Thanks agin.

I am sharing this with the whole group.

Regards

Namo narayana

dasan

--- Srikanth Parthasarathy

<raamaanujadaasan wrote:

 

> Dear Sri Madavakannan Swami

>

> Adiyen is enjoying the Vyakyanam series of

> Adiyen's favourite Prabhandham.

>

> Even though not eligible or qualified , Would like

> to add a small aidheehyam,heard from Swami velakkudi

> krishnan's upanyasam.

>

> Swami Amudhanar did not follow the Order of

> Azhwars by Avathara kramam

> instead he Praises

> pogai, bhOtham, pEy,pAnan,mazhisaipiran and then

> follows the order.

>

> Velukkudi Swami has explained this beautifully in

> one of his upanyasams.

> amudhanAr groups the AzhwArs in to two.

> one who identifies themselves at the end of thier

> prabhandham and the

> second who does not do so.

>

> The four Azhwars whom Swami amudhanAr has praised

> first, belongs to the second group who does not

> identify themselves nor do they talk about the

> phalam obtained by reciting the pAsurams.

>

> Velukkudi Swami also compares this type of

> ordering done by Swami Manavala mAmunigaL in his

> upadEsa ratnamAlai.

>

> From pAsuram 6 to 20, he praises alWars in the

> order of thier birth months and nakshthirams.

>

> mudhal AlwArs poigai, bhootham and pEi in aiypasi

> Onam, avittam and sadhayam

> kArthigayil kArthigai nAl - thgirumangai

> kArthigai urOgini nAl - pAnan

> mArgaxhiyil kEttai - thondaradippodi

> thaiyil magam - thirumazhisai

> mAsi punar pUsam - kulasekaran

> vaigasi visAham - nammAzhwAr

> ANiyil sOdhi nAl - pEriyAzwAr

>

> Swami manavaLamAmunigal skips madurakavi and

> ethirAjar in chithirai and AndAl in Adi. Groups them

> together in the 21st pAsuram as follows:

>

> aazhvaar thirumagaLaar aandaaL * madhuragavi-

> yaazhvaar edhiraasaraam ivargaL * vaazhvaaga

> vandhudhiththa maadhangaL naaLgaL thammin *

> vaasiyaiyum *

> indha ulagOrkku uraippOm yaam.

>

> This is to emphasys the difference between the 10

> AzhwArs who sang in praise of the Lord while the

> other three who praised thier Acharyas...

>

>

> Adiyen requests aparAdha kshamam on the mistakes

> found above, as adiyen could not express the message

> conveyed by Swami velakkudi even to one hundreth of

> its essence.

>

> Raamaanuja Daasan

>

>

>