Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi- 50th verse- How great are The Lotus Feet of Ramanauja!

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SrI:

SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

 

Dearest all,

 

What Ramanuja expounded was understood and retained by

everyone of his disciples and their minds became

clearer with right jnAnam; Amudhanaar says: his poems

attain their greatness because of Ramanuja’s lotus

feet in his heart.

 

uthippana vuththamar chinthaiyuL onnalar nenchamanchik

kothiththita maaRi nadappana koLLaivan kuRRamellaam

pathiththaven pun_kavip paavinam pooNtana

paavutholcheer

ethiththalai naathan iraamaa NnuchanRan iNaiyatiyE. 50

 

The greatness of the Lotus feet of Emperumaanaar- Sri

Ramanujacharya (who is the embodiment of all kalyANa

guNAs existing all over the world, who is the King,

Chief among saints) is: They (the Lotus feet) reside

in the hearts of Bhagawathas (who know that only

Emperumaan Sriman Narayanan is the means as well as

the end) like the rising bright sun; They walk in the

hearts of those other non vedic religious people

giving them fearsome spine chilling shivers from the

roars of YathirAjar's Veda based arguments; They (the

Lotus feet) adorn me as an ornament. This grace is

even on this lowly self, the personification of all

sins and is looked down by everyone. How great are The

Lotus Feet of Ramanauja!

 

Paravu- well manifested everywhere

Tholseer yathitthalainAthan- King of Yathis who has

the most auspicious attributes [kalyANa guNAs] the

ancient ones- prevailing in Krutha yuga et al;

Iraamausanthan iNai aDi- the Lotus Feet of Ramanuja;

Utthamar chithaiyuL- in the minds of BhAgawathaas

Udhippana- kept staying [growing]

Onnalar nenjam- the minds of enemies

Anji kodhitthida- burn with fear;

maaRi nadappana- [Those lotus feet] walk in the hearts

[of the other non-vedic religious people] victoriously

[for having conquered them];

koLLai van kuRRam ellaam padhittha- innumerable

[countless] cruel sins [dhoshams] have accrued and

stayed]

en- [in] this lowliest self

pul kavi paa inam pooNdana- rambling in these verses

have also become grand ones [due to being associated

with the Lotus feel of Ramanuja]

 

Yathitthalai nAThan- The king of ascetics; Sanyaasis

who have thridhandam; sikhA; upaveedham like

Yamunacharya. Sri Ramanuja is the king among SUCH

ascetics. Also the sanyaasi disciples who were there

used to walk with Ramanuja. Thus he was the king among

ascetics.

 

EmperumAnAr’s lotus feet are grander than even those

of the Lord. Those who do not pay respects to

BhAGawathAs and the vedic religion [sri Ramanuja

sampradaya] are also conquered by these lotus feet by

walking victoriously in their hearts. They shiver with

fear due to the unambiguity of the sampradayam and the

success of the same to win over them. Thus

swamathasthApanam was done. Paramatha nirasanam was

carried out.

 

It is for SaadhurakshaNam, and this asAdhu sikhaNam..

Thus all words in praise of EmperumAn are equally

applicable to my verses- says Amudhanaar. These verses

are even better as they carry the name Ramanua and

also these verses add to the greatness as they talk

about adiyaar’s adiyaar [His servants’ servant].

 

They are hence equal to Upanishads as the bhAGawathAs

glorify them. Ramanauja himself has blessed them as

they refer to him as the devotee of Sriman Narayanan;

the connoisseur of AzhwAr Sri sookthis and ardent

rasika and bhatha of AzhwArs; AchAryas.

 

Thus the verses sung by even this lowliest self- who

is the personification of all paapams – are great

because of reference to Ramanuja and His glories.

 

EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan