Bhagavad Ramanuja Vaibhavam- 1.68- Please bless me to serve the devoted disciples of yours, Oh Raamanuja!

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika manahadesikaya nama:

 

Dearest all, 

Continuing on our pastime of enjoying Bhagavad Raamanuja vaibhavam: [as part of

our series and service to Srivaishnavas to commeomorate the 1000th year (2017)]

 

Emperumaanaar Sri RamanujAchAryA is the Greatest AchAryA, who

surrendered at the Lotus Feet of Divya Damapti as the only means and end

for him, and who considered all others as just grass.

 

Let us surrender at the Lotus Feet of our dearest compassionate AchAryA

and pray for His grace and mercy to save us. On his Thirunakshathram today, let

us enjoy the verse from Raamanusa nOORRanthAThi

 

Because of my karma vasans and accrued karma, even if I get very many future

births, I only pray for this constant thought on EmperumAnAr. Not

just that. In all such births, wherever there are mahaans – with you- as you

ardent sishyas and great bhAgawathas, I should be blessed to serve those mahaans

as well and such thoughts should ever remain in my heart. My mind should be

flooded only with such thoughts. If that happens, that would be even grander

than the anubhavam at SrivakuNtam- says in this verse.

 

inpuRRa cheelath thiraamaa Nnucha,enRum evvitaththum

enpuRRa nOyutal thORum piRanthiRanthu eNNariya

thunpuRRu veeyinum cholluva thonRuNtun thoNtar_katkE

anpuR Rirukkum pati,ennai yaakkiyaNG kaatpatuththE.

107th verse

 

such lowliest one- myself- in whose heart, you have

come on your own accord and have come to stay and

considering that as the great enjoyment, you relish as

well… oh Ramanuja! Such a sowseelya saagaraa! There is

one thing that I would like to tell… Please permit me

to say this. What is that?- even if I am destined to

get further cycles of birth and death very many times,

filled with grief, diseases, in each body, and perish,

- in spite of all this, all that I plead to you is:

Please make me remain affectionate to only your

disciples and devotees at all times, at all places and

under all circumstances. That is the only goal I want.

 

It is better not to get any further births at all. But

even if I am destined to get, it is better if I am

blessed to have no diseases at all and be healthy in

mind, heart and body; At least, I can serve the

devotees of Yours with joy and full vigour. But if I

am down with tremendous bodily suffering due to karmic

diseases, and I end up suffering birth after births,

even then, if I can serve the disciples with ecstasy

and joy, I can forget my suffering and be happy. Such

desirous me, shouldn’t I be given an opportunity *to

serve the sishyas of yours at all times, and under all

circumstances?* Please bless me with the same- right from

this time onwards.

 

EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan