Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi- 71st verse- With Ramanuja's kataaksham, there can be no way that I will be on wrong track anymore..

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SrI:

SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

 

Dearest all,

 

Ok. With mercy on you, I should come forward to save

you. Though I consider you now, during the course of

time, acharya bhakti may diminish and acharyan may

declare that there is no connection with the erring

sishyas. And if that happens, it becomes a big

brahmavid ahapacharam and both of us will be in

trouble. It is not good for both of us. – Assuming

that Ramanuja asks as above, [as avathArikai for this

verse], Amudhanaar attemps to respond. He declares his

devotion for Lord Ranganathan which grew to bhAgawatha

and acharya bhakti and his intense feeling of

servitude to the lotus feet of Sri Ramanuja which

enables him to enjoy the kalyANa guNAs of EmperumAnAr.

The enjoyment of Ramanuja’s kalyANa guNas have grown

to such an extent it would certainly destroy all its

enemies namely karmic diseases and hence with Sri

Ramanuja’s vailakshaNya kataksham, there can be no

wrong track anymore.

 

chaarnthathen chinthaiyun thaaLiNaik keez,anpu

thaanmikavum

koornthathath thaamaraith thaaLkaLukku unRan

kuNangaLukkE

theernthathen cheykaimun cheyvinai neechey

vinaiyathanaal

pErnthathu vaNmai iraamaa Nnucha!em perunthakaiyE. 71

 

Oh EmperumaanaarE! Sri RamanujA! The One who does not

see the lowly level of the recipient (of your grace)

and does not realize the greatness of granting such

grace on him! My fickle mind that was so unsteady and

vacillating, has now got stuck to the shadow of Your

Most Blissful Lotus Feet; My love for those Divine

Lotus feet has grown to the greatest extent. My such

action has arisen only due to the Greatest merciful

daya guNA of Yours and hence, has grown tremendously

and immersed itself in praising Your such guNAs only.

The apacharams I had committed unknowingly and the

ones that I have committed knowingly even which have

grown and accumulated as huge mountains over the ages

have all now vanished completely; Hence, there is no

grievance for me.

vaNmai perum thagai Raamaaanusaa! Due to your merciful

glances on me, You do not see my defects and follies,

Oh such ocean of daya! Ramanuja!

 

en chinthai – all my thoughts

un thaaL iNai keezh saarndhadhu- have landed at your

pair of lotus feet

enbudhaan a thaamarai thaaLgaLukku koorndhahu- My love

for those charming red lotus feet [as they give me

great pleasure and enjoyment] increases

enthan seygai un guNangaLukkE theerndhadhu- My eternal

servitude due to contemplation of your kalyANa guNAs,

and due to the desire and love, enjoyment of them, is

always for you;

mun seyvinai nee sey vinai adhanaal naerndhadhu- All

my earlier maha paapams due to your performance of

Prapatti [for me] have been burnt and they have gone

off me.

 

Nee seyvinai- the deed that you performed i.e. the

Prapatti by means of Acharya nishtai enabled me to get

rid of all my paapams burnt and gone off me. It may

also mean: Due to EmperumAnAr’s merciful glances, and

as instructed by him to KooratthAzhwAn to correct

Amudhanaar.

 

Paerndhadhu- thasya priya: gnAthaya: sukrutham, apriyA

dhushkrutham- the puNya paapams that we commit, when

we leave this mortal coil and leave for SrivaikuNtam-

are shared and given to friends [anukkolars] and

enemies [prathikoolam] respectively.

 

EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan