Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi- 75th verse- even if Ranganatha comes and stands in front of my eyes, I would still hold onto your feet only, Ramanuja!

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SrI:

SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

 

Dearest all,

 

Why did he explain the difference between Maayavan and

Mahaachaaryan. Now Amudhanaar explains in further

details.

 

cheyththalaich changam chezumuththam eenum

thiruvarangar

kaiththalath thaaziyum changamu mEnthi,naNG kaNmukappE

meyththalaith thunnai vitEnen Rirukkilum ninpugazE

moyththalaik kumvanthu iraamaa Nnucha!ennai

muRRunNinRE. 75

 

Even if ThiruvaranganAthan - Lord Sri RanganAtha of

Srirangam, appears in front of me, shows Himself His

full beauty with all Divya Ayudhams in His resplendent

Hands, and vows " I shall never ever leave you " , Oh

Sri RamanujA! Even then, the greatness of Your kalyANA

guNAs surround me, drag and engulf me and I am caught

immersing myself in them and praising them only.

 

seydhalai sankham sezhu muttham eenum - the conch

shells, valuable pearls found in the fields as brought

by the floods

eenum thiruvarangar – are thus abundantly created and

found in Srirangam by Lord Ranganthan Himself

[and wearing such most precious and valuable ornaments

on His dhivya mangaLa vigragam]

kaithalatthu aazhiyum sankhamum yEndhi- holding Divine

ChakrA and the Conch in His resplendent palms

unniavidEn enRu – I would never ever leave you –

uttering this

moytthu alaitthu num kaN mugappE- comes near and

stands in front of my own eyes

irukkilum- even if this happens

iraamaanusaa nin- Oh Ramanuja! Your

pugazh vandhu muRRum ninRu- Your wonderful dayA,

kalyAna guNAs, and thEjas alone surround, drag and

engulf me

ennai alaikkum- enchant me to unite with your

vishayams only [and not Lord Ranganathan’s]..

 

AzhwArs immerse themselves in the fertile Cauveri

river and the adjacent fields where the pearls, the

conch shells and other numerous valuable gem stones

are brought the by the river and are found in plenty.

AzhwArs enjoy the Lord Ranganathan in the banks of

this river with the dhivya AbharaNams, divine weapons

Thiruvaazhi, Thiru shankhu in His Thirukkai, showing

Himself fully to them.

 

AzhwArs lost themselves in such a beauty and outburst

with the wonderful verses and used to languish for

such uniting with such a beauty when He is not seen.

Such most beautiful divine Lord Ranganathan Himself

with all the paraphernalia appears in front of my eyes

and sayas: I would never ever leave you.. I would

still lose myself only in the kalyANa guNAs of yours,

Swami EmperumAnrE! adiyEn would never ever leave you.

 

That wonderful ThirmEni of yours with ThridhaNda

kasshayam is the feast for my eyes. Dhivya Thejas,

those Oordhva puNdram on your forehead and other parts

of the body, that sacred thread, that sikhai, - are

all to be enjoyed and beheld in the eyes for ever. All

these make me always get glued to only devareer at all

times.

 

upaveedhinam oordhva pundravantham

trijagadh puNya palam thridhanda hastham I

saraNAgatha saartha vaaham eedE

sikhayA sekariNam pathim yatheenAm II

[11th verse of Swami Desikan’s YathirAja Sapthathi]

 

I salute the emperor of SanyAsis, RaamAnujA, who is

resplendent in his appearance wearing the sacred

thread, oordhva Pundrams and beautiful tuft made up of

dense black tresses. He is holding the thridhandam in

his hands as a result of the puNyams accumulated by

the three worlds and is leading the prapannAs to

moksha saamrAjyam.

 

EmbAr has also painted a memorable word picture of the

majestic beauty of RaamAnujA in his SanyAsa Aasramam:

 

paRpamenatthihazh painkazhalunran pallavamE viralum

paavanamAhiya painthuvaraadai pathintha

marunkazhahum

muppuri noolodu munkailEndhiya mukkOl tannazhahum

munnavar tandhidu mozhikaL niranithidu muruval

nilAvazhahum

karpakamE vizhi karunai pozhinthidu kamalkkaNNazhahum

kaarisu tan kazhal soodiya mudiyum kana

naRRsihai mudiyum

yeppozhudhum yethiraasan VADIVAZHAHU

yeenidhayatthuLathAl

ILLAI YENAKKU YETHIR ILLAI YENAKKU YETHIRILLAI

YENAKKETHIRE "

 

Those who have had the darsana bhaagyam of the

majestic beauty of the divya mangaLa vigraham of

Acharya RaamAnuja at Sri Perumbhoodhoor and Melkote

can relate to the celebration of Embaar " s paasuram in

Tamil and its echo in Sanskrit by Swami Desikan. The

depth of enjoyment of EmbAr, Swami Desikan arise from

their profound AcharyA anubhavam.

 

Embar's anubhavam of RamAnujA's lotus feet, tender

fingers reminding one of the creepers, sacred ochre

robe, auspicious yagnOpaveedham, thridandam, smile

laden with dayA, eyes reminiscent of wish yielding

kalpakA tree, tuft formed by abundant tresses is

simply beautiful. EmbAr states that there is no one

equal to him in all the worlds because of his

enshrinement of Sri RamAnuja of such great beauty and

sacredness in his heart lotus. [the above two

translations are by Sri V Satakopan Swami]

 

Amudhanaar now answers the Lord:

 

When Acharyan is around, no one will pay much

attention to the Lord or seviichufy EmperumAn. Oh

Lord! You yourself have said that Acharyans are your

AthmA [in GitA]. If that is the case, what is the use

of leaving Your athmA i.e. my acharyan and coming to

You? Since I am with my Acharyan and because of that,

if you want to be with me, fine, I am not going to

stop that. Since I am united with him,

saakshaannaaraayaNo Deva: Hence it is as if I am

already with you.

 

In order to enchant me and tempt me you are appearing

in front of me with Sankhu, Chakra and other abhraNams

[pearls etc.], but I am not going to get tempted. I

want only Saasthra paaNi – the one who holds saasthras

as his weapon i.e. Ramanujacharya. You hold asthram.

You are hence sasthra paaNi. You destroy the sareeram

and protect the good. He changes even the evil to good

without any destruction except their wrong jnAnams.

So, I better join someone who perform better than you

and in better roopam with no weapons.

 

Now he addresses Ramanuja again:

 

Even if the Lord comes closer, only your thEjas,

kalyAna guNAs, etc, stand around me and engulf me and

hence would not let me get dragged towards the Lord;

instead I would stay always at your feet, oh Ramanuja.

Because your grandness, divine glories and kalyAna

guNas are found to be even much ahead of the Lord’s

himself. That’s why they drag me towards you.. and not

to Him. This magnetic field is bigger and stronger.

 

EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan