SrI: SrImathE Ramanujaya namah: Dearest all, Amudhanar explains the fruit of his a~jnAnam being cleared in his case. paRRaa manicharaip paRRi,ap paRRu vitaathavarE uRRaa renavuzan ROtinNai yEnini, oLLiyanNool kaRRaar paravum iraamaa Nnuchanaik karuthumuLLam peRRaar evar,ava remmain^in RaaLum periyavarE. 86 Earlier, Amudnaar mentioned that there is no other hold for him except the feet of all those who are the sishyas of EmperumAnAr. Now he says: I was thinking about those who are deeply immersed in ?other? vishayms; hereafter I will not. ? whoever thinks and contemplates on EmperumAnAr?s glories, they are my rulers and masters Holding onto some useless folks as the only refuge and I considered those people [who hold on like that] as my relations, friends etc.. and followed them in all walks of life. If I was with them, I used to feel happy; and when they are away, felt sad and miserable. Hereafter I would not be misled so. Those scholars and jnAnis who are well aware of tattva, hitham and purushartthams [entity, way and goal] clearly have taken refuge at the feet of EmperumAnAr and always think of Him in their minds. They are blessed to be having such a mind that always thinks of Ramanuja. They are the great mahathmas who are capable of ruling me as my masters ini- after being blessed with clearer jnAnam [now] patraa manisarai- incapable people [whocan not protect themselves leave alone others] patri- held as if they are going to save me? [in crisis] a patru vidaadhu ? without letting off that hold avarai uRRaar ena uzhanRu ? considering or misled to think that they are going to save me or protect me and wandered everywhere; Odi naiyEn- went from one to the other and searched and exhausted completely NOW oLLiya nool ? shining, glowing proofs ? authoritative scriptures- Vedas kaRRaar paravum- those scholars who have learnt those vedas and saasthras and they praise and declare that these vedanthic truths are unambiguously explained only by this Acharyan Iraamanusanai- Ramanuja and about him karudhum uLLam peRRaar yavar- whoever thinks and meditates on Ramanuja in their minds at all times; avar ennai aaLum periyavar- those mahaans are capable of ruling me and utilizing me at their disposal. Even if we hold on to them to save us, they are not capable of saving us; I held on to them as if they are going to protect me at all times. Whenever they did not, I used to shift from one to the other. I was wandering everywhere thus. These devathAntharams are even better off than these people. At least they like the attempt to help those who take refuge at their feet. These people did not even like me. We have left even those devathantharams.. why to hold on to ungrateful human beings hereafter? If someone meditates and praises Ramanuja, they are my refuge; they are my masters; they are the ones whom I will hold onto. They are my rulers. Even if they think of Ramanuja, that is enough. They are mahaanubhaavars for me. avar periyavar. EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo Narayana dAsan ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:Oppiliappan-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:Oppiliappan-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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