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SrI:
SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

Dearest all,

Let those who cast doubts and are suspicious be so; It
is we who are blessed indeed to be the servant and
dAsa bhuthars of Ramanuja?s sishyas; servant of the
God of Ramanuja, i.e. Sri Ranganthan and the eternal
servant of Paramacharyan Sri Ramanuja.- Amudhanaar
enjoys in few verses.        
  
nallaar paravum iraamaa Nnuchan,thiru naamamn^amba
vallaar thiRaththai maRavaa thavar_kaL evar,,avarkkE
ellaa vitaththilum enRumep pOthilum eththozumpum
chollaal manaththaal karumaththi Nnaalcheyvan
chOrvinRiyE. 80

I, shall always serve, wholeheartedly and
uninterruptedly, with no gap, at all times, under all
circumstances, with my words, with my actions and with
my thoughts, in all situations,- those Bhagawathas who
always think of the graceful nature of other dearest
Srivaishnava Bhagawathas who have desired to praise
and utter the glorious divine names of Sri
Ramanujacharya at all times. 

nallaar ? those who shine with jnAna vairAgya
anushtAnams 
paravum- praise
iraamaanusan- Ramanujacharya [His]
thirunaamam- divine names and the glories 
namba vallaar thiRatthai ? believe due to their jnAnam
and their [such greatest bhAgwathas and sishyas?]
deeds
yavar maRavaadhavargaL- whoever keeps contemplating
and enjoys 
avarkkE- for those dAsa bhoothars and bhAgawathAs
alone
ellaa idatthilum ? in all places 
enRum- at all times
e pOdhilum- even when they do not look for or expect
[or even when they reject or refuse to accept]
e thozhumbum- all kids of kaimkaryam [service]
sollaal manatthaal karumatthinaal- in speech, thought
and actions [manas, vaak and kaayam]
sOrvu anRi- without getting tired or without any gap
due to laziness 
seyvan- will perform

The moment the prathivaadhis [other religion personnel
who argue] hear the name Ramanuja they start
disappearing from the scene. The same is mentioned by
Swami Desikan in 51st verse of YathirAja Saptathi-
vikalpAdOpEna sruthipathamasEsham ? kalaha: 

Capricious carping based on fallacious reasoning is
the way for some contestants. They tend to cross
question everything, pointing out an alternative
possibility for every thesis, even if it is
unreasonable. By such humbugs, they tend to pollute
and confuse the Vedic path. The annoying noise of
these wild elephants will die the moment the name of
Ramanuja is announced.  

Like Narayana saranagathi manthra, Ramanuja
saranagathi manthram is also equally powerful, if not
more. Thus EmperumAnAr Thirunaamam grants everything
to us. 

As posted by Sri Sampath Rengarajan Swami: Since  Sri 
rAmAnujar   is   the   pradhAna   AchAryAL   for   all
SriviashnavaLs,  chanting  his  thiru  nAmam  and 
thinking of his thiruvadi itself is considered as
pradhAna manthram and yAgam. Sri thiru arangatthu
amudhanAr delivered this anthAthi in such  a  way that
 each  and  every  pAsuram  has  the  "mantrhram"  or
manthrA embedded in it. Such manthram is none other
than the  thiru  namAm of  our pradhAna AchAryAn Sri
irAmanusar. ie the name "irAmAnusan" is placed in each
and every pasuram and for a total of 108  times. 

Many slOkams have the beeja aksharams embedded in it
as similar to being  hard  coded.  Some  examples are
Sri Hayagreeva slOkam, Sri Garuda panchAsat and so on.
Since some of the beeja manthrams  are not  advisable
to be chanted by everyone these are embedded by our
poorvA chAryALs in slOkams that everyone can chant and
derive  the palans   of  chanting  these  beeja 
aksharams.  In  the  same way,
"SrimathE rAmAnujAya namaha" is embedded in each 
pAsuram  and  so for  108  times. Those who can recite
this anthAthi gets the fruits of chanting the pradhAna
AchAryA thaniyan 108 times.  Thus  it  is
also known or called as prapanna sAvithri. 

In  Sri  visnu purAnam it is said that during
kaliyugam mere doing nAma japam will itself lead one
to mOksham. It  is  understood that  such  chanting 
will lead one to doing saranAgathi through a
sadhAchAryAL. The reference to nAma japam in  Sri 
Vishnu  purAnam can  be  considered  as  a  direct
reference to chanting irAmAnuja nooRRu anthAthi. The 
name  "rAmA"  and  "anujA"  has  the  "rAma"
saptham  in  it.  Every one knows the power our Sri
rAma nAmam. In addition to it this name also has anujA
in it. anuja is  generally meant  as  younger brother.
Since an younger brother is a dAsan to
elder brother (here it is empurumAn Sri rAmA is the
elder brother) the combined word also means the one is
a dAsan to Sri rAmA.  Thus the  word  rAmAnuja  itself
 becomes  a secret code or manthra for
everyone. It is all the more important for prapannAs
as it is  the thiru  nAmam  of the most revered
AchAryAn. All our AchAryAs in Srivaishnavam recited
their AchAryA's thaniyan during  their  last
breath.  Thus,  reciting  AchAryA  thanian  is so
important and is sAvithri or the pradhAna manthram for
a prapannA [Thanks to Sri Sampath Rengi for his sweet
write up]

EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan 



 
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