Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi- 47th verse- His Feet alone are the means and the Goal...

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SrI:

SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

 

Dearest all,

 

Ramanuja’s lotus feet alone are the means and goal-

says Amudhanaar. Did He preach that through

Thiruvaaymozhi and other interpretations? He

[Ramanuja] did instruct various vedanthic works and

Thiruvaymozhi. But to my limited or lack of jnAnam,

all that I could understand is: His Feet are the means

and goal to me. What Ramanuja actually preached is:

Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan lotus feet is the

praapyam and praapakam; The way and the Goal. The path

and the Destination. For that jnAnam also, His lotus

feet are the means and the path. He has performed

Saranagthi for me in Acharya nishtai and placed my

soul at the feet of Sri Ranganthan. Thus He has burnt

all my paapams in a way. “nipuNarukku

bharasamarpaNamum aachaarya kruthyam.. “

 

iRainchap patumparan eechan aranganenRu ivvulakath

thaRamcheppum aNNal iraamaa Nnuchan,en aruvinaiyin

thiRamcheR Riravum pakalum vitaathenRan chinthaiyuLLE

nNiRainthop paRavirunN thaan,enak kaarum nikarillaiyE

47

 

Emperumaanaar- Sri Raamanujacharya declared that Sri

RanganAthan- the reclining Lord of Srirangam on

AdhisEshan- is the One praised by Vedas, One

worshipped by everyone including even Nithya sooris

and is also Our Lord. He showed the Lord to the world

that was filled with adharmam (non virtuous).

 

He simply destroyed my karmic diseases, that can not

be overcome by praayacchitthams or experiencing

various births (for the sins are so huge and great

quantities). Not only did he do that to me, He also

resided in my heart at all times in the day and in the

night, without leaving me even for a fraction of

second. There is NO PARALLEL or EQAUL to His mercy of

residing in my heart. So, there is none EQUAL TO ME,

who is blessed with this BhAgyam.

 

Eesan arangan- Sankalpa sathan- Sri Ranganatha

iRanijappadum- Only one who should be considered for

praying to..

Paran- Supreme Lordship

enRu- thus instructed

e ulagatthu- in this world [that wrongly is misled to

think that the matter and / or demi gods as the means]

aRam- the true readily accessible and available Rangan

as SiddhOpaayam [the readily available means]

seppum aNNal Iraamanusan- Swami EmperumAnAr who

instructs as so [about Rangan]

en aru vinaiyin thiRam seRRu- destroying and crushing

down all my cruel enormous paapams [sins] and removed

the paapams that are hurdles to Acharya bhakti;

iruvum pagalum- day and night [at all times]

oppaRa irundhaan- He blesses me by residing in my

heart [unparalleled as Peerless] much above this

Ranganthan Himself;

enakku aarum nigaillayiE- There is none [thus] equal

to me.. [who is blessed with such Achaarya saarva

bhouman Swami Ramanuja]

 

Bhakti yogam, Prapatti [saranagati], are the means

that are prescribed by saasthras and of course are to

be performed as one of the means. But they are not

actually the means. The Lord is the One who grants us

everything and He is mOksha pradhan; He is Mukundan;

moksham dadhaathi..

 

Without the sankalpam of the Supreme Lord, it does not

happen. Even the demid gods are the jeevathmas and

hence they are incapable of granting the eternal

servitude at Srivaikuntam and the mOksha praapthi.

They [due to their attainment of positions being

exalted souls] are granted some powers by Sriman

Narayanan [as mentioned by Sri Krishna in GitA] for

bestowing to others who pray to them-Thus Ramanuja

instructed and preached and corrected with Krishnam

Dharma sanaathanam etc., and pointed that Ranganatha

alone is the means and He alone is Parathvam.

 

He grants moksha to those who perform bhakti yoga or

prapatti and being pleased with that deed, He grants

moksha; Thus Bhakti/ Prapatti are the means for

getting His Pleasure thereby He becomes the direct

means to attain mOksham. Not that Swami advised this

only; He resides in my heart also permanently day and

night at all times. I am indeed so blessed; Is there

anyone equal to me? - enjoys Amudhanaar.

 

EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan