Yathiraja Vimsathi - Sloka 5

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YATHIRAJA VIMSATI

 

Author: Sri S.Satyamurthi Iyengar

Yatiraja vimsati

 

 

Sloka 5

 

aShTAksharAkhyamanurAjapadatrayArtha *

niShTAM mamAtra vitarAdya yatIndra nAtha! |

shiShTAgragaNyajanasevyabhavatpadAbje *

hR^iShTAstu nityamanubhUya mamAsya buddhiH || (5)

 

 

Oh, Yateendra, my Lord! Please grant unto me, now and here,

Steadfast devotion to the meanings of the three syllables

Of the eight-lettered TIRUMANTRA and let me forever

Revel in the enjoyment of your lotus feet, indeed adorable

By the illustrious stalwarts heading the ranks of righteous.

 

 

 

Notes

 

By Padatrayartanishta is meant steadfast devotion to the triple meanings

of the said Mantra, namely subservience to none but the Lord,

dependence on Him solely and service unto Him and His devotees.

In the preceding sloka, service was prayed for and as it is the

quintessence of ‘Tirumantra’, the poet’s mind at once turned on to

this Mantra and he prays to the great Master (Ramanuja) to vouchsafe

to him the requisite devotion to translate into practice the triple meanings

yielded by the said Mantra, as above, with this difference that

Ramanuja would take the place of the Lord in so far as the poet is concerned.

 

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Retyped from the book by Sri Kesavan Srinivasan of Chicago

(The Grandson of Sri U.Ve. Satyamurthi Iyyengar.)

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Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar ThiruvadigalE sharanam

 

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

Mukundan Vangkipuram Pattangi

 

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