Dear BhagavathAs, after looking into the mail of Sriman Narasimhan swamin about the enquiry of "Varadaraja Sthavam" by Swamy KoorathAlwan, adiyEn had the thought of that SlOkam. Actually it is one among the "Pancha Sthavam" composed by Swamy KoorathAlwan. THe other were: 1)Sri VaikunTa Sthavam on Sri Paramapada nAthan 2)Sri Sthavam on Sri Mahalakshmi PirAttiyAr 3)AthimAnusha Sthavam on VibhavAvatAram emperumAn 4)Sri Sundara bhAgu Sthavam on ThirumAlirun chOlai Kalazhagar-archAvatAram 5)Sri VaradarAja Sthavam on Sri Hastigiri pErarulAlan Sri Sundara bhAgu sthavam was composed by ALwan when he was in ThirumAlirunchOlai after he lost his eye sight due to the atrocity committed by the cruel King Kirumikanda Chozhan-Sri Vaishnava thvEshi-. After the return of Swamy EmperumAnAr from ThirunArA yana puram, Swamy Ramanujar requested Alwan to compose one Sthavam on behalf of Hastigiri pErarulAlan to get back his sight again. Instead Alwan requested PerarulAlan to grant mOksham to NAlUrAn (his sishyA) who committed bhAgavatha apachAram, since NaalUrAn is responsible for lost of his AchAryan eyesight. Such is the greatness of Swamy KooratAlwan!! Thats why AmudanAr says that "Its difficult to explain the vaibhavam of Alwan in any language" in Ramanusa NooTTrandhAthi. The above five Sthavams are together known as "Pancha Sthavam". The greatness of these five were stated by Sri ParAsara Bhattar in Swamy KooratAlwan's thaniyan as: "SrivathsachinhamisrEbhyONama ukthim adheemahE yadhukthyas-thrayeekaNDE yaanthi MangaLasoothrathAm" Meaning: KooratthAzvAn's Sri Sookthis have attained the state of ThirumAngalyam (auspicious thread worn by Sumangalis) around the Vedha Maadha.We recite the word of Nama:for the MahA PaNdithar,KurEsar with the same reverence as we recite the sacred Veda manthrams. ------------- >From the above thaniyan, inspite of ALwar Sri Sookthis, other AchArya Sri Sookthis, IthihAsam such as Ramayanam Mahabharatam, PurAnams such as Vishnu Puranam,etc., Only Swamy KooratAlwan Sri Sookthis have attained the state of ThirumAngalayam to Vedha Maadha. Such is the greatness of the Pancha Sthavams and the composer Swamy kooratAlwan !! His works has to be read by all SriVaishnavites which is delicious and sweet to recite. While reciting Sri Varadaraja Sthavam, the experince brings Hastigiri PerarulAn in fronts one's eye. In VaradarAja Sthavam, Swamy KoorathAlwan explained about pErarulAlan in second slokam beautifully as follows: (This slokam is adiyens favourite slokam which can be recited always which gives amrutham like feelings on pErarulAlan) Slokam 2 ********* SrInidhim nidhim-apAram-arTinAm arTithArTa paridhAna dhIkshitham Sarva-bhUtha-suhrutham dhayAnidhim dEvarAjam adhirAjam AasrayE | He is the wealth of PerumdEvi ThAyAr (Thiruvukkum thiruvAhiya selvA ?Kaliyan). Already mahalakshmi is great nidhi for all. But in Hasthigiri, HE (pErarulAlan) himself is nidhi to Mahalakshmi(PerundEvi ThAyAr). Here HE is like the deep mine of treasures! He has taken a vow that, by standing on Hasthigiri he will bless one with whatever they pray for the desired goals of life (purushArthams) ? arTithAaTa paridhAna dhIkshitham. HE has taken a dhIkshai that, he will grant the boons to the bhakthAs whatever they requests (purushArthams) at HIM. He always thinks about conferring auspiciousness on all living beings (sarva bhUtha suhruth). He is a treasure house of DayA ? DdayAnidhim - DayaiyE kadaintheduthArpOl iruppan ? HE is made up of Dayai. He is the Swamy to all dEvAs, He is the King of dEvAs ? dEva rAjam ? adiyEn seeks refuge at His sacred lotus feet ? adhirAjam AsrayE ? (If there is any mistake plz excuse adiyEn ? as adiyen is poor in sanskrit) adiyEn, senthil.b __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ Azhvar EmberumAnAr JeeyAr ThiruvadigalE Saranam http://www.vedics.net Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:ramanuja-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:ramanuja-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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