Dear sri Ramanuja Satagopan, Both Sri Ramanujacharya and Satakopar ( nammalwar) performed bharanyasam as indicated in works = sharanagati gadyam and thiruvaimozhi= ahalahillen pasuram respectively. Sri Desikar and Pillai lokacharyar's work explain the ritual aspects in rahasyatraya saram and tattva-trayam respectively. There are more works such as prapanna parijata, srivachanabhusanam etc. bharanyasam for direct moksham and not to attain bhaktiyogam is the unique feature of sri ramanuja sampradayam. This is probably an invention and an option not provided by other acharyas of any vedantic lineage!!. ( every other vedantic lineage expects a person to go thru several lives - bahunam janmanam ante jnanavan maam prapadyate). In fact the support offered by ahirbudhnya samhita to this effect as an explanation of the "tasman nyasam esam tapasam atiriktam ahuh" is an excellent third party support by one of Siva's 11 forms ( Ahirbhudhnya form - supposed to be sattvic). all other acharyas of vedantic lineage have used the sadvaraka prapatti - or prapatti to attain bhakti yogam methodology and such an independent support for our sampradayam is an amazing "peace of mind" giver to sri vaishnava sampradayam folks. This also means that prior to sri Ramanujacharya some where in history there was a "secret" doctrine of surrender for moksham - devanam guhyam = ( even a secret among devas).Hence, I wrote earlier that this is the greatest contribution of Sri Ramanujacharya. However, prapatti or bharanyasam is both an easy means and a difficult means (since one has to get mahavishvasam or trust and this trust is not easily gained - and gained only by anugraham of acharyas and elders and srimannarayana). One has to be a mumukshu and one has to have tvara - urgency. adiyen Krishna
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