Sri: Adiyen's humble pranam to all devotees: GADYA-TRAYAM OF SWAMI RAMANUJA Dr. V V Ramanujam, M. A., M. Sc., Ph. D., Editor, YatirAja pAduka (With the maNipravALa commentary by vyAkhyAna chakravathi swami periyaAcchAn piLLai. Serialized with permission from the original publisher, Sri Parampara Sabha, Bangalore) [Editor's note: It is the uninstigated grace of our lord and connection to swami Ramanuja that has given us this wonderful opportunity to adapt and serialize this seminal work in Sri VaishNavam. Swami emperumAnAr's gadya-trayam is both fundamental to the sampradAyam, and an essential aspect of Ramanuja Darshanam, very necessary for everyone to learn about, understand, comprehend. The incomparable commentary of swami periya Acchan piLLai has been very aptly trans-literated by Dr. V V Ramanujam, to whom we will remain forever in debt for allowing us this joy, the joy of getting close to the wondrous, inspired, divine, prose of our jagadAchArya] FOREWORD - by Vidya bhUshaNa A N Srinivasa Iyengar swami In Sri Vaishnava parlance, Gadyatrayam ranks in importance with the other popular trayas like lOkAtraya, kAlatraya, karaNatraya, vEdatraya, agnitraya, dharmatraya (Vaikunta, KshirAbdi and Ravimandala), nAmatraya (NarAyanA, Vishnu, VAsudEva), rAmatraya (ParasuRAma, BalarAma and SrIrAma), rAmAnujatraya ( LakshmaNa, Krishna and Bhagavad RamAnuja), rahasya-traya (MantrarAja, Mantraratna and Charamasloka) and tathvathraya (chith, Achith and Isvara). The Gadyatrayam is a commentary on the exalted dvayamantra, the mantra ratna which, together with stOtra-ratna (by swami AlavandhAr) and purANa-ratna (VishnupurAna) propound the essence of Sri Vaishnavam. It is ordained that the esoteric meaning of the dvaya-mantra should be learnt through the lineage of the traditional AchArya (OrAn vazhi) and should be meditated upon by the prapanna always ? dvayam arthAnusandhAnEna saha yAvath sharIrapAtam atraiva SrIrangE sukhamAsva (Lord srI rAnganAtha to swami RamAnuja in Sharanagathi Gadyam). The first part of the mantra speaks of the means, namely, surrender (saranAgathi)at the feet of the Lord and the second part of the mantra the goal, result, namely, eternal service to the Divine Couple. Thus, the dvaya-mantra propounds the prapatti sastra in its entirety. to read the whole aricle: please refer to Vedics Magazine: Sri Ramanuja Darsanam http://www.vedics.net/magazine/index.html Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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