1. SarvEshwaran is the One who has Periya PiraaTTi MahAlakshmi,
(seated on Lotus Flower) permanently residing in His Chest.
NammAzhwAr blessed us with the Divine Thiruvaaymozhi which is an
excellent description of most auspicious kalyANA guNAs of
SarvEshwaran Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan. Sri Ramanuja took refuge
and immersed himself at the Lotus feet of Sri SadagOpar- NammAzhwAr.
The great scholars who have studied and mastered various saashthrAs,
have realised the greatness of Sri Ramanuja (and his
philosophy/doctrine) and have surrendered to His feet as the only
means for them. Oh mind! In order to enables ourselves and let us
also be saved by taking refuge at the Lotus Feet of Sri
Ramanujacharya, come and let us utter the divine names of Sri
Ramanujacharya!
2. My mind never thinks of anything and anyone
except the greatest kalyANa guNAs of Sri Ramanujar- Emperumaanaar-
who never separates himself from the Lotus feet of ThirumangaiAzhwAr
of ThirukkuRaiyaloor (who mercifully blessed us with the most divine
Prabhandhams), brushing aside and simply ignoring "others" who,
though blessed with being born of this birth and being exposed to
Veda saashthrAs (and their greatest esoteric description of
Emperumaan Sriya:Pathih and His KalyANa guNAs), do not take refuge
at the Lotus Feet of Emperumaan, nor do they mediate even once on
the Lotus Feet of the Most Beautiful Lord of Thiruvarangam. I,
frankly do not know how I got this thinking! It is my Bhagyam! (and
ours too!).
3. Oh my great mind! I pay my respects to you. You are so great
to have removed me from any connection with those lowly, cruel,
persons who are full of "I" and "mine" (ahamkara, mamakarams). You
have made me join the Lotus Feet of the Bhagawathas, due to our love
and affection towards the Vishyam of Emperumaanaar Sri
Ramanujacharya, who is full of most auspicious kalyANA gunAs, most
virtuous, straightforward and is pure. What a great service your
have done to me, dear!
4. Emperumaanaar, made even me, the lowly, unworthy one, as an
object of worthiness on this earth. How? He plucked the roots of all
my karmic diseases, that have grown huge and tremendous over the
ages due to my a~jnAnam (wrong knowledge or no knowledge); Also, he
ordered me utter and praise loudly the greatest kalyANa guNAs of the
Primordial Chief (even during the Cosmic cycle end). Such Greatest
Emperumaanaar Sri Ramanujacharya places his Lotus Feet on my head
permanently. Hence, there is no end for me anymore.
5. If some people (who are not blessed with the mind to
appreciate the greatness of Ramanuja) talk low of these verses which
declare that Ramanuja is the invaluable wealth for me (and
Srivaishnavas), even that adds to his greatness only. Those who know
of Ramanuja and his kalyANa guNAs will not see any flaw or find
anything wrong with these verses; and also, will they realise that
it is due to my bhakti /devotion towards Ramanujacharya that has
enabled me to compose this.
6. Those who are good at composing verses with deep meanings and
rhyming words, due to their immense bhakti towards Ramanuja, sing
lovely poems on Ramanuja. I, the lowly self, sinner, devoid of any
bhakti, am attempting foolishly to do this work of singing about the
limitless, unbounded greatness of Ramanujacharya. (How will I
succeed?)
7. KooratthAzhwAr (Sri Ramanujacharya's prime disciple) has got
the indescribable greatness in him; He has got rid of and is able to
cross over the three great pitfalls that pushes one down with its
strong influence and do great damage to the individual (they are:
False pride for being born in the highest caste; for being blessed
with the good education and jnAnam; for being a strict follower of
VairAgyam and anushtaanam - AzhwAn has no pride even though he
fulfils and has all three above attributes! What a personality!) I,
after taking refuge at his feet, am able to compose on the greatness
of Emperumaanaar Sri Ramanujacharya, (who enables his disciples get
over their karmic bondage and samsaaric afflictions), and am able to
go away from the track of being away from the Greatest Bliss. Hence,
there is no grievance or regret for me.
8. Without realising the eternal belongingness / association of
the soul (athmA) to Emperumaan Sriya:Pathi Sriman Narayanan, human
beings worry unnecessarily about the external material objects lying
in the outside world. To remove such a worry from humans, what
PoigaiAzhwAr did was to sing the great Tamil pAsurams describing the
basic Vedic housed in simple Tamil words, "Vaiyam thagaLiyaa" (such
that we all can understand) so nicely. Sri Ramanujacharya, who
thinks of such great work of PoigaiAzhwAr (which is like a lustrous
lamp) always in his mind, is always my Master- my Lord.
9. The darkness that prevails in our minds and prevents us from
realsing the vison of our Sarva sEshi -our eternal Master Sriya
pathi Sriman Narayanan, can be overcome by (reading) the great
merciful work "jnAnac chudar viLakkERRinEn" of BhUthatthAzhwAr, who
lit the Purest ParipoorNa ParajnAna deepam in his works. Sri
Ramanuja always enjoy keeping this Great AzhwAr's Lotus feet in
heart. Great scholars and Bhagawathas who always praise the most
auspicious kalyANa guNAs of such Greatest Emperumaanaar Sri
Ramanujacharya, are capable of establishing the Vedic truths and
protect the same and not let them get destroyed by other religions
(with their wrong / misinterpretations)
10. After the removal of darkness from human beings due to the
first two AzhwArs' grace, pEyAzhwAr described the beauty of PiraaTTi
samEtha Sriya: Pathih Sriman Narayanan as "ThirukkaNdEN; pon mEni
kaNdEn". Sri Ramanujacharya always praises the Lotus Feet of
PeyAzhwAr. Those blessed ones- BhAgyasaalis- who place the Feet of
Bhagawathas (adorning themselves with their bhatki towards Sri
Ramanuja) on their heads like the most fragrant flowers, are ALWAYS
GREAT.
11. The Greatest ThiruppANAzhwAr sang the lovely pAsurams in
sweet, simple Tamil language, with the complete essence of all four
Vedic truths, housing the Nature and most auspicious (KalyANA guNAs)
attributes of SarvEshwaran Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan as They
are. Sri Ramanujacharya adorned His Head with the beautful Lotus
Feet of this AzhwAr. I can not choose to describe in words the
greatness of Bhagawathas (who have held on to the Lotus feet of Sri
Ramanujacharya in this world surrounded by oceans (of sishyas of
Ramanuja?)) on their strictest adherence to saasthrAs and their
anushtaanam.
12. Emperumaanaar Sri Ramanujacharya has got the heart always
housing the Lotus feet of Thirumazhisai vandha jOthi-
ThirumazhisaiAzhwAr- Bhaktisaarar. Everyone holds the pristine pure
Lotus Feet of this Greatest Emperumaanaar. Always they think and
meditate on these Lotus Feet, as the means and are blessed with this
great wealth. I am in love with, always indebted and am a servant to
such Great jn~Anis / Bhagawathas and none else.
13. ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr, is the One who made most fragrant
ThuLasi garlands lovingly with tremendous bhakti for Sriya: Pathi
Sri RanganAyikA samEtha Sri RanganAthan of Srirangam; who also
composed the sweetest anubhavam filled bhakti laden great garland of
Thirumaalai on Lord Sri RanganAthan, the Lord ever associated with
the most auspicious KalyANa guNAs; who is the epitome and
personification of Bhagawtha sEshathvam; who excelled himself
calling himself as the dust at the feet of Bhagawthas (devotees) of
Sriman Narayanan. The Lotus feet of Emperumaanaar- Sri Ramanuja (who
does not desire for any thing else except the Feet of this Great
ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr) are the ONLY Greatest thing that I need to
hold on to.
14. Emperumaanaar Sri Ramanujacharya always praises the feet of
those who desirously and lovingly sing the pAsurams of
KulasEkharAzhwAr, that are laid out in sweet, simple Tamil words,
bringing out the meanings of saasthrAs like the nine gems. He, the
One who is unparalleled and peerless, especially with regard to his
respect for Bhagawathas, will never ever leave me. Hence, I am able
to get rid of my sins, aspiring for the Purushaartham, with his
grace and thereby avoiding the torturous penance that need to be
prformed staying on the mountains, or in the midst of the sea, or in
the dense forests.
15. Due to his never fading, never ending flood of bhatki for
Emperumaan Sriman Narayanan, with the apprehension that even He will
be subjected to the evil eyes of people casting on Him, PeriyAzhwAr
sang hymns to greet the Lord for many many years, singing pallANdu,
pallANdu. This Lord is always permanent. Sarvarakshakan and still
AzhwAr sang and greeted long life for Him, forgetting himself due to
his bhakti. Emperumaanaar Sri Ramanujacharya always keeps this great
AzhwAr in his heart and I shall not join those who do not take
refuge at the Feet of Ramanujacharya and who do not hold on to his
kalyANA guNAs as their only support. After being blessed with such a
thought, what am I to grieve for?
16. The One who had the greatness of having placed the fragrant
garland of flowers on her head and thereby made them more fragrant
and more divine for Sriman Narayanan, was Sri AndAL. The recipient
of Her natural dayA and compassion was Sri Ramanuja, whose breath
and life was only the thoughts of Sri AndAL. And Her grace. What
this Ramanuja muni- King among Saints-did was: He took avataar, when
the blemishless, faultless, Vedas were wrongly interpreted and
misinterpreted and were completely destroyed by "other" religious
sects and darkness engulfed the whole world with kalipurushan
reigning the whole earth; He established the Vedic truths
unambiguously and accurately, not contradicting with any other
sruthis/ Vedic statements with his philosophy and protected the
Vedas, the world (form the darkness) and thereby mankind. (So, you
too shall take refuge at His Lotus Feet like me; for He has saved
you too from the darkness!)
17. Emperumaan- PattharAvi PerumAL- the Lord of
ThirukkaNNamangai- the Lord being praised by the Vedas- the
unparalleled, huge male elephant like Emperumaan- in the standing
posture was sung by Neelan - ThirumangaiAzhwAr so beautifully to the
great satisfaction quenching the thirst of Bhagawathas fully with
his pAsurams in Tamil. The loving darling of such Greatest
Thiruma~ngaiAzhwAr is Sri Ramanujacharya., who is my Master. The
graetness of all Bhagawathas who reach Sri Ramanuja as the only
refuge is: Whatever sorrows/ unhappy events strike, they never get
depressed and worry about them thinking "oh no! I have this problem,
etc.."; nor do they jump with joy when there is a flood of happy
events in their lives. They are such paramaikaanthins. (Thus, if you
have taken refuge at the Lotus Feet of Sri Ramanuja, you too need
not feel unduly perturbed by the happy/unhappy events happening in
your life!)
18. NammAzhwAr blessed the world with His Divine pAsurams that
are the essence of not-easy-to-understand Vedas, in sweet, simple
Tamil words easily understandable by everyone. For other religious
people (saTars- aj~nAnis), he stood opposite to them, and was called
SaTagOpar, thus. Sri MadhurakaviAzhwAr was blessed to have Sri
SaTagOpar always fully in his mind as his AchAryan. Sri
Ramanujacharya- Emperumaanaar, who gracefully blesses and narrates
to all his sishyas always about the greatness of MadhurakaviAzhwAr,
is my only support and refuge.
19. Emperumaanaar- Sri Ramanujacharya-stood like a rock declaring
the truth about NammAzhwAr's Thiruvaaymozhi saying "Thiruvaaymozhi
is the limitless, unbounded wealth; always caring, loving Father;
Mother who always thinks of our well being and good;" AchAryan
(teacher) who mercifully and most compassionately corrects us for
our benefits and betterment and SarvEshwaran Sriman Narayanan
Himself, whom we desire to serve for, due to AchAryan's upadEsam and
grace. Such is the greatness of Thiruvaaymozhi, Tamizh vEdam, of
NammAzhwAr, which he sang due to the grace of Sriman Narayanan. Such
Emperumaanaar, who declared this greatest truth about
Thiruvaaymozhi, is the sweetest insatiable nectar to me and always
gives happiness to me limitlessly.
20. Sweetest lovely cool Thiruvaaymzohi came out of the Divine
beautiful mouth of NammAzhwAr. Sri Nathamuni considers himself
belonging to all those who sing the pAsurams of Thiruvaaymozhi
lovingly and devotedly; he immerses himself in the qualities of
Bhagawathas who recite Thiruvaaymozhi. Similar to a very thirsty
person dashing into a pond and hurriedly, continues to drink
incessantly, Sri Ramanujacharya placed Nathamuni in his heart, drank
him lovingly and enjoyed greatly. Such great Sri Ramanuja is my
indestructible limitless huge wealth.
21. Pristinely pure anushTaanaseelar- (one who strictly adheres
to saashthras and anushtanams), the Chief of saints of Srivaishnavas
is Sri Yamunacharyar- Sri Alavandhaar. Emperumaanaar- Sri
Ramanujacharya, who is blessed to be Lotus Feet of Yamunacharyar,
saved me. Hence, I shall never ever praise the lowly human beings
who are full of ahamkara, mamakarams (I and mine), saying "you are
like the rainy cloud to shower us with wealth", etc...
22. KaarthigEyan- SubrahmaNyan, Gajamukhan- Vinayakan, Sivan,
DurgaDevi were all chased away, showing their backs, when they came
to support VaaNaasuran, during his battle with Emperumaan Sriman
Narayanan. They all praised the greatness of Lord Sriman Narayanan
saying "Oh the Cause of all three worlds!" ( "kaaraNa bhUthanE!"),
and hence, Lord pardoned the asuran (and left him alive after
cutting his shoulders). Emperumaanaar- Sri Ramanujacharya, who
praises such greatest Lord always, is our invaluable saved wealth
for our protection.
23. "Apath rakshakan" - That's how Sri Ramanuja is considered as,
by the Bhagawathas and are kept very safely with all precautions in
the core of their hearts at all times during day and night, as a
treasure lovingly. About such Sri Ramanuja, I, the lowly self, the
one who is addressed as "the worst sinner, the likes of whom can not
be found in anyone else", have attempted to praise at all times days
and nights, with a pretension of sincerity (though not in the mind!)
(I have an apprehension that) will it do any harm to His greatest
glories? (What a humility!)
24. For ages, time immemorial, for so many births, I had been
suffering from samsaaric afflictions and karmic diseases, grieving
terribly with sorrows and pains right from the foetus stage unto the
death bed (in every birth), with tremendous karma bhandhams, that
engulf the AthmA like flies sitting on the honey ; that never
satisfy or get saturated in spite of (bad) experiences; that never
ever get purified even when washed umpteen times. Having seen and
realised the great dayA and grace of Emperumaanar, AudhAryam of Sri
Ramanujacharya, (who had simply inert the other religions that were
talking against Vedic truths with false notions, like that of a lamp
killing the small insects) on me, I have become pure and been saved.
25. Oh most merciful Sri Ramanuja! The One who does not the see
the level or status of recipient of your mercy and showers it on him
like the rainy clouds raining on all areas! The Ocean of compassion!
I, the storehouse of all kinds of sorrows, too was considered as an
object of worthiness by You and was saved by DevarIr. Hence,
thoughts of your kalyANA guNAs bring a great blissful Anandham for
the soul. In this vast world, surrounded by oceans, who is capable
of knowing your auspicious qualities as they are fully! (None; the
qualities are so great and unbounded, unlimited!)
26. Sri Ramanujacharya, after removing all my "anaadhikaala"
karmic diseases, shines so gleefully, and spans His lustre
everywhere like the shining bright clouds. And the Bhagawathas who
take refuge at the Lotsu Feet of such greatest Sri Ramanujacharya,
irrespective of their caste, their jn~Anam, their birth, their
nature, etc.. etc., the very thought that they have realised the
greatness of YathirAjar and have taken refuge at His Feet, that
nature alone of theirs makes me serve them for ever. (Great souls as
a sign of modesty claims that they are lowly selves, seelamilla
siRoyOn, siRiya jn~Anatthan, etc.., though they are not at all so.)
27. EmperumaanaarE! Sri RamanujA! You keep granting all that one
asks for and continue to grant to the fullest extent; thus, your
audhaaryam keeps on increasing multifold. Due to your such great
nature, you have even chosen to reside in this sinner- paaviyEn's
heart. My heart is pained to see that such Glorious DevarIr (you)
are residing in such lowly heart of adiyEn in spite of the
disqualification that adiyEn possesses. My heart has an apprehension
and is afraid that Your GLORY and GREATNESS will be corrupted by
Your staying in adiyEn's heart and chooses to stay aloof. (what a
description by amudhanaar!)
28. SarvEshwaran Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan who fought with
the cruel kamsan, is precisely opposite to the nature of Kamsan in
all respects. He is Nimalan- blemishless- faultless. He is in love
with the soft-natured (like that of cotton) Nappinaai PiraaTTi.
Those who do not hold on to the Lotus Feet of Sriman Narayanan can
no even go a step towards Sri Ramanujacharya. Thus, my mouth will
keep praising Sri Ramanuja only and none else. How have I been
blessed with such a great life! (It is His Grace!)
29. Emperumaanaar- Sri Ramanujacharya kept in the core of his
heart, with great bhakti, the pAsurams of Thiruvaaymozhi, that are
considered equal to Vedas, that are considered the essence of Vedas,
that are the graceful aruLiccheyalgaL of NammAzhwAr of
Thirukkurugoor, that are composed in sweet simple Tamil language.
When will I (the lowly self) get His grace for being granted the
permanent BhAgyam of being associated with the Bhagawathas and the
recipient of the kataaksham from Bhagawthas who have realised and
known the Greatness and qualities of such Sri Ramanuja?
30. Sri Ramanujacharya, declared assertively and firmly (based on
Vedic truths) in Sri Bhashyam that SarvEshwaran is the most
wonderful - most Beautiful Lord- Accharya BhUthan- who is Sarva
sEshi (for all souls), who is full of samastha KalyANa guNAs (most
auspicious attributes), who has the whole universe and the beings as
part of His ThirumEni (Divine Body) who is always associated with
Sri. He did not declare this expecting fame or monetary gain from
the same. He declared only and purely for the sake and benefit of
the worldly souls (like us). Because of His such greatest compassion
and grace, He has enslaved me. And now, because of being blessed
with the servitude to Emperumaanaar, what if I am granted the
mOksham (Bhagawadh anubhavam), or Kaivaylam (AthmAnubhavam) or even
if I am engulfed by the scorching flames of hell and suffering
thereby? I care two hoots now for them.
31. Oh my mind! (who is always with me bonded in this material
world!) We have been suffering for ages in the bodies of Devas,
humans, plants (or trees), animals, et al. Today, even with no
effort from us, our of Sri Ramanuja's grace, do you know what are we
blessed with: We are blessed to stand at the Lotus Feet of Sri
Ramanujacharya, who is the darling child of most beautiful strong
shouldered, most auspicious -KalyANa guNagaNouga mahaarNavan- Sri
Atthigiri PEraruLALan- Sri PerundEvi PiraaTTi samEtha Sri Varadan.
Our Master- SarvasEshi.
32. Emperumaanaar- Sri Ramanujacharya, is the One who protected
the earth by saving the Vedas and the people due to his AudhAryam,
who established the SaraNagathy tatvam, who offered Himself so
mercifully to us completely (for us to take refuge at His Lotus
Feet). Those who do take refuge at His Lotus Feet are blessed with
(naturally coming to them, even though they do not expect or
anticipate- they are parmaikaanthins): Commands good respect from
others, Balanced mental frame to view both happiness and sorrows
equally, Fame and popularity among the people due to their
conquering the influence of cruel, storing senses, Great jn~Anam
(knowledge) of Tatva, Hitha, Purushaartham, and the Bhakti (towarsd
Sriya:Pathih Sriman Narayanan) arising out of all the same.
33. The Divine ChakrAyudham, the Sword, the Mace, The Bow, The
Divine Conch, are all the five most Divine Pancha Ayudhams (weapons)
of SriyaPathih Sriman Narayanan - SarvEshwaran, who is always with
Periya PiraaTTi Sri MahAlakshmi, seated on the Lotus Flower in His
Chest, who is the Darling Master of Sri MahAlakshmi, together rushed
to assist Sri Ramanujacharya on His endeavours in the Earth. (It is
also told that Sri Ramanuja is also an expansion of these Ayudhams,
in addition to being an avtaar of AdhsEshan)
34. It is not comprehensible and measurable mentally the severity
and intensity with which Kalipurushan torments the earth and its
people. Just like a light lit in the darkness, Emperumaanaar- Sri
Ramanujacharya appeared to dispel the darkness of Kali. This alone
does not speak great about Sri Ramanuja. (What is this?) His
complete burning the Huge Book which Yama has written taking the
account of all my sins, is what makes Him tick in His Greatness.
(WoW! adadaaa...! What a narration!)
35. I shall never ever seek any other (demi)God. I shall never
sing or praise others like what other poets sing the lowly human
beings as "Oh Merciful clouds! Oh Storm! etc.. etc..". I shall NEVER
ever forget the Lotus Feet of Sri Ramanujacharya, that are
pristinely pure, that are Parama bhOogyam for those who take refuge
at them , and that belong to the Greatest Sri Ramanujacharya, who
simply melts with love and bhakti when he simply utters the Divine
Name of Sweet Sri RanganAthan. Thus, How will the karmic diseases
trouble me hereafter?
36. KaNNapiraan- the SarvEshwaran- the Sarva sEshi- the One who
has the Most strongest ChakrAyudham that can destroy the enemies
completely, that day, explained to Arjunan (who was completely
confused at to what and what not is to be done?) the rich, deep,
esoteric down to earth practical philosophy, in His GitOpadEsam. He
established the Vedic truths (that are hidden like the most valuable
gems at the bottom of deep ocean) in simple verses in GitA and
explained to Arjunan (as a vyAjam) for the benefit of the world.
Emperumaanaar, Sri Ramanujacharya, later, in order to alleviate the
sufferings of the world, established the same truths in an
easy-to-consume fashion for the benefit of the world. His such
merciful compassion /nature, He has offered Himself to me to take
refuge at His Lotus feet. It is His Greatness and nature.
37. Emperumaanaar Sri Ramanujacharya always immerses himself in
the Great famous epic Ramayana and keeps it with great devotion in
his heart. The Bhagawathas who praise the KalyANA guNAs of such
Greatest Sri Ramanujacharya, are the ones who have realised that the
AthmA of theirs is only to serve and be enslaved by Sri Ramanuja.
Thus, they have also given me a re-orientation and showed me
Seshathvam of Emperumaanaar. I did not hold on to his Lotus Feet, on
my own. It is because they have shown me the greatness of
Emperumaanaar, I could get a glimpse of YathirAja's greatness.
(Please read venkatesh Ilayavalli's post on April 1st 1999 in bhakti
list on the story of amudhanaar).
38. I, the lowly self, who has been under the wrong impression
and knowledge for ages that AthmA is the Lord, have been enslaved by
Sri Ramanuja and enabled me serve his Bhagawathas. Having done so on
me, mercifully and gracefully, now, my query is: why at all I was
left groping in the dark so long for ages, and so many births? When
I can see the depth of compassion of DevarIr on adiyEn, I am not
able to comprehend this inexplicable query. Please tell me.
39. Oh mind! We have been suffering asking and seeking for
materials, land, progeny, wife, et al, and are constantly under the
pangs of pains. Emperumaanaar- Sri Ramanujacharya, blessed us
mercifully with the right jn~Anam to know of his limitless kalyANa
guNAs only, and removed all our karmic diseases and sufferings. Who
else can protect and save us like what YathirAjar did? Can we equate
him to anyone else at all? (Absolutely not.)
40. Emperumaanaar- Sri Ramanujacharya- whose qualities are only
equal to the Lord Vamanan, preached the world with great truthful,
Vedic philosophy without their even asking for it. He is so
merciful. Moksham, Dharmam, artham, and kaamam, are the four goals
of life; so they say. But Yathiraajaa, a celibate like Vaamanan,
says Kaamam (Desire) for union with KaNNan is the only worthy goal;
The other three are just to support this divine passion. Dharmam
removes the sins that stand as a hurdle for this kaamam. Artham is
used for giving alms and thus aids for going towards the goal.
MOksham also aggravates the longing (Kaamam) for KaNNan. Thus,
Kaamam (for KaNNan) is the Best. (What an enjoyment of YathirAjar's
greatness by Amudhanaar!)
41. The world could not realise the greatness and SarvasEsjthvam
of Emperumaan Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan, in spite of His taking
so many avtaars and showing Himself Prathyaksham to the world. But
Emperumaanr, Sri Ramanujacharya, who considered the sufferings and
sorrows of all those who hold onto His Lotus Feet, as His own, and
blessed the world with the great Sri Bhasjyam and other works. Now
the world is richly blessed with the correct knowledge (jn~Anam) and
become the servants (sEshans) of Sriman Narayanan.
42. I was completely residing in the beautiful bosom of young
women (who hide their faults of their bodies with the fragrant
flowers, colourful clothing, smearing sandal paste, adorning
ornaments, etc, ) without an awareness of any other pleasure; I was
deeply caught in the muddy waters of lust and was about to be
finished. There appeared the Parama dhaarmeegar- Sri Ramanuja and He
blessed me with His grace, mercifully declaring that Sriya: Pathi
Sri RanaganAthan ,the Lord of Srirangam alone is the Master of all
souls, without expecting even an iota of any benefit or prathi
upakaaram (paying him back) from adiyEn. What a mercy! That's His
natural compassion on us. Such a Parama kaaruNikO AchArya
saarvabhoumar is YathirAjar.
43. Oh People! Bhagyasaalis, (Lucky ones) who are blessed with
the avataar of Emperumaanaar Sri Ramanujacharya! I, (who has surely
realised this) am telling this to you who has not yet realised this:
Emperumaanaar chased away the strong Kali purushan's influence on
the world destroying all dharmam and virtues. (Kaliyum kedum; KaNdu
koNmin says NammAzhwAr). By the simple utterance of the divine name
of this AchArya, bhakti and jnAnam will automatically grow; Just by
a mere telling of his name, will intensify the sweetness in your
mouth leaving an excellent taste in your mouth. Also, all
irremovable sins and sorrows of samsaaric afflictions will run away
showing their backs to us, in addition to all these anubhavams.
44. In this vast world, one wishes to know what is the ultimate
Purushaartham. Sri Ramanujacharya studies the art, music, the drama
in Tamil, the four Vedas and all limitless innumerable Dharmas and
analysed them individually as well as in toto. He stands like a
shining light, establishing the Greatest truths reflecting the
sruthis and Vedic truths in clear categorical terms, and is praised
for His KalyANA guNAs by Great scholars with love and devotion. This
world (and its people), oh no! are not listening and paying
attention to my words. (Are they not sensible?)
45. There is no other enjoyment for me except for Your Lotus
Feet. And obtaining this enjoyment too is also by means of taking
refuge at Your Lotus feet. You have blessed this knowledge or
realisation in those Bhagawathas who have this truthful jn~Anam and
also to adiyEn who has no such realisation nor any
jnAnam/qualification. Your mercy and dayA on me is without expecting
anything in return from adiyEn. aiyO! If I attempt to describe this
greatness of your such Greatest compassionate nature, then, words do
not come to my rescue. It is better to simply keep quite, only
thinking silently of Your Greatest merciful nature.
46. Emperumaanaar- Sri Ramanujacharya studied Thiruvaaymozhi of
NammAzhwAr, which by its rish deep narration o Vedic truths, chased
away and destroyed completely the other six religions, (that could
survive only by a mere play of words and logic with no examples or
proofs, pramaaNams and clarifications of their contradictions. What
Sri Ramanuja did to me is this: Since I do not have the required
jn~Anam nor the capacity to grasp the same, He simply resided in my
heart as the means and the end for me to take refuge at His Lotus
feet and be saved. I simply lost to His greatest KalyANa guNAs of
such merciful Nature of YathirAjar, and hats off to him.
47. Emperumaanaar- Sri ramanujacharya declared that Sri
RanganAthan- the reclining Lord of Srirangam on AdhisEshan- is the
One praised by Vedas, One worshipped by everyone including even
Nithya sooris and is also Our Lord. He showed the Lord to the world
that was filled with adharmam (non virtuous). He simply destroyed my
karmic diseases, that can not be overcome by praayacchitthams or
experiencing various births (for the sins are so huge and great
quantities). Not only did he do that to me, He also resided in my
heart at all times in the day and in the night, without leaving me
even for a fraction of second. There is NO PARALLEL or EQAUL to His
mercy of residing in my heart. There is none EQUAL TO ME, who is
blessed with this BhAgyam.
48. There can NOT be anyone who is so lowly of having the
qualities that are not befitting to the Blissful soul and having the
qualities of possessing a vibharItha (wrong) knowledge in abundance
like me. Such unparalleled I (the aparaadha chakravartthi as claimed
by Swami Desikan in daya sathakam), was considered by Sri Ramanujar,
taking my such lowly qualities alone as the required qualification
to save me. So merciful is He and His such compassionate nature
alone is the shadow that can protect us form the scorching samsaaric
afflictions. Since, there is none as bad as I am, it speaks even
more of His greatness to save me even. Sri RamanujA! The One praised
even by all those Bhagawathas who are blemishless and faultless! You
are the swaroopa laabham for me; and the GuNa laabham for Devas;
when such is the case, will we ever go away from you? Never.
49. Emperumaanaar- Sri Ramanujacharya, who enjoys placing his
head at the Lotus Feet of Lord Sri RanganAthA (of Srirangam, filled
with fertile fields, and beautiful ponds of Lotus flowers, where the
Lord has His YoganithrA), appeared on this earth and do you know
what all happened: The Dharmic way and Vedic lifestyle that were
decaying started getting revived; the six religions that are against
the Vedic principles and are full of flaws and bluffs- which
propagate non vedic philospohy, were simply finished off; the cruel
kali purushan who is the cause of all havoc in this world also was
crushed. What a way the world is saved with His avtaar!
50. The greatness of the Lotus feet of Emperumaanaar- Sri
Ramanujacharya (who is the embodiment of all kalyANa guNAs existing
all over the world, who is the King, Chief among saints) is: They
(the Lotus feet) reside in the hearts of Bhagawathas (who know that
only Emperumaan Sriman Narayanan is the means as well as the end)
like the rising bright sun; They walk in the hearts of those other
non vedic religious people giving them fearsome spine chilling
shivers from the roars of YathirAjar's Veda based arguments; They
(the Lotus feet) adorn even this lowly self, who is the
personification of all sins and is looked down by everyone, as an
ornament. How great are They!
51. For the sake of PaaNdavaas, who held on to KaNNan as the only
support for them, KaNNan drove the chariot in the battle field
Himself in front of the enemy group of DuryOdhanaadhis; He showed
Himself to PaaNdavaas (Arjunan) and also decided to finish the
battle with an intent to destroy the Kauravaas completely.
Emperumaanaar appeared as the insatiable nectar and BhOgyam for the
Bhagawathas, who are deeply immersed in the most auspicious,
limitless attributes of KaNNan. Such greatest Emperumanaar Sri
Ramanujar has appeared in this world only to rule me; Actually
thinking of it, there is not any other reason.
52. He saw to it that the non Vedic religions shiver with his
roaring arguments and Vedic based philosophy. With his enormous fame
and popularity that he had earned he covered the whole earth. He
entered into me, on his own, out of his mercy, in spite of my never
seeking for the same. He removed all my karmic diseases and joined
me with the most beautiful Lotus Feet of Sri RanganAyaki samEtha Sri
RanganAthA of Srirangam. My Master- Sri Ramanujacharya performed
such wonders.
53. The most merciful Sri Ramanujacharya, who had come to my
place searching for adiyEn, only to enslave me; who has got such a
glorious nature of stooping down so low to my level (such a
sowseelyam, because of which even the learned scholars fall in love
with him); who has got such great nature of not seeing the defects
or faults of others and moves with them in a fashion suitable and
likeable to them., established the Greatest most important truth
that the Paraman Sriya:Pathih Sriman Narayanan alone is the SeshI
(Master) and all the worlds, the innumerable, countless AthmAs
(beings) living in them are all sEshans (servants). Even when none
sought or asked for this; still, YathirAjar mercifully established
this truth for our benefit.
54. Because of Sri Ramanujacharya's such great nature of mixing
with all irrespective of their lowly nature (like that of mine) with
such sowseelya guNA, He had brought the world great things as
follows: * Similar to the blooming of fresh Lotus flowers when the
Sun rises, Vedic truths were established firmly and all other six
non vedic religions were simply crushed. * Vedas that describe the
greatness of SarvEshwaran and the manner in which the ArAdhana need
to be performed to the Sarveshawran, were feelings happy and excited
hearing the roars of Sri Ramanuja, against other religions.
("kaLippuRRathu is described by MaNavaaLa maamuni as Garvam
kOndathu"- Vedas felt proud). * The most sweetest, Thiruvaaymozhi,
the Tamil Veda, sung by NammAzhwAr with great anubhavam and
enjoyment grew greatly by Sri Ramanuja's campaigning and the whole
world came to know of the greatness of Thiruvaaymozhi.
55. Emperumaanaar- Sri Ramanujacharya established the Vedic
truths in his philosophy and thereby the innumerable great Vedic
hymns survived in this world due to Sri Ramanuja's grace. He stands
so victoriously, so beautifully, so gracefully and mercifully, that
Bhagawathas, who serve the Lotus feet of Lord Sri RanganAthA- Sesha
bhUthars of the Lord- who lose themselves to such greatest merciful
nature / personality of his, and praise Sri Ramanuja wholeheartedly.
They are the ones capable of ruling our kulam at all times.
56. Emperumaanaar - Sri Ramanujacharya praises devotedly Sri
ParasurAmamuni, who had appeared to destroy the 21 generations of
Kshathriya enemies with His sharp plough. He (Sri Ramanuja) has got
the best quality to even correct the persons of lowly nature (like
me) the dirty minds to become one pure hearts. Parama pAvanar;
Having been blessed so and joined Sri Ramanuja Group, I shall never
ever talk anything else except about Sri Ramanuja. My mind shall
never ever think of anything else.
57. Uttham purushar- Srivaishnavas consider only serving the
Beuatiful ParamabhOgya Lotus feet of Sri RanganAthan of Sri Rangam,
and nothing else. They consdier only such like minded Bhagawathas as
their relations and companions. They consider only SaraNAgathy
tatvam (doctrine of surrender) as the only dharmam that needs to be
followed. Emperumaanaar- Sri Ramanujacharya is praised
wholeheartedly by such great Sri vaishnavas, for his greatest
merciful nature and kalyANA guNAs. I am not so stupid and foolish to
think that there is something else that I should have than what I am
presently blessed with- the Bhagyam of having Sri Ramanuja with me.
That foolishness shall not bloom in me. Not any more.
58. Other religions wrongly provide a distorted interpretation of
Vedic statements. They think, understand wrongly and explain with
some logic (taking one statement out of context, and ignoring
another statement from sruthis) that Brahmam is JIvAthmA and
jIvAthmA is Brahmam; mOksham is merging of jIvAthmA with
SarvEshawaran; etc.. Such vociferous, disharmonious noises of wrong,
misinterpretations and vibharItha jnAnams were completely silenced
by the excellent arguments of Sri Ramanujacharya, quoting Vedas
(declaring that jIvAthmA(chit) and the prakriti (achit) is also
Nithyam and are eternal; They are eternally bonded to Brahamam with
a SarIra SarIri bhAvam. Sriman NarAyaNA, the Lord of KalyAna guNas,
is the sarIrI and all chit & achit are His sarIrA. Sriman Narayanan
is the Master (sEshi) and all jIvAthmAs are sEshans (servants) and
mOksham for jIvAthmA is having an uninterrupted Bhagavad anubhavam
and performing eternal kainkaryam to the Lotus feet of Divya Dampati
at SrivaikunTam, with great bliss). He stood victorious. It is his
mercy on us for his such great upakaaram to us (and Vedas too!)
59. When the whole world, surrounded by oceans was engulfed by
the darkness of Kalipurushan, Sri Ramanuja appeared and with the
shining light of praamaaNams (proofs) from four Vedas, dispelled the
darkness immediately. Had he not done that, the world would not have
known the truth (of Sarva sEshithvam of Sriman Narayanan for all
jIvAthmAs).
60. Emperumaanaar- Sri Ramanujacharya- the One who shines with
great KalyANA guNAs, who preaches the Athma guNAs to everyone with
no bias/partiality, (such a udhaara seelar is he), who is the Chief
of our Srivaishnava kulam, - enters the following places with great
happiness and joy: * where there is a congregation of Scholars or
jn~Anis of Srivaishnavam; * where there is a recitation of
Thiruvaaymozhi takes place; and * where the SavEshwaran Sriya:Pathi
Sriman Narayanan, out of His own and free will, stays permanently
(along with Periya PiraaTTi Sri MahAlakshmi residing in His
Beautiful Chest forever ) in the archAvathaaram in Sri Vaishnava
Divya dEsams
61. Emperumaanaar- Sri Ramanujacharya shines so gracefully that
those Bhagawathas, (who always think that Emperumaan Sriman
Narayanan alone is everything to them) come to him, take refuge at
his Lotus feet and pay obeisance to him. But, Sri Ramanuja, the most
merciful One came to me, (the lowly self, who was deeply immersed in
the cruel karma bhandhams, and in the world of tremendous sorrows
and samsaaric afflictions) and enslaved me. What a KaaruNyam! Not
just that. He has gone searching for others (like me) if any one
else is left out for being saved. Thus, the whole earth is awe
struck with his greatest dayA on humanity.
62. Our Master- Sri Ramanujacharya's Lotus feet give us great
happiness, (Anandham), great bhOgyam, and are of Parama Poojyam. I
am fortunate to have been blessed to hold the feet of Parama
Bhagawatha Sri Vaishnavas who are equal to Nithyasooris of
SrivaikunTam, and who do not at all have their regards to those who
do not desire for Sri Ramanujacharya's Lotus feet. Hence, I stand
fearless and have no sorrows /grievances. (since, there are no karma
vaasanaas anymore!)
63. The religions that have been filled with dirt and rots have
been taken up by those who are now being chased away with thundering
logic and Vedic proof by Sri Ramanuja. He is here in this world to
preach and advise against such pitfalls. He wanders everywhere
looking for people and act accordingly to let them comprehend his
philosophy; Such Great Most compassionate RamanujA! The One with
unlimited jnAnam! Please bless me with the mentality and strength to
enable me to hold and follw Your Glorious Lotus Feet at all times!
64. Our own possession- Sri Ramanujar is like a huge male
elephant; He shines so brightly and gracefully, with beaming
Anandham (bliss) of having enjoyed the Tamil Veda Sri Sadagopar's
Thiruvaaymozhi. He holds the Divine holy TridhaNdam in his hand. Oh
Logicians! All of you can not even stand against Sri Ramanuja. He
stands so toweringly pushing you all to the sides with his
authoritative authenticated arguments. With the chain of sishyas and
their sishyas linked to Sri Ramanuja, you have no chance to survive
your wealth. The world will now prosper.
65. The good things that have happened to us (due to our Nathan-
Master- Sri Ramanuja's grace and due to the jnAnam that He blessed
on us gracefully) are: The grass that had grown like great bushes
around the paddy fields (other religions that have outgrown the
Vedic truths and covered for so many years) are now completely
removed and destroyed; The fields now have grown even better and
look graceful. The grief of Vedic brahmins have gone; The Earth is
now blessed really; All doubts on saashtrAs have been cleared; This
is the glory of jnAnam that Sri Ramanuja blessed us with.
66. The manner in which Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan grants
mOksham is: When jnAnam blooms, develops and matures into Bhakti and
desire / prEmam on the Lord, and when one gets an urgent intense
desire (tvarai) to see and enjoy the lord and laments every second
and every moment as to when he is going to obtain the blissful
kaimkaryam at the Feet of the Lord with great satisfaction and
devotion; when such a situation arises in him, Sri Ramanujacharya (
- The King among saints - the One who gracefully removed the ills
from this lowly self- adiyEn's heart ) blesses us him, the Bhagyam
of holding the Lotus Feet of his (Sri Ramnuja's) and thereby grants
them his krupai (grace) as the first dividend and mercy to enable
him to be granted mOksham by Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan
67. For the sake of Yudhishtirar -Dharma puthrar- The one whose
concern was to serve Emperumaan alone and surrendered to Him,
SavEshwaran performed most wonderful acts and deeds during
KuruskshEthra battle and destroyed excellently the 100 Kauravaas,
the personification of ahamkarams. Emperumaanaar Sri Ramanujacharya
blesses us saying these bodies of ours and AthA are for Him and t is
our duty only for performing eternal service to Emperumaan-
Sriya:Pathi Sriman Narayanan, and nothing else. And had he not
advised us (those who were running amuck after other things
materialistic) with such a grace, what would have happened to us?
Who could have saved our AthmA? (None else)
68. When Arjunan, during the MahAbharatha battle, was confused
and confounded as to what he needs to do, to fight or not to fight,
he placed his bow down and requested the Lord to advise him. Sri
KrishnA blessed him (and us) with the glorious Divine GitA and Sri
Ramanujacharya blessed us in a much more simple terms the essence of
GitA in order to enable us understand clearly the rich esoteric
meanings of GitOpadEsam of Sri krishNA. My mind and AthmA long and
desire for KalyAna GunAs of those Bhagawthas who hold on to such
broad minded, merciful Sri Ramanujacharya.
69. SarvEshwaran Sriya:Pathi Sriman Naryanan, out of His own
grace and upakaaram, blesses us (the dormat ones) before the
creation, with the requisites (karaNa~ngaL) to become the living
souls. But He did not grant us the "saraNa~ngaL" the Lotus feet. But
My Father- Sri Ramanujacharya, Emperumaanaar- in order to save me
from this samsaara saagaram- the Great PraLayam- blessed me today
and showed me with the Lotus feet of his (Sri Ramanuja's) as the
means. What an upakaaram!
70. Oh EmperumaanaarE! Sri RamanujA! For time immemorial, I, the
lowly self, had been immersing myself in sensual pleasures and
carnal desires; After you have accepted me, I, who was intertwined
with all my karma vaasanaas, bondage, was blessed with Your graceful
kataaksham. You saw me and You saw my lowly nature too. You have
still gracefully considered me as a worthy object for redemption. Is
there anything I repeat- any thing good in me for you to take that
as a cue for Your mercy? And still You have showered your dayA on
me? What a dayA! Is there any benefit for you in Your mercy on me?
(None) and still You have blessed m with Your grace. What a grace!
If you look only for some thing good for one to surrender at Your
Feet, who is qualified to do so? None. (Not at least me). And still
you have enabled me to surrender to You. How and what can one see
Your such limitless, unbounded grace? (an excellent pAsuram! This
only is my capacity to translate! I advise the readers to read the
pAsuram please)
71. Oh EmperumaanaarE! Sri RamanujA! The One who does not see the
lowly level of the recipient (of Your grace) and does not realise
the greatness of granting Your such grace on him! My fickle mind
that was so unsteady and vacillating, has now got stuck to the
shadow of Your Most Blissful Lotus Feet; My love for those Divine
Lotus feet has grown to the greatest extent. My such action has
arisen due to the Greatest merciful guNA of Yours and hence, has
grown tremendously and immersed itself in praising Your such guNAs
only. The apacharams I had committed unknowingly and the ones that I
have committed knowingly even which have grown and accumulated as
huge mountains over the ages have all now vanished completely;
Hence, there is no grievance for me.
72. Due to His grace, Sri Ramanujacharya did the following: He
completely conquered those who immersed themselves in non vedic
arguments and religions and confused the world; He blessed,
conducted and performed the most truthful Vedic way of Life. Such
Greatest Ramanuja, has placed this lowly self- me- among those great
scholars and Srivaishnava Bhagawathas,(who took refuge at his Lotus
feet out of great bhatkti towards him and praised him ) in such a
way indicating "he is also one among them". What a mercy1 What a
dayA! What a grace! (adadaaaa..)
73. Without seeing the greatness of what He teaches us, and our
qualification for receiving it (and considering only what great it
is going to do to us), He teaches us the esoteric, essence of all
saasthrAs in simple terms. He is so merciful. H can not stand to
watch us going down the trench of samsaara saagaram and waste our
precious sri vaishnava births (lives). He showers coolness to the
scorching heat of samsaaram like the cool moon rays. He blesses even
those (who are not bothered with the realisation of Brahman and
jnAnam) and teaches them true jnAnam about Self and Sarva sEshathvam
of Self to the Lord. Hence, there is no other thought for me (that
befits me) except the thought of Ramanujacharya, who is so merciful
and who has got such gracious mind to save everyone in this world.
74. Emperumaan- SarvEshawran- is the One who destroys those cruel
wrong doers, who can not understand and talk ill of the apaurushEya
(that which has no birth) , the ever permanent, Vedas and their
philosophy / tatvams, with His strongest chakrA. While Sri
Ramanujacharya, the most merciful One, conquers the non vedic and
wrong philosophers (of other religions) in his own Most graceful
manner. (So Sri Ramanujacharya excels even Emperumaan!)
75. Even if ThiruvaranganAthan - Lord Sri RanganAtha of
Srirangam, appears in front of me, shows Himself His full beauty
with all Divya Ayudhams in His resplendent Hands, and vows " I shall
never ever leave you", Oh Sri RamanujA! Even then, the greatness of
Your kalyANA guNAs surround me, drag and engulf me and I am caught
immersing myself in them and praising them only.
76. Oh Sri RamanujA! The ever famous, ever divine, most popular,
the lovely, fertile, endearing to all, ThirumalA mountain (Where
Lord ThiruvEmkatamudaiyaan stays permanently), the Most Divine Sri
vaikuNTam, The Milky Ocean (ThiruppaaRkadal) where the Lord is
having His Yoga nithrA, with an only thinking of protecting the
universe, - in as much as these Divya Desams give you an exquisite
unlimited pErAnandham (great happiness), the same amount of bliss
comes to me from dEvarIr's (your) Lotus feet which are Parama
bhOgyam to me. Hence, Please bless me with those Lotus Feet always.
77. Sri Ramanujacharya- Emperumaanaar -He has blessed me with
such grace and dayA that He had not blessed anyone with so far. The
other religions that interpreted the Vedas so wrongly and
distortedly that the Vedic truths were simply hidden among there
false and wrong arguments. Sri Ramanujar, making use of only Vedic
statements, argued and chased away those non Vedic religions. He
stood so victoriously on this earth, with his glory spreading the
whole earth. He chased away all my karmas. What else does He have in
His ThiruvuLLam (mind) now for the benefit of the world? (means: is
there anything else to do?)
78. Emperumaanaar- Sri Ramanujacharya- after seeing my lowly
nature, decided toenter into my heart. There, like a resident first
cleans the place of residence first, YathirAjar removed the dirt
from my heart. He had such a great greed for correcting me (means:
It is impossible. And still he wanted to correct me and tried), that
none would have dared. If I come to know of your intentions, I may
obstruct and escape from your endeavours, and hence, knowing fully
well of that, you have clandestinely operated from within and
changed me completely to become the servant /bhakthA of Sri
Vallabhan, Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan.. What a dayA on me, Sri
RamanujA! Due to Your Parama krupA, EmperumaanaarE! Any other wrong
thoughts contradicting to what dEvarIr has taught me, will never
ever hereafter enter into my mind.
79. Emperumaanaar shines so victoriously conquering and chasing
away all those non vedic wrong religions that had distorted Vedic
statements with wrong and misinterpretations. He established the
Vedic truths on this earth firmly. When he stands awaiting who is
coming to learn the Truthful Knowledge based on Vedas and his
VisishtAdvaita philosophy, the people are under the wrong notion
that "he is also a human being like us, what is the big deal?" and
does not hold on to his feet. On the other hand, they lament
foolishly "which Lord is going to save me from this world?". Alas!
What a pity!
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 dearest
Srivaishnava Bhagawathas who have desired to praise and utter the
glorious divine names of Sri Ramanuja at all times.
81. I, who had never thought of service to the Bhagawathas (who
always serve your Lotus feet and not think of any other matter), was
correctly transformed and advised by DeavarIr due to Your grace that
"I am the servant of them only; and None else;" And it is Sri
RanganAthan's nature to enable and let His devotees join the group
of Srivaishnavas (like He has blessed me join this bhakti list); His
Lotus Feet are only for Bhagawthas to desire for taking refuge with
and serving the same. Such Greatest Lord's ThirumEni is dark hued
colour; and DevarIr (Your) Lotus feet are opposite to that and are
of reddish Lotus Like fair complexioned colour. You have blessed me
with a constant uninterrupted thought on Your Lotus feet only! Oh
RamanujA! There is NO PARALLEL FOR YOU and YOUR GRACE!
82. I,-who was deeply engrossed in the crue karma vaasanaas, who
had not even an iota of jnAnam, who was never steady in a particular
thing and was having a vacillating mind, - was gently corrected by
Emperumaanaar Sri Ramanuja. What did to me is: Within a fraction of
a second, He made me a great recipient and listener of His Esoteric
Truths and He stood victoriously on the earth. Thus, the literate,
scholars, Sri Vaishnavas, illiterate, and people from all walks of
life approach Him and praise Him for His such Greatest most
auspicious attributes. He possesses such Great kalyANa guNAs. He is
like the rainy dark clouds that rain everywhere without any
partiality; He showers His grace to one and all!
83. I have never had any semblance of desire for Parama
Purushaartham mOkshAnubhavam, without seeking the AthmAnubhavam (or
Kaivalyam); I never had any prEmam / Bhakti; I have never had a
realisation of my inability to perform Bhatki Yoga; I never had
realised that I have no other means to surrender and have performed
Prapaatti to become a prapannan; I have never been a member of the
Prapanna group. Oh RamanujA! I will attain the mOksham of two lotus
feet of Yours. How? It is only due to Your limitless unbounded grace
that showers on those who surrender to Your Lotus feet. Do I need to
tell You that? You Yourself know.
84. Now I have seen my Ramanuja; what a great sight it is! That
makes me desire and seek to serve the golden feet of Bhagawathas -
his devotees. And here, today I from the midst of all Bhagawathas
take just a sip from this ocean of auspicious qualities of YathirAjA
and all my past karmaas are destroyed. Alas! There is no end if I
start to say more.
85. There is nothing else for my AthmA to hold on to, except the
Feet of those Bhagawathas who have the nature of praising and paying
obeisance to Emperumaanaar Sri Ramanujacharya, who dispelled the
aj~nAnam of all who were wandering aimlessly, following and serving
for other trivial materialistic benefits without realising that the
SarvEshawran Lord Sriman Narayanan, the Veda Purushan, is the Chief,
as proclaimed in no ambiguities by the Vedas that they learn.