Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi- 81st verse- I am the servant of my Acharya's ardent sishyas

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SrI:

SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

 

Dearest all,

 

Even though bhAgawatha kaimkarya is better than

bhagawath kaimkaryam, as per the instruction and

command of Swami Ramanuja, Amudhanaar was performing

kaimkaryam at Sri Ranganathan sannidhi. He was a Chief

priest and thus by performing ThiruvArAdhanam, archana

to the Lord enabling His devotees thronging to see Him

and enjoy Him get benefited. Thus he is doing both

bhagawath kaimkarya as well as bhAgwatha kaimkaryam.

Hence one should not simply do bhAgawatha kaimkarya

alone; it has to be mixed with Bhagawath kamikaryam-

That is Acharya’s command – says Amudhanaar.

 

chOrvinRi unRan thuNaiyatik keezth,thoNtu

pattavar_paal

chaarvinRi ninRa enakku,araNG kan_cheyya thaaLiNaikaL

pErvinRi yinRu peRuththum iraamaa Nnucha!iniyun

cheeron Riyakaru Naikku,illai maaRu therivuRilE. 81

 

I, who had never thought of service to the Bhagawathas

(who always serve your Lotus feet and not think of any

other matter), was correctly transformed and advised

by DevarIr due to Your grace that " I am the servant of

them only; and None else; " And it is Sri RanganAthan's

nature to enable and let His devotees join the group

of Srivaishnavas (like He has blessed us join this

glorious group);His Lotus Feet are only for Bhagawthas

to desire for taking refuge with and serving the same.

Such Greatest Lord's dhivya mangaLa vigraha

[ThirumEni] is dark hued colour; and DevarIr (Your)

Lotus feet are opposite to that and are of reddish

Lotus Like fair complexioned colour. You have blessed

me with a constant uninterrupted thought on Your Lotus

feet only! Oh RamanujA! There is NO PARALLEL FOR YOU

and YOUR GRACE!

 

unthan thuNai adi keezh – Your Lotus Feet [that are

complimentary to each other] in blessing the sishyas

themselves mercifully;

sOrvu inRi – with no tiredness or slackening

thoNdu pattavarpaal- serving acharya kaimkaryam [at

your Lotus feet]

saarvu inRi- to those bhaagawathas – and without

expecting aanything else

ninRa enakku- to me [who rejected and ignored even

bhagawath kaimikaryam and was only on acharya and

bhAgawatha kaimkaryam]

arangan seeyya thaal iNaigaL- Lord Ranganathan’s red

pairs of divine lotus feet

pErvu inRi- at the same time- without interruption I

am also blessed with bhAgawtha kaimkaryam

peRutthum Iraamaanusa- all these – I am blessed to

obtain, Ramanuja! [is only because of your grace]

ini un seer onRiya karuNaikku- hereafter [after this

blessing], there can not be any other for me grander

and better and what a grace!

therivu uRil – if one thinks of and enquires

maaRu illai – There is no parallel for this; no way

one can pay back for this; no way one can find equal

to this grace…

 

 

When I realized that it is the only goal to serve the

great acharya – Swami KooratthAzhwAn who is always

at Your lotus feet and is the Prime Sishya of yours,

and stand there you commanded me and blessed me with

an assignment in Bhagawaan Lord Sri Ranganathan

saanidhi. I was satisfied only with Acharya kaimkaryam

and bhAgwatha kaimkaryam. I was not having the ruchi

and enjoyment of bhagawath kaimaryam and the necessity

of that for Srivaishnavas. Swami! You transformed me

to realize that it is our nature to serve the Lord and

His devotees. Serving the Lord is also essential and

enjoyable. Ultimately that is what we are going to

perform nithya kaimkaryam at Lord’s lotus feet in

Srivaikuntam- You advised: Swmai’s unbounded grace

on adiyEn – this lowliest self to serve the Lord as

the priest and serve His devotees thereby as well.

When there are thousand waiting to do that,, Swami

EmperumAnAr instructed adiyEn to do that kaimkaryam.

What a bhaagyam! dhanyOsmi… - Amudhanar feels

gratefully for Ramanuja’s mercy on him.

 

I am blessed with bhagawatha bhAgwatha and Acharya

kamkaryam right here in this earth and will continue

to do that in Srivaikuntam also. There can be no

parallel thus for Ramanuja’s grace.

 

iNai- pair if lotus feet. Why there is a plural for

the same in the verse- iNaigaL… Sri Uttaamur Swami

adds: it means the lotus feet of Moolavar Azhagiya

Manavaalar and Uthsavar NumperumAL.. two pairs of

Lotus Feet.

 

maaRu- kaimmaaRu; oppudhal- or maaRudhal three

meanings

I am reminded of Swami Desikan oru kaimmaaRu maayanum

kaaNagillaan

 

SrI Satakopan swami writes: Swami Desikan has pointed

out that it is impossible to pay back in any manner to

The AchAryA , who lights the lamp of knowledge in our

minds and banishes the nescience and vipareetha JnAnam

that occupied our mind before . The only service that

we can do is to praise His kalyANa guNAs and reflect

on them

and to spread the message of the great help that he

gave us (AchAryam prakAsayEth):

 

yERRi manatthu yezhil jnAna viLakkai iruL anaitthum

mARRinavarkku oru kaimmAru Maayanum kANahillAn

pORRi uhapathum punthiyil koLvathum pongu puhazh

sARRI vaLarpathum saRRallavO munnam peRRathaRkE

 

Swami Desikan states authoritatively that even the

Lord

can not find a proper way to return the gratitude for

the AchAryan who lit the JnAna deepam in our minds and

chased away the darkness of ajnAnam .

 

Sathyaki Tantram gives us the same message , when it

says : " GurO: Gurutaram naasthi " ( There is nothing

more sacred than one's AchAryA ) . Upanishad asserts :

" AchArya dEvO Bahva " .

 

 

EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

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