gratitude

April 13, 2010

Yes, after we read your description of Swami Ramanujar's greatness, tears, indeed, roll down our cheeks !

--- On Tue, 13/4/10, Mrs Geetha Vasudevan <vasugee191193 wrote:

Mrs Geetha Vasudevan <vasugee191193gratituderamanuja , rangappa1967, acharya , "Padmanabhan" <aazhwar, "Sriram A" <sriram105, "chitraa" <chitra_raja1996, "akka" <malathi_pb, "parsara bhattar" <srimaantrust, kaarimaaranCc: "Gopalakrishnan Alagiamanavalan" <gopallinsoft1, "Chinna jeeyar swamiji" , gopal_linsoft1, kesavan1997, "mkrp" <mkrp43, mudiliandanthirumaligaishishyas , "Sri Parthasarathy" <veenparthaTuesday, 13 April, 2010, 10:43 AM

SRIMATHEY RAMANUJAYA NAMAHARespected Bhagavatha Bandhus,Swamy Ramanuja utsavams have started, bhakti is filled in the air, everyone senses a feeling of joy, only physical body is there with everyone, and their respective souls in Sri Perumbudur,( avataraa sthaslam) The mere uttering of the month Chittrai, brings unknown happiness in the hearts of devotees, well it is the thirunkshatram of our beloved Jagat Acharian Swamy Ramanuja. wellall of us know aboutof Swami Ramanuja'shistory, his kainkaryams andthe mahat upakaram he has done to oursampradayam, so it being called Emperumaanar Darsanam by our Namperumal itself. "Nachet Ramanujet desha, Cathurat Chathurakshari Kamavasthan Prapadhyanthe Janthavo Hantha Madrusha:" The above solka by our Poorvacharyas, brings outhow Swami"s birth leads us to vaikuntam, and he is called "Vainkunta Mani

Mandapa Marga Dhayee" (one who shows way to Sri Vainkuntum) in Dhaati PanchakamMeaning of the above solka,If Swami Ramanuja had not been born, (if this 4 lettered word RA MA NU JA had not been born, we would not have got that 4 lettered word NA RA YA NA), then what is the status of us in this world? The answer is simple we will all be mere animalsLet us see how 1)The animals and human both are born from male female union respectively2)Animals and human struggle for existence in their own ways3) Both animals and humans according to nature, produce off springs4)Both of them are affected by the factors of hunger, age, disease and ultimately deathThen where is the difference? The gyanam or Knowledge is the one factor which distinguishes human from animal, we all have gynanam of the supreme being (Sreeman Narayana) but animals do not, posses this gynanam, "gyanena heenaha:

pasubeehe:samanaha: " goes a saying, those who dont have knowledge are equal to animals, if we still remain human beings, it is the mahat upakaram of Swami Ramanuja who out of compassion and grace towards human race gave us the Thirumantram from Thirukottiyoor Temple towerThe grace of Swami Ramanuja hasbeen clearly brought out by our Varavara Muni in his Aarathi Prabandham, (it is a marvelous work of 60 slokas, each one is a gem, and in aclass of its own, mere words are not enough to talk or praise about it), in which Swami Manavala Mamunigal prays and surrenders to the lotus feet of Swamy Ramanuja, to take him to the eternal abode of Sriman Narayana. One can wonder Swami MM could have prayed to Sriman Narayana totake himself to Sri Vaikuntam, or to the Piratti or any acharyas before Swami Ramanuja, or even to hisasmad acharyan Thiruvaimozhipillai , but instead he chose only Swami Ramanuja, Why? this is

clearly explained by Swami MM in the 26th sloka of Aarthi Prabandham"Thennarangar thamakkamo? dheviyar gatkamo? Senaiyar kon mudhalana sooriyargarkamo? Manniya seer maran, arul mari thammakaomo? Mattrumula desikargal thangalukku amo? Ennoduya Pizhai Porukka Yavarukky Mudiyum? Ethiraja unakku andri yanoruvarukku aagen Un Arulale ennaku ruchi thannaiyum undakki Oli visumbil adiyenai orupadutthu virandhey."Is it possible for the Lord of Sri Rangam? Is it possible for his Dhevis(Pirattis) ?Is it possible for commander in chief Senai Mudhaliyar?Is it possible for our dear Maran( Nammalwar) or Arul Mari(Thirumangai Alwar)?Is it possible for any other acharyas? (right from Sri Naada Muni)Who will bear/tolerate with me and forgive my sins?(Except you none))Ethiraja, I surrender only to your Lotus FeetOnly through your grace, you have brought about

kainkarya ruchi in meTake me soon to the Parmapadham Such is the greatness of Swamy ramanuja, two years back, when adiyen went to Sri Perumbudur on the gandhapodi utsavam day, there were many street sellers, hawkers, among them a lady, a nari kuravi( a tribal woman) who sells, sea shells, and pearl malai, was talking to another person of her own tribe the conversation wenton like this"People come here from far distances to worship, some people go in front of sami(probably she meant divya prabandha goshti in front of Swami ramanuja), and some go back (probably the vedha goshti) and they murmur(the chanting verses), I dont understand any thing, the only one thing what I know is "Om Namo Narayana".Tears rolled from my eyes, look at the compassion, swamy had on the human race, it is still gracing even the common most people, withouthim it would have been not possible for us or the narikuravi, to know

it because till swami Ramanuja it was Oor Aan Vazhi Upadesam, Nambi did not give away the mantra so easily, he tested for eligibility, if that eligibility had been the criteria now, none of us would qualify for the same. Bhagavatha Bandhus, aren't we bound by the responsibility of showing our gratitude, to swami by being his slaves,( Endhen arumperal anbu pukkitu adimai poondu uyindhi ponen -- thirukurndhandakam) not only in this birth but in all the births to come just like Andal saidEttraikkum Ezh Ezh Piravikkum, Let us all keep our work aside, it is nowtime to leave for Sri Perumbudur for Swami's Thirunakshatra Utsavam. Now a days, people potray some personalities as revolutionist and give publicity, but it was actually swami who was the first revolutionist whogave certain rights to Harijan and gave them a title "Thiru kulatthar" even today on the Gandha Podi Utsavam day, (afternoon after the gandha

podi utsavam is over and swami returns to temple)Swami Ramanuja's archa thirumeni is placed near Andhal's sannadhi, and the opportunity of veseeri (fan) kainkaryam (aalavatta kainkaryam is given to all bhagavathas without any caste, sex, creed, and age distrinctions. Adiyen would like to conclude with the verses of our Jeyar"UnnaiOzhiya Ore Deivam Mattru AreyaMannu Pugal Ser Vaduga Nambi ThannilayaiEnthannu kku Ne thanthu Ethiraja Ennalum OnthanukkeAatkol ugandhu"Manavala Mamunigal in his Aarthi Prabandham prays to Swami Ramanuja to take him into his fold and give him the same status that Vaduga Nambi holds Nambi who never knew any other Deivam than Swamy Ramanuja]Gandhapodi utsavam this year falls on 21st April, nothing more is important to us than doing aalavatta kainkaryam to his Maha PurushaKindly apologise adiyen's mistakes, this is purely to ignoranceANNAYAY ATTHANAI ENNAI

AANDIDUMTHANMAYANRAMANUJAN EN NAMBEYEAdiyen Ramanuja DasanGeetha VasudevanYour Mail works best with the New Optimized IE8. Get it NOW! http://downloads. / in/internetexplo rer/

April 19, 2010

SRIMATHEY RAMANUJAYA NAMAHARespected Swami,

Thanyosmi for the mail, it is the abhimanam on adiyar Kuzham which made devareer to write so, adiyen's gyanam is very very very minute (and even this bhagyam is due to emperumannar's kripai) and nothing when compared to many bhagavathas who are full of gyanam and anushtanamBatthi Illatha En Paavi Nenjal Muyal Gingranan Avan Than Perunkeerthi Mozhindhidave -- Ramanuja Nootriandadhi Annaiyay Atthanai Ennai Aandidum

Thanmayan Ramanujan En Nambeye Geetha Vasudevan--- On Sun, 18/4/10, srivathsan <alwar_acharya wrote:srivathsan <alwar_acharyaRe: [sri ramanuja] gratitude"Mrs Geetha Vasudevan" <vasugee191193Sunday, 18 April, 2010, 1:18 PMSri Swami/Maami,

Adiyaen iraamaanuja daasaanu daasan, nice article and fantastic presentation. True to say yesterday adiyaen was thinking about requesting devareer to send an article about swami's thirunakshatram and its importance to all devareer chain receipients. Today morning due to HIS sankalpam, Swami's anugruham - adiyaen is getting a mail from devareer exactly. Thought provoking mail to samsaaris like adiyaen...............great and adiyaen shall pray to acharyan swami to bless devareer with neengaatha selvam.

Devareer Kaingaryam Pallaandu Pallaandu Vaazhi.................

Adiyaen Iraamaanuja Daasaanu Daasan

--- On Tue, 13/4/10, Mrs Geetha Vasudevan <vasugee191193 wrote:

Mrs Geetha Vasudevan <vasugee191193[sri ramanuja] gratituderamanuja , rangappa1967, acharya , "Padmanabhan" <aazhwar, "Sriram A" <sriram105, "chitraa" <chitra_raja1996, "akka" <malathi_pb, "parsara bhattar" <srimaantrust, kaarimaaranCc: "Gopalakrishnan Alagiamanavalan" <gopallinsoft1, "Chinna jeeyar swamiji" , gopal_linsoft1, kesavan1997, "mkrp" <mkrp43, mudiliandanthirumaligaishishyas , "Sri Parthasarathy" <veenparthaTuesday, 13 April, 2010, 3:13 PM

SRIMATHEY RAMANUJAYA NAMAHARespected Bhagavatha Bandhus,Swamy Ramanuja utsavams have started, bhakti is filled in the air, everyone senses a feeling of joy, only physical body is there with everyone, and their respective souls in Sri Perumbudur,( avataraa sthaslam) The mere uttering of the month Chittrai, brings unknown happiness in the hearts of devotees, well it is the thirunkshatram of our beloved Jagat Acharian Swamy Ramanuja. well all of us know about of Swami Ramanuja's history, his kainkaryams and the mahat upakaram he has done to our sampradayam, so it being called Emperumaanar Darsanam by our Namperumal itself. "Nachet Ramanujet desha, Cathurat Chathurakshari Kamavasthan Prapadhyanthe Janthavo Hantha Madrusha:" The above solka by our Poorvacharyas, brings out how Swami"s birth leads us to vaikuntam, and he is called "Vainkunta Mani Mandapa Marga Dhayee" (one who shows way to Sri Vainkuntum) in Dhaati PanchakamMeaning of the above solka,If Swami Ramanuja had not been born, (if this 4 lettered word RA MA NU JA had not been born, we would not have got that 4 lettered word NA RA YA

NA), then what is the status of us in this

world? The answer is simple we will all be mere animalsLet us see how 1)The animals and human both are born from male female union respectively2)Animals and human struggle for existence in their own ways3) Both animals and humans according to nature, produce off springs4)Both of them are affected by the factors of hunger, age, disease and ultimately deathThen where is the difference? The gyanam or Knowledge is the one factor which distinguishes human from animal, we all have gynanam of the supreme being (Sreeman Narayana) but animals do not, posses this gynanam, "gyanena heenaha: pasubeehe:samanaha:" goes a saying, those who dont have knowledge are equal to animals, if we still remain human beings, it is the mahat upakaram of Swami Ramanuja who out of compassion

and grace towards human race gave us

the Thirumantram from Thirukottiyoor Temple towerThe grace of Swami Ramanuja has been clearly brought out by our Varavara Muni in his Aarathi Prabandham, (it is a marvelous work of 60 slokas, each one is a gem, and in a class of its own, mere words are not enough to talk or praise about it), in which Swami Manavala Mamunigal prays and surrenders to the lotus feet of Swamy Ramanuja, to take him to the eternal abode of Sriman Narayana. One can wonder Swami MM could have prayed to Sriman Narayana to take himself to Sri Vaikuntam, or to the Piratti or any acharyas before Swami Ramanuja, or even to his asmad acharyan Thiruvaimozhipillai , but instead he chose only Swami Ramanuja, Why? this is clearly explained by Swami MM in the 26th sloka of Aarthi Prabandham"Thennarangar thamakkamo? dheviyar gatkamo? Senaiyar kon mudhalana sooriyargarkamo? Manniya seer maran, arul mari thammakaomo? Mattrumula desikargal thangalukku amo? Ennoduya

Pizhai Porukka Yavarukky

Mudiyum? Ethiraja unakku andri yan oruvarukku aagen Un Arulale ennaku ruchi thannaiyum undakki Oli visumbil adiyenai orupadutthu virandhey."Is it possible for the Lord of Sri Rangam? Is it possible for his Dhevis(Pirattis) ? Is it possible for commander in chief Senai Mudhaliyar?Is it possible for our dear Maran( Nammalwar) or Arul Mari(Thirumangai Alwar)?Is it possible for any other acharyas? (right from Sri Naada Muni)Who will bear/tolerate with me and forgive my sins?(Except you none))Ethiraja, I surrender only to your Lotus FeetOnly through your grace, you have brought about kainkarya ruchi in meTake me soon to the Parmapadham Such is the greatness of Swamy ramanuja, two years back, when adiyen went to Sri Perumbudur on the gandhapodi utsavam day, there were many street sellers,

hawkers, among

them a lady, a nari kuravi( a tribal woman) who sells, sea shells, and pearl malai, was talking to another person of her own tribe the conversation went on like this"People come here from far distances to worship, some people go in front of sami(probably she meant divya prabandha goshti in front of Swami ramanuja), and some go back (probably the vedha goshti) and they murmur(the chanting verses), I dont understand any thing, the only one thing what I know is "Om Namo Narayana".Tears rolled from my eyes, look at the compassion, swamy had on the human race, it is still gracing even the common most people, without him it would have been not possible for us or the narikuravi, to know it because till swami Ramanuja it was Oor Aan Vazhi Upadesam, Nambi did not give away the mantra so easily, he tested for eligibility, if that eligibility had been the criteria now, none of us would qualify for the same. Bhagavatha Bandhus, aren't we bound by the responsibility of showing our gratitude, to swami by being his slaves,( Endhen arumperal anbu pukkitu adimai poondu uyindhi ponen -- thirukurndhandakam) not only in this birth but in all the

births to come just like

Andal said Ettraikkum Ezh Ezh Piravikkum, Let us all keep our work aside, it is now time to leave for Sri Perumbudur for Swami's Thirunakshatra Utsavam. Now a days, people potray some personalities as revolutionist and give publicity, but it was actually swami who was the first revolutionist whogave certain rights to Harijan and gave them a title "Thiru kulatthar" even today on the Gandha Podi Utsavam day, (afternoon after the gandha podi utsavam is over and swami returns to temple)Swami Ramanuja's archa thirumeni is placed near Andhal's sannadhi, and the opportunity of veseeri (fan) kainkaryam (aalavatta kainkaryam is given to all bhagavathas without any caste, sex, creed, and age

distrinctions. Adiyen would like to conclude with the verses of our Jeyar

"Unnai Ozhiya Ore Deivam Mattru Areya

Mannu Pugal Ser Vaduga Nambi Thannilayai

Enthannukku Ne thanthu Ethiraja Ennalum Onthanukke

Aatkol ugandhu"

Manavala Mamunigal in his Aarthi Prabandham prays to Swami Ramanuja to take him into his fold and give him the same status that Vaduga Nambi holds Nambi who never knew any other Deivam than Swamy Ramanuja]

Gandhapodi utsavam this year falls on 21st April, nothing more is important to us than doing aalavatta kainkaryam to his Maha Purusha

Kindly apologise adiyen's mistakes, this is purely to ignorance

ANNAYAY ATTHANAI ENNAI AANDIDUM THANMAYAN

RAMANUJAN EN NAMBEYE

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan

Geetha Vasudevan

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