Stuti on acharyas and azwars - part 3

हरितेन स्वयं प्राप्य प्रापयामास चोन्नतिम् ।

हारितेन मतस्यापि तं वन्दे यामुनं मुनिम् ।। 21 ।।

Sampradaya has it that when Sri Yamunacharya drifted from sampradaya in his early days he was led back by his own Guru through the introduction of a keerai (green) in his food and so on. In this verse I use the word harita to mean keerai. Ramanuja's gotra is said to be haarita. So I make use of these two words in the following sloka...

Meaning:

கீரையின் மூலமாக தான் மேன்மை அடைந்து ஹாரிதேந (பாஷ்யகாரருக்கு ஸங்கேதம்) தன்னுடைய மதத்திற்கும் மேன்மையைப் பெறச்செய்த அந்த யாமுனமுனியை வணங்குகிறேன். 🙏

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यो मुनिर्दर्शयामास दृष्ट्वा वरदसन्निधौ ।

सम्प्रदायं च तस्यापि प्रवर्तकं हि तं भजे ।। 22 ।।

I salute that muni who at the vicinity of Lord Varada found the sampradaya and it's propagator (Sri Ramanuja) and showed it(to the world or to us) Sampradaya has it that stotra ratna was composed on Lord Varada and Sri Yamunacharya saw Ramanuja for the first time in the Varadaraja temple...

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शठकोपकृपापात्रः शठमर्षणगोत्रजः ।

पितामहो मुनेर्यस्य प्रपद्ये तमहं सदा ।। 23 ।।

I salute that muni always whose grandfather was of shatamarshana gotra and was a receptacle of the grace of Sri Sathakopa.

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ज्ञानाख्यदन्तहीनेभ्यः गीताफलं स्फुटीकृतम् ।

येन द्वात्रिंशता पद्यैः वन्दे तं यामुनं मुनिम् ।। 24 ।।

Many salutations to him by whom the fruit called Gita was cut open with 32 padyas for the benefit of those who do not possess the teeth called jnana. Gitartha sangraha is the padya which has 32 verses akin to the 32 teeth that are needed to taste or relish the uncut fruit called Gita. Yamunacharya or Alavandar is the composer. Salutations to him. I salute that Yamuna muni is the meaning of the last pada.

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Wrote it for Thiruvaadipooram

गोपालं देवदेवं तं सवारणं ववार या ।

वररूपेण सा गोदा सर्वदा पातु नस्सदा ।। 25 ।।

Let that Goda (Andal), one who grants all (desires), who yearned for that Gopala, God of Gods as her bride, accompanied by elephants (a thousand, in her dreams) protect us or take care of us always!

Written four years back, bound to have some mistakes, for sure!

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On Andal again

या कृष्णस्य द्वितीयेति मन्यमाना तु शैशवात् ।

भासमानाsद्वितीया सा नाथेन पातु नस्सदा।। 26 ।।

Let that Goda (always) protect us who, from her childhood, considered herself to be consort of Krishna, and who is (always) shining unparalleled with her Lord!

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For thiruvaadipooram!

स्ववृतेन वरस्तेन स्वकृतभुक्तमालया ।

स्वीकृता भासमाना'समाना या पातु नश्च सा ।। 27 ।।

Let her (Goda), who was accepted (as a consort) by the groom of her choice, through the garlands made and adorned by herself first (and adorned by Him later), and who shines with him unmatched, protect us!

May be a better version!

स्ववृतेन वरस्तेन स्वकृतभुक्तमालया ।

स्वीकृता भासमाना या साsसमाना च पातु नः।।

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Cataka is a mythological bird which lives only on feeding rain water directly from the clouds! So it will be after rain bearing dark clouds (सरसकृष्णमेघ)

Nammalwar or Shatakopa is akin to a cataka bird who lived upon Krishna rasa that was showered by His smrti ( सरसकृष्णमेघस्य)

सरसकृष्णमेघस्य सदोपजीविनं महः ।

तमोहनमहं वन्दे चातकं शठघातकम् ।। 28 ।।

I salute always that destroyer of tamas (ignorance) the lustrous cataka bird, Shatakopa, who lived upon the rasa of dark cloud called Krishna!

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கேள்வி: 'செத்ததின் வயிற்றில் சிறியது பிறந்தால் எத்தைத் தின்று எங்கே கிடக்கும்?' பதில் 'அத்தைத் தின்று அங்கேயே கிடக்கும்'

Question:'What will the jivatman eat (enjoy) and where will it be when it is born (manifests) in the body (matter, which is lifeless)

Answer:'it will be in that body (until liberation) experiencing the pleasure and pain arising out of it'.

This was the exchange of dialogue between Madhurakavi (question) and Sri Nammalwar (answer) (Sathakopa).

Madhurakavi became a disciple of Sri Nammalwar after listening to the answer - thus goes the Srivaishnava tradition.

The following verse is about this.

किमश्मन्नस्ति वा कुत्र मृते जातोsपरो ननु ।

तदश्नन्नस्ति तत्रेति प्रश्नोत्तरेsस्तु मे मतिः ।। 29 ।।

किमश्मन्नस्ति what does it eat and reside वा कुत्र where मृते in the dead matter जातः born अपरः the inferior soul (jivatma) ननु indeed तदश्नन्नस्ति eating that and staying तत्र there इति in this प्रश्नोत्तरे question and answer अस्तु let मे my मतिः thought be

Let me (always) ponder upon the question and answer 'where indeed the jivatma reside and what does it eat (enjoy) when it is born in the lifeless body (acetana)? It resides there only enjoying the pain and pleasure born out of it'.

Thereby thinking, the acharya, his sishya and the philosophy!

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This one is on Sri Sudarshana Suri’s greatest contribution to Srivaishnava sampradaya – Shrutaprakashika – a voluminous super commentary to Sri Bhashya, magnum opus of Srimad Ramanuja. It is like a fort to the kingdom of Sri Bhashya – can never be attacked. It takes a life time to read it, leave alone understanding it.

श्रद्धया दयया चापि यथाश्रुतं तथा कृताम् ।

श्रीभाष्यराज्यकोटिं तां वन्दे श्रुतप्रकाशिकाम् ॥ 30 ॥

Without any motive for name or wealth acharyas like him have contributed a lot. Ofcourse there are such noble atmas in all sampradayas!