Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi- 61st verse- even the lowliest one can be lifted and saved by Sri Ramanujacharya

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SrI:

SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

 

Dearest all,

 

The incorrigible sinner, mahaa paapi -I was. Hence I

had apprehension as to what would happen to Sri

Ramanuja because of my association. In fact, it proved

otherwise and his fame and popularity has grown

worldwide now.

 

kozunthuvit tOtip patarumveNG kOLvinai yaal,nNirayath

thazunthiyit tEnaivanN thaatkoNta pinnum, arumunivar

thozunthavath thOnem iraamaa Nnuchan_thol

pukazchutarmik

kezunthathu,ath thaalnNal lathichayaNG kaNta

thirunNilamE. 61

 

Emperumaanaar- Sri Ramanujacharya shines so gracefully

that those Bhagawathas, (who always think that

Emperumaan Sriman Narayanan alone is everything to

them) come to him, take refuge at his Lotus feet and

pay obeisance to him. But, Sri Ramanuja, the most

merciful One came on his own to me, (the lowliest

self, who was deeply immersed in the cruel karma

bhandhams, and in the world of tremendous sorrows and

samsaaric afflictions) and enslaved me. What a

KaaruNyam and daya! Not just that. He has gone

searching for others (like me) if any one else is left

out for being saved. Thus, the whole earth is

awe-struck with his greatest dayA on humanity.

 

kozhundhuvittu Odip padaraum – the tender leaves grow

and the creeper spreads everywhere to all nook and

corners;

vem koL vinaiyaan- such creeper of unpardonable

paapams grew to such huge extent – such a mahaa paapi

[i am]

nirayatthu- in this samsaaric world;

azhundhiyittaenai- immersed in

vandhu ALkoNda pinnum- came on His own to save and

rule me and accepted me as His own;

aru munivar thavatthOn- The Sage and Saint Ramanuja

who is worshipped by the bhAgawathas of highest

scholarship and devotion towards Sriman Narayanan

em rAmAnusan- Our [my] Ramanujacharya

thol pugazh sudar mikku eyzhundhadhu- His fame and

popularity grows even farther and more now;

atthAl- hence

iru nilam adhisayam kaNdadhu-this vast huge world is

overwhelmed seeing this wonderful Acharya’s glories

[and gets benefited]

 

The world is wonderstruck – also can be interpreted

as: By mixing and saving such lowliest sishya [me],

the world thinks- what a great wonder! Even this

person has been saved by Ramanuja! That means anyone

can be saved. [with a naichyAnusanthAnam by

Amudhanaar]

 

I thought and had an apprehension that by saving me

and mixing with me, he will be blamed; his fame will

go down; he will be talked about in negative sense,

etc.. But on the contrary, that act of his – coming on

own towards me and saving me out of great compassion

towards me has increased his fame and popularity to a

large extent worldwide.

 

How?- He has ordained me to take over as the Chief

priest of Srirangam and he streamlined the procedures

of the worship and the puja rituals [koil ozhugu] at

the temple. Thus, all other temples also subsequently

followed suit.. The fame and popularity of Acharya has

thus spread everywhere.

 

He has also announced that I am the Periya koil Nambhi

and placed this lowliest soul at higher pedestal as

the Chief priest. Thus his dayA and vaathsalyam has

been known across the country everywhere. It is thus

clear from this that even the lowliest one can be

uplifted and saved by this most merciful Acharyan.

 

Here the word nirayatthu means- this samsaaric world

which is like narakam [hell] and does not actually

mean the hell. For a mumukshu, even the heaven is

equal to and hence to be considered as hell.

 

EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan