Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi- 26th verse- Even EmperumAnAr's sishyas are my master..

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SrI:

SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

 

Dearest all,

 

Not just EmperumAnAr Sri Ramanujacharya; Even all

those who have taken refuge at His lotus feet- i.e all

his sishya kOtis are blessed thus with Acharya

sambandham are my master says Amudhanaar

 

Let us enjoy the 26th verse:

 

thikkuRRa keerththi iraamaa Nnuchanai,en cheyvinaiyaam

meykkuRRam neekki viLangiya mEkaththai mEvumn^allOr

ekkuRRa vaaLar ethupiRap pEthiyal vaakan^inROr

akkuRRam appiRappu avviyal vEn^ammai yaatkoLLumE. 26

 

Sri Ramanujacharya, after removing all my

" anaadhikaala " karmic diseases, shines so gleefully,

and spans His lustre everywhere like the shining

bright clouds. And the Bhagawathas who take refuge at

the Lotus Feet of such greatest Sri Ramanujacharya,

irrespective of their caste, their jn~Anam, their

birth, their nature, etc.. etc., the very thought that

they have realized the greatness of YathirAjar and

have taken refuge at His Feet, that nature alone of

theirs makes me serve them for ever. (Great souls as a

sign of modesty claims that they are lowly selves,

seelamilla siRoyOn, siRiya jn~Anatthan, etc.., though

they are not at all so.)

 

Shining resplendently with jnAna, bhakti, vairAgya,

anushtAnam, Sri Ramanujachara’s fame and splendor

spread in all eight directions. Hence there were many

people from all walks of life fell at the feet of Sri

Ramanujacharya realsing His greatness and glories; His

kalyANa guNAs; His unambiguous declaration of Vedic

and Vedanthic truth in crystal clear terms; His

propounding of Srivaishnava doctrine and religion in

the footsteps of Srimad Nathamuni, Srimad Yaamunamuni.

They all took refuge at the lotus feet of EmperumAnAr

Sri Bhashyakarar and called themselves as Raamaanuja

daasars.

 

They may all be from lower births; may be illiterates;

perhaps doing some lowly profession; But they had all

surrendered to Sri Ramanuja. Hence Amudhanaar

considers them here as his masters and mentions that

their very quality of being Ramanuja daasars is

adequate for him to enslaved by them.

 

If we serve them with reverence, love and devotion due

to their SadhAchArya sambandham, that alone enables us

to qualify ourselves as Ramaanuja daasars.

 

Then only the daasathvam of mine towards Sri Ramanuja

is reinforced. Thus the “other” so-called defects that

if found in others are obstacles for our growth; while

for Ramanuja dasars, these obstacles are not to be

considered and they are no longer hurdles; They are

the recipient of Acharyan’s dayA. They are blessed

with Sri Ramanujacharya’s sambandham. That is enough.

They are fit enough to enslave me. [pEsuvaar adiyaar

emthammai viRkavum peRuvaar- Periyaazhwaar].

 

EmperumAnAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan