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SRI RAMANUJA GRANTHAMALA
SRIRANGA GADYAM
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SRIRANGA GADYAM
श्रीः
shreeh
श्रीमते रामानुजाय नमः
shreematE rAmAnujAya namah
भगवरामानुजाचार्यविरचितम्
गद्यत्रयम्
श्रीरङ्गगद्यम्
gadyatrayam
shreerangagadyam
- by shree rAmAnuja
चिदचित्परतत्त्वानाम् तत्त्वयाथार्थ्यवेदिने ।
रामानुजाय मुनये नमो मम गरीयसे ॥
chidachitparatattvAnAm tattvayAthArthyavEdinE |
rAmAnujAya munayE namO mama gareeyasE ||
I bow to shree rAmAnuja who taught us the three tattvas – chit, achit & eeshvara (paratattva) in vishiShTAdvaita sampradAya.
avatArikE
shree rAmAnuja requests his swAmi, shreeranganAtha to allow him & experience His nitya kainkarya. So, he seeks the tiruvaDi of shriyahpati. Thus, he explains dwaya mahAmantra. shreeranga gadyam is a short gadyam. This also has dwaya vivaraNam just like in sharaNAgati gadyam. This has seven choorNikas. In this gadyam, first uttara vAkya of dwaya - kainkarya prArthana is done like done in tiruvAimozhi. Later we quote our dOShas & seek Him for forgiveness (ananyagatitvam) followed by Akinchinyam (quote that we don’t have anything to give in return). Finally, ask Him for kainkarya again & also give us vishvAsa in doing kainkarya. We fall at His feet & ask for kainkarya prArthana.
shree rAmAnuja in this gadyam advises sharaNAgati kramam according to sampradAya. The anushThAna karma is described in sharaNAgati gadyam where the Lord makes shree rAmAnuja seek Him & then grants him the wish. He has also mentioned in the gadyam that antima smaraNam is not necessary for him or his followers.
स्वाधीन त्रिविध चेतनाचेतन स्वरूपस्थितिप्रवृत्तिभेदम्, क्लेशकर्माद्यशेषदोषासम्स्पृष्टम्, स्वाभाविकानवधिकातिशय ज्ञानबलैश्वर्य वीर्य शक्तितेजस्सौशील्य वात्सल्य मार्दवार्जव सौहार्द साम्य कारुण्य माधुर्य गाम्भीर्यौदार्यचातुर्य स्थैर्य धैर्य शौर्य पराक्रम सत्यकाम सत्यसङ्कल्प कृतित्व कृतज्ञताद्यसङ्ख्येय कल्याणगुणगणौघमहार्णवम्, परब्रह्मभूतम्, पुरुषोत्तमम्, श्रीरङ्गशायिनम् अस्मत्स्वामिनम्, प्रबुद्धनित्यनियाम्य नित्यदास्यैकरसात्मस्वभावोऽहम्, तदेकानुभवः तदेकप्रियः परिपूर्णम् भगवन्तम् विशदतमानुभवेन निरन्तरमनुभूय, तदनुभवजनितानवधिकातिशय प्रीतिकारिताशेषावस्थोचिताशेषशेषतैकरतिरूप नित्यकिङ्करो भवानि ॥
swAdheena trividha chEtanAchEtana swaroopasthitipravruttiBhEdam, klEshakarmAdyashEShadOShAsamspruShTam, swABhAvikAnavadhikAtishaya gnAnabalaishvarya veerya shaktitEjassausheelya vAtsalya mArdavArjava sauhArda sAmya kAruNya mAdhurya gAmBheeryaudAryachAturya sthairya dhairya shaurya parAkrama satyakAma satyasankalpa krutitva krutagnatAdyasanKhyEya kalyANaguNagaNouGhamahArNavam, parabrahmaBhootam, puruShOttamam, shreerangashAyinam, asmatsvAminam, prabuddhanityaniyAmya nityadAsyaikarasAtmaswaBhAvO aham, tadEkAnuBhavah tadEkapriyah paripoorNam Bhagavantam vishadatamAnuBhavEna nirantaramanuBhooya, tadanuBhavajanitAnavadhikAtishaya preetakAritAshEShAvasthOchitAshEShashEShataikaratiroopa nityakinkarO BhavAni
This choorNikE is the same as that described in tiruvAimozhi.
1st centum – BhagavAn is parabrahman
2nd centum – our agnAna is cleared. We understand the jeevAtma swaroopa & so realise that we are dAsas to Him & are also under His control
3rd centum – AzhwAr wants to experience Him only
4th centum – if one wants to experience BhagavAn, then he must love Him only
5th centum – BhagavAn is paripoorNan
6th centum – the object of enjoyment is BhagavAn alone
7th centum – talks about paraBhakti
8th centum – talks about paragnAna
9th centum – talks about paramaBhakti
10th centum – asks for nitya kainkarya (anuBhava prArthana)
Both chEtanas & achEtanas are under His control (swa-adheena). chEtanas are of three types (trividha chEtana). They are baddhas who are in samsAra, muktas who have attained salvation & nityas are nityasooris who have no samsAra gandha at all. There are three types of achEtanas (trividha achEtana). They are shuddha sattvam (objects in vaikuNTha which are filled with only sattva guNa), mishra sattvam (have combination of sattva, rajO & tamo guNas) & kAla tattvam.
BhagavAn is responsible for swaroopa (the form), sthiti (for its protection) & pravrutti (the act it does) of both chEtanas or sentient (those with gnAna) & achEtanas or insentient (those without gnAna) – (trividha chEtana achEtana swaroopa sthiti pravrutti BhEdam). He is all three kAraNAs (upAdAna, nimitta & sahakAri kAraNA) for all objects.
He does not have any dOSha attached to Him & is amalan in all aspects (klEsha karmAdi ashESha dOShA samspruShTam). In fact, He destroys the dOShas of all jeevAtmas. He is there as antaryAmi in all chEtana & achEtana vastu. But still, no dOShas get attached to Him. So, He is puruShOttama (different from all other puruShas who are jeevAtmas). He is parabrahma as He is superior to everyone & found everywhere (parabrahmaBhootam).
There are five types of klEsha – avidya (agnAna), asmita (ahankAra), rAga (desire), dwESha (anger) & aBhinivEsha (deep effort to attain something). karma is the root cause for klEsha.
There are four types of dOShas – klEsha, karma, vipAka (rebirth due to karma) & Asaya (samskAra guNa based on gnAna)
The kalyANa guNas are His inherent qualities (swABhAvika) & exist forever with Him. BhagavAn has amazing countless kalyANa guNas (anavadhika- atishaya).
His guNas can be divided into two categories
BhagavAn’s swaroopa is described by six guNas
His swaroopa niroopaka guNa which suggest His paratva are
guNas which describe His saulaBhya & help to seek Him
Three guNas describe Ashrita virOdhi nirasana sAmarthyam
Four guNas describe that one can seek Him as both upAya & upEya by His Ashritas
3. krutitva
4.krutagnatva
5. Adi - this includes guNas like Anrushamsya (not cruel), etc
shreerangashAyianam – all AzhwArs have performed sharaNAgati to archA avatAra (shreeranganAtha)
asmat swAminam – He is swAmi to me & all of us. This is what is told in first centum of tiruvAimozhi
prabuddha nitya niyAmya nitya dAsyaika rasAtma swaBhAvO aham – jeevAtma should realise that he is dAsa to BhagavAn. This indicates meaning of “nArAyaNAya”. While doing kainkarya, one should not consider that he is doing it & feel happy on doing it (kartrutva buddhi tyAga & swaBhOktrutva buddhi). This is what is told in second centum of tiruvAimozhi.
The jeevAtma remains as dAsa to BhagavAn both in this leela viBhooti & also in nitya viBhooti. He is “Eka rasa” meaning that the dAsatva never becomes boredom or slavery. He remains a dAsa to the Lord out of love & is always engrossed in His guNas. Atma swaBhAvO aham – aham implies that this Atma is used only for Bhagavad anuBhava as the Atma has lost its swAtantrya & is also not into viShayAntaras. This is what is told in second centum of tiruvAimozhi.
tadEka anuBhavah – BhagavAn is the only subject matter for gnAna & Bhakti. This is what is told in third centum of tiruvAimozhi.
tadEka priyah – A dAsa experiences BhagavAn & His rasa swaroopa. This is the subject matter of fourth centum of tiruvAimozhi
paripoorNam – swaroopa, roopa, guNa & viBhooti of BhagavAn. This is the jist of fifth centum of tiruvAimozhi
Bhagavantam – BhagavAn has two special features – aKhilahEyapratyaneekatva & kalyANaguNaikatAnatva
vishadatama anuBhavEna nirantaram anuBhooya – they are the three phases of Bhakti – paraBhakti, paragnAna & paramaBhakti. Once associated with BhagavAn, He cannot bear the separation. anuBhava is gnAna & anoBhooya means that BhagavAn is the subject matter of this gnAna
tat anuBhava janita anavadhika atishaya preetikArita ashESha avasthOchita ashESha shEAhataikaratiroopa nitya kinkarO – then a prapanna requests for nitya kainkarya. There are three aspects included in this.
This is what is told in tenth centum of tiruvAimozhi.
BhavAni – I should have such a prApya kainkarya. This is what is told in uttara vAkya of dwayamahAmantra. This is got by doing Bhakti & one should not expect anything in return for the Bhakti offered
स्वात्म नित्यनियाम्य नित्यदास्यैकरसात्म स्वभावानुसन्धानपूर्वक भगवदनवधिकातिशय स्वाम्याद्यखिलगुणगणानुभवजनितानवधिकातिशय प्रीतिकारिताशेषावस्थोचिताशेषशेषतैकरतिरूप नित्यकैङ्कर्य प्राप्त्युपायभूतभक्ति तदुपाय सम्यग्ज्ञान तदुपाय समीचीनक्रिया तदनुगुण सात्त्विकतास्तिक्यादि समस्तात्मगुणविहीन:,
svAtma nityaniyAmya nityadAsyaikarasAtma swaBhAvAnusandhAnapoorvaka BhagavadanavadhikAtishaya swAmyAdyaKhila guNagaNAnuBhavajanitAnavadhikAtishaya preetikAritAshEShAvasthOchitAshEShashEShataikaratiroopa nityakainkarya prAptyupAyaBhootaBhakti tadupAya samyaggnAna tadupAya sameecheenakriyA tadanuguNa sAttvikatAstikyAdi samastAtmaguNaviheenah,
shree rAmAnuja highlights the three important features that a prapanna should possess to do sharaNAgati – Akinchinyam (nothing to give Him), ananyagatitvam (no other refuge) & swadOSha anusandhAna.
jeevAtma is always under the control of paramAtma (swa Atma nitya niyAmya). We are His property & He is the Lord (nitya dAsyaika). We should experience all His guNas by dhyAna & develop a love for it (rasAtma swaBhAva anusandhAna poorvaka Bhagavad). We should do all sorts of kainkarya in all places, at all times & in all states. We should not resort to other means like karma, gnAna or Bhakti yOga to attain Him.
दुरुत्तरानन्त तद्विपर्यय ज्ञानक्रियानुगुणानादि पापवासना महार्णवान्तर्निमग्न:, तिलतैलवत् दारुवह्निवत् दुर्विवेच त्रिगुण क्षणक्षरणस्वभावाचेतनप्रकृतिव्याप्तिरूप दुरत्यय भगवन्मायातिरोहित स्वप्रकाश:, अनाद्यविद्यासञ्चितानन्ताशक्य विस्रम्सन कर्मपाशप्रग्रथित:, अनागतानन्तकाल समीक्षयाऽपि अदृष्टसन्तारोपाय:, निखिलजन्तुजात शरण्य, श्रीमन्नारायण, तव चरणारविन्दयुगळम् शरणमहम् प्रपद्ये॥
duruttarAnanta tadviparyaya gnAnakriyAnuguNAnAdi pApavAsanA mahArNavAntarnimagnah tilatailavat dAruvahnivat durvivEcha triguNa kShaNakSharaNaswaBhAvAchEtanaprakrutivyAptiroopa duratyaya BhagavanmAyAtirOhita swaprakAshah anAdyavidyA sanchitAnantAshakya visramsana karmapAshapragrathitah anAgatAnantakAla sameekshayA api adruShTasantArOpAyah niKhilajantujAta sharaNya shreemannArAyaNa tava charaNAravindayugaLam sharaNamaham prapadyE
duruttarAnanta tadviparyaya gnAnakriyAnuguNAnAdi pApavAsanA mahArNavAntarnimagnah – I don’t have all the requisites of doing sharaNAgati. In addition, I also have gnAna, karma & guNa that is against all these. I am immersed in deep ocean of sins accumulated since anAdi kAla.
tilatailavat dAruvahnivat durvivEcha triguNa kShaNakSharaNaswaBhAva achEtana prakruti vyAptiroopa duratyaya BhagavanmAyA tirOhita swaprakAshah – above all these, I am also caught in the net of mAya called prakruti which is controlled by BhagavAn. So, I am unable to recognise my (jeevAtma) swaroopa. This mAya can never be destroyed & this further spoils us by our guNAs namely sattva, rajO & tamO guNAs
anAdyavidyA sanchitAnantAshakya visramsana karmapAsha pragrathitah – due to agnAna, I commit all sins & also am unable to come out of it.
anAgatAnantakAla sameekShayA api adruShTasantArOpAyah – I am not able to find a way out of all these.
niKhilajantujAta sharaNya shreeman nArAyaNa – O Lord who is the protector of the world! Please protect us. Moreover, You also have shreedEvi besides You who is there to remind You about us (puruShakAra). So, we seek shelter in Your tiruvaDi tAmarai
tava charaNAravindayugaLam sharaNamaham prapadyE – this has arthapanchaka gnAna hidden inside this
tava - para swaroopa (the Supreme Lord, shreeman nArAyaNA)
charaNAravinda yugaLAm – upAya swaroopa (He alone is upAya)
sharaNam – virOdhi swaroopa (He is the one who clears our obstacles that come in the way of attaining Him)
aham – swa swaroopa (jeevAtma swaroopa that we are dAsa & dependent on Him – shEShatva & pAratantrya)
prapadyE – phala swaroopa (He is the giver of fruits like kainkarya to us)
एवमवस्थितस्याप्यर्थित्वमात्रेण, परमकारुणिको भगवान्, स्वानुभवप्रीत्योपनीतैकान्तिकात्यन्तिक नित्यकैङ्कर्यैकरतिरूप नित्यदास्यम् दास्यतीति विश्वासपूर्वकम् भगवन्तम् नित्यकिङ्करताम् प्रार्थये ॥
EvamavasthitasyApyarthitvamAtrENa, paramakAruNikO BhagavAn, swAnuBhavapreetyOpaneetaikAntikAtyantika nitya kainkaryaikaratiroopa nityadAsyam dAsyateeti visvAsapoorvakam Bhagavantam nityakinkaratAm prArthayE ||
I am loaded with all the virOdhis for this upAya of sharaNAgati. shreeman nArAyaNA is both paratattva & prApya. How can one approach such a great person. We are loaded with sins. Also, there is no one else whom I can seek to help me out from all these.
EvamavasthitasyApi – though I have all the above said qualities,
arthitvamAtrENa paramakAruNikO BhagavAn - BhagavAn who is a parama kAruNika allows me to go near Him, shreedEvi who is besides Him is the adhidEvata for His kAruNya. So, we need not fear. It is enough if He knows that we have a desire to do sharaNAgati.
swAnuBhavapreetyOpaneetaikAntikAtyantika nitya kainkaryaikaratiroopa nityadAsyam dAsyateeti - He out of His gnAna & shakti will attract us towards Him though we are not eligible. He will also show us His tiruvaDi & make us seek Him (sharaNAgati). He will make sure that we get kainkarya forever & maintain our dAsya swaroopa.
vishvAsapoorvakam Bhagavantam nityakinkaratAm prArthayE – vishvAsa is a must for sharaNAgati. He is the one who instils that vishvAsa in us.
तवानुभूतिसम्भूतप्रीतिकारितदासताम् ।
देहि मे कृपया नाथ! न जाने गतिमन्यथा ॥
tavAnuBhootisamBhootapreetikAritadAsatAm |
dEhi mE krupayA nAtha na jAnE gatimanyathA ||
O Lord! I have to experience You & this should be filled with Ananda. This should make me go deep into dAsyavrutti & stay there forever. I don’t have any means to get these except You. So, You should give me all these. It is only You who can grant mOkSha to me. I also do not have Bhakti to reach You.
सर्वावस्थोचिताशेषशेषतैकरतिस्तव ।
भवेयम् पुण्डरीकाक्ष ! त्वमेवैवम् कुरुष्व माम् ॥
sarvAvasthOchitAshEShashEShataikaratistava |
BhavEyam puNDareekAkSha tvamEvaivam kuruShva mAm ||
I have to do all sorts of service to You like a dAsa, in all situations. O puNDareekAkSha! Please make me do all these. It is these eyes that pour lot of kAruNya on us.
This prArthana has to be done on a regular basis by a prapanna. The same is told in tiruppAvai pAsuras by ANDAL
एवम्भूत तत्त्वयाथात्म्यावबोध तदिच्छारहितस्यापि एतदुच्चारण मात्रावलम्बनेन उच्यमानार्थ परमार्थनिष्टम् मे मनः त्वमेवाद्यैव कारय ॥
EvamBhoota tattvayAthAtmyAvabOdha tadichchArahitasyApi EtaduchchAraNa mAtrAvalambanEna uchyamAnArtha paramArthaniShTham mE manah tvamEvAdyaiva kAraya ||
I don’t have any knowledge of the tattva, hita or puruShArtha. I don’t have desire either. But, I tell all these with the tip of my tongue. Take this as the only reason & grant me the will, which refrains me from developing agnAna, doubt or vipareeta buddhi about these & kindly create a parisuddha niShTai in my mind today & now itself. I have not put forth any effort in this direction. Neither I have the desire to achieve this.
Both, Akinchinya & ananyagatitvam are described here. It is the sole responsibility of BhagavAn to make us perform kainkarya to Him (tvamEvadyaiva kAraya)
Here, He speaks about greatness of chanting this prapatti mantra.
अपारकरुणाम्बुधे! अनालोचितविशेषाशेषलोकशरण्य! प्रणतार्तिहर! आश्रितवात्सल्यैक महोदधे! अनवरतविदित निखिलभूतजात याथात्म्य! सत्यकाम! सत्यसङ्कल्प! आपत्सख! काकुत्स्थ! श्रीमन् नारायण! पुरुषोत्तम! श्रीरङ्गनाथ! मम नाथ! नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
apArakaruNAmbudhE anAlOchitavishEShAshEShalOkasharaNya praNatArthihara AshritavAtsalyaika mahOdadhE anavaratavidita niKhilaBhootajAta yAthAtmya satyakAma satyasankalpa ApatsaKha kAkutstha shreeman nArAyaNa puruShOttama shreeranganAtha mama nAtha namO astu tE ||
This choorNika talks of paripoorNa prapatti. shreedEvi confirms- “astu” & BhagavAn gives varapradhAna. Here, He talks of adhikAra pradhAna, upAya pradhAna & phala pradhAna.
shree rAmAnuja addresses BhagavAn who is sharaNyan (one who is resorted to) directly & talks about His paripoorNatvam.
apArakaruNAmbudhE – He is parama kAruNika & so makes us walk in the right path & makes us receive & also chant rahasya mantras. This is BhagavAn’s adhikAra pradhAna for which the sole reason is His kAruNya.
anAlOchitavishEShAshEShalOkasharaNya – He is sharaNyan to one & all & does not discriminate anyone based on their guNa, gnAna, etc. He is the rakShaka to the entire world. This is sAdhya upAya pradhAna
praNatArthihara – He is easily accessible as archAmoorti for all to seek Him (sharaNAgati). He clears all the doubts, gives them a good place in this lOka & also clears all their duhKhAs. He makes us seek an AchArya. This is upAya & also phala pradhAna
AshritavAtsalyaika mahOdadhE – He converts all the dOShas of a prapanna to guNAs due to His vAtsalya
anavaratavidita niKilaBhootajAta yAthAtmya – we are filled with agnAna & also do not have the capacity to perform sharaNAgati. But, still He protects us. This is because of the following three gunAs. He is sarvagna (knower of the present & future) & AvApta-samasta-kAman (no desire left unfulfilled). We have not done anything to Him to expect pratyupakAra from Him. But, still He feels that it is His duty to protect us (satyakAman). It is only His sankalpa that gets the work done as He is sarvashaktan (satyasankalpan). He is the only one who destroys our enemies when we are in trouble (ApatsaKha).
kAkutstha – one born in soorya vamsha as shreerAma
shreeman – He is always accompanied by sreedEvi who refrains Him from casting His nigraha shakti on us. She is always beside Him and is the puruShakAra BhootE to make us reach His tiruvaDi.
nArAyaNa – both pirATTi & Lord nArAyaNa as divya dampati will protect us
puruShOttama – this shows His paratva as He is jagatkAraNan & shriyahpati & is different from all other jeevAtmas
shreeranganAtha – in addition, He is also easily accessible as shreeranganAtha
mama nAtha – He is our swAmi
namO astu tE – I do not have anything to give to Him except say namah (anjali).
॥ इति श्री भगवद्रामानुजविरचिते श्रीरङ्गगद्यम् समाप्तम् ॥
|| iti shreerangagadyam sampoorNam ||