Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi- 97th verse-Ramanuja praises even his prime sishyas at times!

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SrI:

SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

 

Dearest all

 

EmperumAnAr himself praises those sishyas sometimes

and hence one need not have any doubts on their

capabilities- says Amudhanar.

 

thannaiyuR Raatcheyyum thanmaiyi NnOr,mannu

thaamaraiththaaL

thannaiyuR Raatcheyya ennaiyuR RaaninRu than_thakavaal

thannaiyuR RaaranRith thanmaiyuR Raarillai enRaRinthu

thannaiyuR Raarai iraamaa Nnuchan_guNam chaaRRitumE.

97

 

there are some who take refuge at my feet; even then,

there are none who sing in praise of those who hold

onto my feet; - thought EmperumAnAr. They do not know

of anything else except serving the lotus feet of

Ramanuja; they do not desire for anything else. It is

because of EmeprumAnAr’s unbounded and limitless daya

on me, with parama krupai, he has enabled me to serve

those mahaans who have taken refuge at the feet of

Ramanuja.

 

Iraamaanusan – Ramanuja

thannai utru AL seyyum thanmayinOr- those who

desirously hold onto the feet [of Ramanuja] and by

their very nature serve him;

mannu thaamarai thaaL thannai uRRu- holding onto

lovingly and reverently the lotus feet [of Ramanuja

whose only objective is Asritha rakshaNam]

AL Seyya inRu uytthanan- Today he has enabled me to

serve his ardent prime sishyar in his presence itself

than thagavaal- Due to abundant grace and parama

krupai;

thanni utraar anRi – other than those who have taken

refuge at my feet

thanmai uRRaar illai- there are none else who realize

that serving the servant of Acharyan is equally, if

not more gratifying

enRu aRindhu- realizing that, and in order to grant

such capacity to others

thannai uRRarai to those mahaans who are his sishyas

guNam saaRRidumE- he publicly praises their greatest

Athma guNas and their scholarship, jnAna, vairgAya

anushtAnams.

 

AmudanAr salutes the generous and compassionate

quality

of RamAnujA here. The AcharyA was concerned that the

bhakthAs in their enthusiasm for offering prapatthi to

him directly did not fully comprehend the greatness of

his disciples , who had performed prapatthi to him .

These are AchAryAs like KurEsa, Kurhai PirAn, Madai

paLLI aacchAn, EmbAr, et al . RamAnujA suggested that

Bhattar offer prapatthi to EmbAr instead of to him or

to his father KurEsa to deflect the light and to let

that shine on the glory of EmbAr . Similarly the proud

PiLLai AzhwAn was instructed to offer praptthi to

Kuresar .

 

If that is the case, why did Ranauja let Amudhanaar

sing all these verses on Ramanuja? He could have asked

him to sing on Kuresa. The reason is: Kuresa would not

have perhaps accepted. Also, AzhwAr Acharya glories

are first sung and then their bhaktha, sishya,

abhimaani Ramanuja’s greatness is referred to. Kuresa

must been immensely pleased in the first place. Hence,

these 108 verses on Ramanuja.

 

SaasthrAs state that we should broadcast the glory of

our AcharyAs( Gurum Prakaasayeth ) . A compassionate

AcharyA however celebrates his dear disciples and

speaks of their glories too ! RamAnuja instructed

AmudanAr to offer Prapatthi to KurEsa instead of to

him directly for the purpose of reminding others of

KurEsA's glorious accomplishments and AchArya Bhakthi.

 

EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan

 

 

 

 

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