DEAR SRI RANGANAATHA PREMIS : Let us pay homage to AchArya RaamAnujA on his Thirunakshthram today and reflect on the eighteen upadesams given by ThirukkOshtiyUr Nambi to him and complete the 18 steps so well described by Our Sri MadhavakkaNNan . Please take the steps to join in the 18 brick kaimkaryam for Sri RanganathA temple at Pomona , NY on this day , when we remember with affection our ThiruppAvai Jeeyar , YathirAjar . I am so glad that Sri BharadvAj Jaganath is taking sankalpam to write about the 18 chapters of Sri Bhagavad GitA as intrepreted by the Late Sri Sri Thirukullam Swami . Please join in and help realize the one and only temple for Sri RanganathA in the North American continent . I will not have much of a chance to invite your attention after today on this important subject. I will complete the 18 brick kaimkaryam of mine with the rest of the coverage of the AzhwAr's MangalAsAsanams of Sri RanganathA .You will got a lot of mails today from me . Please bear with me on this , since I have taken a sankalpam to finish this kaimkaryam today on AchArya RaamAnujA's birthday and give you some rest thereafter . I will start with Andal"s MangalAsAsanam on this day of GodhAgrajar's ( Sri RaamAnujA's birthday: the elder brother of GodhA as She hailed him for his services to Her Lord at ThirumAlirumchOlai by serving 1000 vessels full of akkara Vadisil ) . AndaL's longing to be united with Sri RangarAjan ************************************************* All her young life was animated with a deep desire for uniting with Sri RanganAthA . The whole decad of the 11th Thirumozhi of NaacchiyAr is about her expression of her longing for the Lord of Srirangam . Inview of the shortness of time today , I will cover only one paasuram from this decad . THE PAASURAM FROM NAACCHIYAAR THIRUMOZHI ( 11.10 ) ************************************************** Andal had the MahA VisvAsam in the Lord's vow that he etched in His Charama slOkam ( Sarva DharmAn partithyajya MaamEkam SaraNam vraja ). She concluded that he is not a dvhvi bhAshi ( the one who breaks the word that he gave to BhakthAs and reverses Himself or speaks twice about a vow that he took to give prapannAs protection). She was however feeling desperate with her anxiety. She began to console Herself with the thought that He will come to Her rescue even if He turned out to be a Dhvi Bhaashi for the simple reason that she was the daughter of the noble saint , PeriyAzhwAr , who happened to be Her AchAryan as well as Her father.She was convinced that the SaraNAgatha-Vatsalan will not turn down those recommended by the AchAryAs like Her father . The paasuram containing these thoughts is : semmai udaya Thiruvarangar thAmm paNittha meymaip peru vaarthai Vittuchitthar kEttiruppar tammai uhappaarait thAmm uhappAr yennum cchol tammidayE poyyAnAl saathipparAriniyE ? ---NaacchiyAr Thirumozhi : 11.10 ( Meaning ) : My Lord Sri RanganAthan had the unison of mind , speech and observance , when He uttered the noble and grand charama SlOkam ( Meymaip peru vaarthai) vowed to come to the rescue of those , who performed prapatthi at His lotus feet through an AchAryA . My Father, who is my AchAryA has recited His charama slOkam and the Lord has heard it . The Lord will stay true to the words of His Charama slOkam as recited by my father and AchAryA . This was my assumption . Alas ! He has not fulfilled His promise . If the established doctrine that He will desire those , who desire Him becomes false as a result of His lapse , who else can command Him to behave properly ? Who can set this injustice right ? Two decads later, the Lord fulfilled His promise to Her and appeared before Her and ANDAL was thrilled and with that AnandAnubhavam , She concluded Her Thirumozhi . Sri RanganAtha CharaNou SaraNam prapadhyE Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
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