sri:
Dear and respected Devotees. Please accept our humble pranam:
Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:
SrimathE lOkAchArya mahA guravE nama:
Srimath Varavara Munaye nama:
FOREWARD
svAmi piLLai lOkAchAriAr is perhaps the greatest exponent of our sampradAyam as
far as rahasya granthaas are concerned. The common meaning for the word
rahasya is secret. But, in this case, a more appropriate meaning is "esoteric
teaching". The reason that his works are called "rahasyas" is because of the
nature of these teachings ? they convey the most essential meanings in our
sampradAyam. His 18 rahasya granthaas (aStAdasa rahasyAs) are the most
wonderful treasure that he blessed us with, and svAmi maNavALa mAmuni wrote
commentaries on 3 of these rahasyAs.
The word "yAdruchchika" means spontaneous, unexpected, or voluntary (without
any condition, or expectation from the other person). The grace of our Lord,
Sriman nArAyaNa is one such thing ? it is called nirhEthuka, or causeless. This
work deals with the concepts that one who has had the spontaneous grace of the
Lord fall on him/her should understand. These concepts are contained in the
three mantras ? the Thirumantram, dwayam, and charama slOkam. Many of the 18
rahasya granthaas deal with the meanings contained in those three mantras.
yAdruchchika-p-padi is one of those ? it perhaps is the smallest work among the
18 rahasys granthaas , in terms of amount of words, that deal with the meanings
of the three sacred mantras.
A few caveats need to be made clear, with regard to this series/ booklet:
(i) Normally, rahasya granthaas are learned under the tutelage
of one's AchAryA, in a traditional method ? after undergoing initiation into
the sampradAyam through samashrayanam.
(ii) Translation of rahasya granthaas into English is not very
easy, given that the anubhavams of the beautiful maNipravALa words cannot be
expressed in English.
(iii) More than the literal meanings, the practice of the concepts
is very important, and the way to practice the concepts can only be learned by
observing, and listening to elders and fellow srIvaishNavAs.
This translation is NOT intended to replace the actual learning that one should
undergo from an AchArya. However, given that many interested devotees are more
familiar with English than any other language, and most devotees use English on
a daily basis, there is a need for some translations so that we can fulfil our
AchAryA's commands ? that of helping anyone who is interested learn about the
sampradAyam.
This translation is an attempt to translate the actual rahasya grantha, to the
best of my ability. All credit for the good that people perceive in this
translation goes to adiyEn's AchAryA, paramapadavAsi Sri ThirumAlai
AnandANpiLLAi KrishNamAchAriAr svAmi, adiyEn's grandfather paramapadavAsi Sri
ThirumAlai AnandANpiLLAi NarasimhAchAriAr svAmi, who taught me, at an early age
basics of our sampradAyam and the scholars that adiyEn has had an opportunity
to learn from ? particulary Sri EmbAr RangAchAriAr svAmi of thiruvallikkENi who
instilled in me the unique greatness of our AzhvAr pAsurams and the greatness
of AchAryAs like svAmi nampiLLai and svAmi piLLai lOkAchAriAr. Any mistakes, or
errors are *entirely* due to my faults.
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AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam,
adiyEn Madhurakavi dAsan,
Thirumalai AnandAnpiLLai SrInivAsa Varadhan
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