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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all,

Let us continue to enjoy the acharya paramparai. 

LakshmI nAtha samArambhAm nATha yaamuna madhyamaam |
asmadhAcharya paryanthAm vandhE GuruparamparAm ||

I worship the entire guruparamparaa that starts with
Emperumaan, Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan; which has
SrI NAthamuni (in between) upto my AchArya (Sri
Ramanuja).

The nine divine works of SrI Ramanujacharya are:

1. Vedartha Sangraham - Essence of Vedantha and
Upanishads? 
2. SrI Bhaashyam ? an elaborate wonderful commentary
on Veda Vyasa?s Brahma Sutras 
3. Vedantha Deepam ? also a short commentary on Brahma
Sutra [kind of condensed one]
4. Vedantha Saaram ? More condensed commentary on
Brahma Sutra.
5. SrI GItA Bhaashyam ? A detailed commentary on Sri
Bhagavad GitA.
6. Gadya thrayam [three Gadyas ?namely - SrI
Saranagati Gadhyam ? prose form while performing
surrender to Sriman Narayanan for nithya kaimkaryam at
Srivaikuntam [mOksham]
7. SrI Ranga Gadhyan ? prose form on the wonderful
divine mercy of Lord Sri Ranganathan
8. SrI Vaikunta Gadhyam ? prose form- a picturesque
marvelous description and reaching of Srivaikuntam and
narrayion about Paramapadham
9. Nithya Grantham - Daily rituals and practices
prescribed for Srivaishnavites.. nithya naimitthika
karma anushtAna grantham..  

Our sampradayam which is paramavaidika one, whose
philosophy and practice are clearly established in
these nine wonderful divine works that are none other
than propounding of Veda, Vedantha, Upanishad,
Brahmasuthras, GitA and Azhwar?s works.

I would like to refer to the 38th slOka of Sri
YathirAja Sapthathi wherein Swami Desikan says: 

kapardi mata kardamam kapila kalpanaa vaaguraam.
duratyayamateetya tad druhiNa tantra yantrOdaram |
kudrShti kuhanaa mukhe nipathathah parabrahmanah.
karagraha vichakshaNO jayati laksmaN(S)yam muni: ||

Victory to Ramanuja- who saved the Para Brahman by
giving a hand lift from being caught in the slough of
Saiva religion, without getting hooked, also from the
net of pure dreamy imagination that the Saankhyaas had
cast, avoiding also the entanglement in the
contrivance laid by the scheming Chaarvaaka and
finally when Brahman was almost about to fall into the
trap-mouth of Advaitins, the deceitful misguides

Elaboration: (as heard from the lovely sweet
upanyaasaam from Srimad Pundareekapuram Andavan Swami
on Yathiraja Sapthathi): 

The Lord (Brahmam) had started to check to see for the
most accurate religion of philosophy and commenced His
journey. On the way, He saw lots of muddy waters (i.e.
Saivism sect, with various "odd" formalities and
worships) and sensed danger of getting trapped. He
avoided by going away from the track; but still, He
was pulled by the current of the muddy waters (sERu)
and He somehow managed to hold on to a nearby stick,
saving Himself. 

The Lord further proceeded and was caught in the deep,
dense bushes with no trace of way anywhere
(Saankhyaas); He managed to get out of it somehow
(getting lost here and there). He could escape
similarly from the clasps of Chaarvaakam too!

Then, when He further proceeded, He saw an excellent
philosophy that follows Vedas! Brahmam was quite
excited! YES! There's at least one religion that
refers and interprets Vedas! It shall be the right
one! Let me get in! 

Alas! He fell down into the deep well with absolutely
now water inside, full of bushes and thorns inside the
well. The well was not at all visible from outside.
There was huge covering of the well with leaves and
flowers (Vedic statements and their (mis)
interpretations). Brahmam was hooked like anyone else
thinking that it is following Vedas! And He is deep
down! No way to escape! 

Brahmam has now realized that at least other religions
do not refer at all to Vedas and thus He could sense
the danger. Here he has been completely swept by the
outside sugar-coated logic covered by (wrong)
arguments /logic.

Sri Ramanuja heard the Brahmam's lament and moans. He
sensed something wrong. He spotted the danger. He saw
the covers and traps, and also comprehended what could
have taken place! He could understand that even
Brahmam was trapped by the misinterpretations of
advaitam. 

AchAryA, holding strongly and using his
interpretations to Vedas, (with no ambiguities/
contradictions, in full accordance with BhOdhAyana's
commentary for Brahma soothram,) as a support for
himself, removed all the covers and bushes that hide
the well, saw clearly the pitfalls- lent a hand to
Brahmam and lifted Him out of danger. (Here, it should
be noted that the one who lifts the other from the
deep well, shall be strong enough and even stronger
than the one who is in danger. He should know of his
capacity that he will be able to get the other One out
of danger without himself falling into the well! 

OUR SRI RAMANUJACHARYA, thus has emerged victorious
and is stronger! Powerful! He lifted the Brahmam out
of danger! So great are His Sri sookthis! (which
AchAryA used as his support for himself)
(True! The Lord was claimed to be having no form, no
guNam, no body; the world is false, the jIvan is false
were all the statements as per advaitham, referring a
portion of Vedic statements ignoring other Vedic
statements completely, and understanding wrongly! It
was Sri Ramanuja's VisishtAdvaitha siddhaantham, that
gave the true picture of what is Truth of the Lord!
Without ignoring any statement, without contradicting
any statement, encompassing all Vedic truths, AchArya
saarva bhoumar established the Brahman and His KalyANA
guNAs, His SarIram (i.e. the jIvan and Prakriti)).
Thus, he established Brahman's identity and saved His
existence even! 

[extract from Sri CG Balaji's translation]:Thus Sri
bhashyakara had rushed to the spot having heard the
loud wails of Parabrahman. He climbed down carefully
and with one hand holding on to the supporting stones
of the well, denoting the Vedas, he pulled the
drowning Parabrahman out of the well by holding on to
both of its hands in a tight grasp. Those who are
inept, when trying to save others from drowning would
inadvertently drown themselves too. But, Udayavar is
highly adept. He saved himself and thus Parabrahman
too. 

Ramanuja, with plentiful authorities from the Vedas,
refuted Mayavada or Advaitha and established the
supremacy of Parabrahman. He ascertained the
authenticity of the two vibhutis, the sentient and the
non-sentient orders. He established and celebrated
with clarity that Brahman is not attribute less but
qualified by infinite auspicious attributes.
Accompanied by a delightful percussion, he vouched
with authority that the philosophy propounded by the
Vedas is not Advaitham (monism) but vishishtadvaitham
(oneness of the qualified). Swamy Deshika eulogises
and celebrates the glories of this great an acharya,
Sri Bhagavad Ramanuja. 

EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan


 
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