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From: Sampath Rengarajan (srengara_at_hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Jun 22 2000 - 19:45:29 PDT
Srimadh Azhagiya singar thiru vadikaLE saraNam
Sri thiru arangatthu amudhanAr thiruvadikaLE saraNam
Sri Ramanujar thiru vadikaLE saraNam
Sri thAyAr samEtha Sri AdikEsava perumAL thiruvadikaLE saraNam
Sri RenganAyikA samEtha Sri RengarAjan thiruvadikaLE saraNam
irAmAnusa nORRu anthAthi - part 2 - irAmAnusar, the manthram
Dear bAgawathAs,
When Sri "RamAnujar"'s name was written on the river bed, the sand
turned into gold and it spread and turned everything else into
gold as well. If the mere name Sri irAmAnusa can make such wonder,
a small attempt is made to substantiate this anubavam as to why
such this name is so wonderful ? What does it contain in it to
make everything golden and wonderful. Sri thiru mangai wanted to
build the temple walls of Srirangam in gold. Sri nam mAzhwAr
delivered that Lord Sri Oppiliappan was in the city of thiru
viNNagaram which was surrounded by the walls that are made of
gold. ie., "minnap pon mathil soozh thiru viNNagaram sErntha
appan". It is said that Srivaikundam is surrounded by gOlden
mathils. When Sri irAmAnusar nAmam is a manthram by itslef and can
pave the way for one to attain mOksham and reach paramapadham by
doing prapatti through a sadhAchAryAn, there is no doubt writing
his thiru nAmam alone will give a "preview" of what is to come for
a "vanchaniyillAtha AnmA". Besides the pathams of his thiru nAmam
are also analysed here for a clear understanding of its mantric
nature (*).
Sri irAmAnusar has several names such as Sri Udayavar, Sri
bAshyakArar Sri thiruppAvai Jeer, Sri emperumAnAr and so on. One
may wonder why these other names are not embedded and considered
as manthrA ? These other names as similar to the name irAmAnusar
are all idaiyil vantha kArANap peyargaL. ie., these names were all
addressed for various reasons that the name itself is embedded in
them. For example, Sri bAshyakArar for delivering Sri bAshyAm and
thirup pAvai jeer, for listening to thirup pAvai everyday and
poring out wiht His tears during such sravanam of thirup pAvai.
But the name irAmAnusan is also a kArAnap peyar that came with a
reason from the beginning. ie, He is the incarnation of the
brother or dAsan of Lord Sri rAmA himself. Since this name is
"muthalil idap patta avathArap peryar", this is the main manthram.
"anuja" or "anusa" in tamil mean brother, dAsan, adiyAr and so on.
Many name their children as Ramaswamy, Krishnaswamy etc. The
purpose is that when someone calls them by their name whether for
good or bad of them, the nAma sankeertthanam of the Lord yield
them many puNNiyams. However, the best is to give the name as "I
am the dAsan of Rama", "I am the prasAd of krishnA" (Krishna
prasad) and so on. In fact it is said that Sri Ramanuja HIMself
repented for not having children. if only he had, he would have
named them as similar to the vaNNAn, as "mAran, vaguLAbaran, and
so on..", all after Sri nammAzhwAr (**). The name of a person mean
a lot in kaliyugam.
In Srivaishnavam it is the Vaishnava lakshanam to consider one as
the adiyAr's adiyAr and the junior most adiyAr irrespective of
their age, knowledge, and anushtAnam. It is very important for a
Srivishnava that he signs himself as Sri rAmAnuja dAsan. After
considering the above explanations on the mathrArttham of the name
Sri irAmAnusar, this signature may be considered to mean that one
is Sri ramA's (dAsan's) adiyAr's adiyAr.
Srimadh Azhagiya singar thiru vadikaLE saraNam
Sri thiru arangatthu amudhanAr thiruvadikaLE saraNam
Sri Ramanujar thiru vadigaLE saraNam
Sri thAyAr samEtha Sri AdikEsava perumAL thiruvadikaLE saraNam
Sri RenganAyikA samEtha Sri RengarAjan thiruvadikaLE saraNam
thiruk kudanthai Sampath Rengarajan
(*) On how a mantra is to be recited please refer to the wonderful
series written by Sri Anbil Ramaswamy in the following URL's and
as well write to him for personal copies at ramanbil@aol.com
http://www2.be.com/~mani/bhakti/archives/sep98/./0079.html
http://www2.be.com/~mani/bhakti/archives/sep98/./0078.html
http://www2.be.com/~mani/bhakti/archives/sep98/./0082.html
http://www2.be.com/~mani/bhakti/archives/sep98/./0083.html
http://www2.be.com/~mani/bhakti/archives/sep98/./0083.html
http://www2.be.com/~mani/bhakti/archives/sep98/./0088.html
(**) Please refer to Sri P. Dileepan swamin's touching article on
this vaibavam.
http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/apr96/0079.html
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