3. ऊँ यतीन्द्राय नमः
Om Yatheendraya namaha
Yatheendra.
Sri
Ramanuja is famously known as ‘यतिराज’ (yatiraja); He is the king of
saints. Best among the enlightened and the diligent spiritual
pathfinders. The words Yatiraja and yatindra mean one and the same.
Yati+raja=Yatiraja; Yati+Indra=Yatindra. Indra means ‘the best of the
class’ – Sri Ramanuja is best among the saints.
We
are told that Sri Ramanuja had a following of about 700 saints. A saint
is called a yati insofar as his life is characterized by ‘यत्न’
(yatna), or ‘प्रयत्न’ (prayatna) meaning hard work and toil. Tenacious
and hard working seers of those days had recognized Sri Ramanuja as
their exemplary leader and followed him implicitly. That is how Sri
Ramanuja is hailed as yatiraja oryatindra.
To
be recognized and accepted as a guru by the ordinary and the uninformed
is not an achievement. To be esteemed by enlightened seers and
spiritual masters is indeed very admirable. No doubt Sri Ramanuja
catered to the needs of ordinary folks, and strived to uplift the
ignorant, but his real greatness consisted in his being the doyen among
the pious and the learned of his times.
श्री रामानुज सहस्रमानोत्सव सेवा®
तिरुनारायणपुरम्
Sri Ramanuja Sahsramanotsava Seva®
Thirunarayanapuram
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