SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest srivaishnavas,
After an overwhelming encouragement on adiyEn?s
rambling (called free translation) for
Thirucchandhaviruttham, adiyEn dares to take up Sri
YamunAchArya?s ChathuslOkI and SthOthra Rathnam. We
just celebrated three weeks ago- the Greatest
Acharya?s Thirunakshathram- Sri YamunAchArya?s. I have
been mulling to start this series and due to work
pressure, it was getting delayed. Thus it is most
appropriate to take up these works.. better late than
never. Thus commences adiyEn's daring venture to take
up Sri Alavandhar's sthOthras next..[fools rush in
where angels fear to tread]
All our doubts, queries, on siddhAntham, religion,
Parathvam will all be cleared by these two wonderful
sthOthras.. especially sthOthra Rathnam- Gem among
Hymns- It is indeed a GEM?
YAmunAchArya also called as Alavandhar is the grand
?preceptor (PrAchAryA) of RamAnujA. Alavandhar
established the principles of VisishtAdhvaitam as an
expansion of the doctrines housed in his grandfather's
[Sri Naathamuni?s] treatises. Alavandhar has
elaborated on these doctrines with authoritative
scriptures such as vedic statements, Saatvic purANAs,
BrahmasUthrAs, Bhagavad Gita, etc..
AlavandhAr's philosophical works are: Siddhitraya ,
Aagama PrAmANya , MahA purusha nirNya and Githaartha
Sangraha.
AlavandhAr is also the author of two lyrical master
pieces (stotra GranthAs ) revered as Chathusloki and
Stotra Ratnam- which are what we would take up in this
series. adiyEn (like a rash infant without knowing the
danger) dares attempt this gigantic task. Acharya
anugraham, Bhagavad, BhAgawatha?s grace should enable
me to scrape through. adiyEn is also blessed to have
the wonderful rich vyAkhyAnam written by Sri UttamUr
Swamy based on the Poorvacharya vyAkhyAnams of sri
Periyavacchaan Pillai and Swamy Desikan?s.
These sthOthras are the first among the sthOthras of
our Srivaishnava acharyas ? and are the forerunner of
almost every stotram composed by all Acharyas such as
of RamaanujA , Kuresa, Parasara Bhattar,
Swami Desikan, MaNavALa Maamuni and others. Swami
Desikan has written commentaries for both Chathussloki
and Stotra Ratnam because of their importance to Sri
VaishNava siddhAntham. Sri UttamuR Swamy has lucidly
explained the same in easy to understand Tamil and
hence with Acharya?s vailakshaNya kataaksham, adiyEn
wishes to take up as one of little kaimkaryam for His
pleasure and for asmadhAchAryan?s ThiruvuLLa ugappu.
Kaimkaryamaavadhu Seshi ugandha yEval thozhil
seyvadhu.. [Kaimkaryam is doing what pleases the sEshi
? master..]. With that introductory post, let us take
up the sthOthra ChathuslOki (meaning- four verses)? on
Sri Mahalakshmi first.. and then enjoy sthOthra
Rathnam verses.
ThirumaamagaL ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Alavandhar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dasan
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