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SRI:
SrImathE Ramanujaya nama:
Dearest All,

Today is the most wonderful day.

The Thirunakshathram of Sri Ramanujacharya (Chitthirai
Tiruvaadhirai). It is adiyEn's intent to call you all
and enjoy immersing ourselves in the most merciful,
most auspicious, greatest kalyANa guNAs of YathirAjar-
Udayavar- Emperumaanaar, Sri Ramanujacharya. 

He is unparalleled, unmatched.. a wonderful leader. 

Sri Ramanujacharya with His towering personality- Fair
complexioned- with dwAdasa oordhva pUndram (12
ThirumaN), the pristinely pure saffron sanyaasi robe
(that adds beauty to the fair complexion further), the
dark tresses curly hair of sikhA which is so charming
on His moon like Divine smiling face laden with dayA
on us, (Charming Most graceful hirumukham), the white
bright pooNool (yagnOpaveedham), the strong
thridhaNdam, the lovely Lotus feet- Oh Lord! What a
sight It could have been, to those Srivaishnavas must
have been blessed with! 

How nice it would have been to witness Sri
Ramanujacharya, walking so gracefully with such an
enchanting personality, with his group of sishyas of
calibre like KooratthAzhwAn, MudaliANdaan, Embaar, Boy
Paraasara Bhattar, Kidaambhi Acchaan, and others?.
What a sight! Once, even Periya Nambhi (who had
initiated Sri Ramanuja with Pancha smaskaram) saw this
group coming in the front and prostrated on the ground
falling flat. When asked, he said "It appeared to me
as if Alavandhaar is coming with his sishyas!  

This scene of Divine Beauty of Sri Ramanuja reminds me
of Embaar's poem on the azhagu of Ramanuja and
declares in the end "illai enaaku edhir; illai enakku
edhir; illai enakku edhirE!  "There is none equal to
me; none equal to me; none equal to me!". True! 

There is NONE equal to us FOR BEING BLESSED WITH Sri
Ramanuja (sampradayam)!     

EmbAr's description: 

parppOm enatthigazh pai~nkazhal unRan pallavamE
viralum/ paavanamAgiya painthuvaraadai pathintha
marunkazhagum/ muppuri noolodu munkail yEndhiya
mukkOlthan azhagum/ munnavar tandhidum mozhikaL
niRaindhidu muruval nilAvazhahum/ kaRpagamE vizhi
karunai pozhindhidum kamalkkaNN azhagum/ kaarisuthan
kazhalsoodiya mudiyum kana naRRsihai mudiyum/
yeppozhudhum ethiraaJan vadivazhaghu yen idhayatthuL
uLLathaal/ illai enakku edhir; illai enakku edhir;
illai enakku edhirE!" 

Embar's enjoyment of seeing Sri Ramanujacharya's lotus
 feet, tender fingers reminding one of the creepers,
sacred safforn robe, most auspicious pooNool,
thridandam, His enchanting smile laden with dayA,
large dark eyes reminiscent of wish yielding kaRpaka
maram (tree), the kudumi (sikhA) formed by abundant
tresses is simply beautiful.  

EmbAr declares that  there is no one equal to him;
since YathirAjan's Divine Beauty lingers in his heart.

There are nine divine works of our dearest AchAryA.
(nava rathnangaL)

1.  Sri Bhashyam- The commentary on Brahma sUthrA that
establishes 
Vishishtadvaitic Siddhaantham. 
2.  Vedantha saarA- 
3.  Vedantha DeepA- 
4.  Vedantha sangraham- These three provide shorter
and intermediate 
versions of the commentary on Brahma sUthram.

The above three provide the most authoritative texts
for us to comprehend the glory of Bhagavadh Ramanuja
Siddhaantham.

5.  GitA bhashyam- Self explanatory. 
6.  SharanAgathy Gadhyam - Prose type composition on
his ultimate surrender to Lord through Periya Piraatti
Sri MahA Lakshmi?s recommendation and assurance and
the Lord?s reply. 
7.  Sri Rnga Gadhyam- Prose type composition on his
disqualification and Sri Ranganathan?s most auspicious
attributes 
8.  Sri Vaikunta Gadhyam- The jIvan?s travel to Sri
vaikuntam and the beautiful narration of the Parama
Padham and its Nathan. 
9.  Nityam- The Nitya karma anushtaanangaL, a sri
vaishnavan shall perform daily.

KooratthAzhwAn composed a thaniyan on Sri Ramanujar,
which is well known to the group. 

yo nityam acyuta-padAmbuja-yugma-rukma/
vyAmohatas tad itarANi tRNAya mene /
asmadh guror bhagavato 'sya dayaika-sindhO:
rAmAnujasya caraNau SaraNam prapadyE/

I take refuge at the feet of my AchAryan Ramanuja,
that ocean of mercy who, infatuated with the golden,
Lotus Feet of the Lord Sriya:Pathi Sriman Narayanan,
considered all else as mere blades of grass. (what an
anubhavam!).

kaarEy karuNai Ramaanujaa. yaarE aRivaar nin aruLin
thanmai? 

It is RamanujAchArya's grace that we are in the midst
of such great Srivaishnava Bhagawathas, to share their
anubhavams with us on this day. 

Sri CG Balaji Swami from Bangalore reminded us today
that: in addition to swAmy rAmAnuja, today is also the
thirunakshatrams of -

- swAmy AtrEya rAmAnuja appuLLAr
- swAmy mahA-parakAla
brahmatantra-swatantra-parakAla-mahA-dESika - 21st
pattam 
- swAmy rAmAnuja
brahmatantra-swatantra-parakAla-mahA-dESika  - 25th
pattam and 
- swAmy sAkShAt swAmy - SrImath vEdAnta-rAmAnuja
mahA-dESika

EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Namo Narayana
adiyEn




      
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