Immortal Words of his holiness Srimad Jagadguru Swami Sudarshanacharyaji Maharaj
About six months before Yamunacarya’s disappearance, Ramanuja’s mother, Kantimati, had left this world. Now, Raksakambal, the wife of Ramanuja, was the mistress of the house. She was as beautiful as an apsara, devoted to her husband, and very strict in her cleanliness and observance of ritual. Unfortunately, she had been unable to imbibe her husband’s pure love of God and was more attached to the external features of religious ritual. She was unhappy to see…
Three times over, Ramanuja studied the Sahasra-giti with his disciples. At the conclusion of the third reading, a desire arose within his heart to see for himself the holy shrine of Sri Saila. Thus, a few days later, he set off on the journey from Sri Rangam accompanied by his disciples, all chanting the holy name of Lord Hari together. At the end of the first day of the journey, they stopped for the night…
Kuresa was one of Ramanuja’s most intimate disciples, always absorbed in thought of how he could assist his guru in his preaching work. He came from a wealthy brahmana family of Kuragrahara, a small village near Kancipuram. As he was in fact the landowner of the whole area around the village of Kura, he came to be known as Kuresa, the master of Kura. He married a very qualified girl named Andal, and together they…
At that time Sri Rangam was a part of the dominions of the Chola king, Koluttunga I, who had made his capital at Kancipuram. Although the Cholas had become devoted to Lord Narayana in the time of Yamunacarya, Koluttunga was a great devotee of Lord Siva and an avowed enemy of all Vaisnavas. It was his desire that all the devotees of the Lord give up their faith and surrender to Lord Siva alone. Lord…
Not long after Kuresa regained his sight, Ramanuja decided to leave Yadavadri and return to his previous residence at Sri Rangam. On the way, he stopped for some time at Vrsabhacala, near Madurai, to worship Lord Sundara-bahu in the temple there. In previous times the great female devotee, Andal, had composed a prayer which said, “O Lord Hari, if you will accept me, I will offer you a hundred pots of sweet rice and a…
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