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namO namO yAmunAya yamunAya namO nama: 
namO namO yAmunAya yamunAya namO nama: 

slokam 11: 

svAbhAvika anavadhikAtishaya Ishitrutvam 
nArAyana tvayi na mrushyati vaidika: ka:| 
bramhaa shiva: shatamakha: parama swarAD
ityEtEpi yasya mahimArNava vipruShastE || 

tvayi - in you, 
svabhAvika - a natural attribute, 
anavadhika - transcending time, 
atishaya - great, 
Ishitrutvam - universal Lordship, 
vaidika: - knower of the vEdAs, 
ka: who (will), 
namrushyati - not tolerate?, 
Bramha - four faced bramha, 
shiva: - rudra, 
shatamakha: - dEvEndra, 
parama svarat - The supreme Lord over all brahma, 
siva: etc.}
iti - so saying, 
EtEpi - all of them, 
yasya - which (ParamapuruSha SrimannArAyana), 
tE - your, 
mahimArNava - ocean of greatness, 
vipruSha: - (seem like)drops of water. 

tAtparyam: 

Oh, Supporter of the universe! Who , being knower of 
the vEdAs, will not accept your limitless universal 
supremacy? Every being, including Bramha, Shiva, Indra

are like drops of water in the ocean of your 
greatness. 

Special notes: 

This was the slOka that Sri rAmAnuja heard being 
recited by mahApUrNa (perianambi) when the latter was 
sent by ALavandAr to bring the former from kAnchIpuram

to srIrangam. Perianambi recited this slOka standing 
in front of sri Anantha Somayaji's house. As soon as 
Sri rAmAnuja heard this, he decided to immediately 
accompany Perianambi to darshan of AlavandAr, the 
composer of this sloka. As we all know, Lord's will 
was different and Sri rAmAnuja could only get darshan 
of AlavandAr's mortal remains. It was then that sri 
rAmAnuja took an oath to the effect that he would , if

the Lord willed, carry out the three unfulfilled 
desires of sri ALavandAr. 

ALavandAr tiruvadigalE saranam 


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