Grantha
A history of the Hill, four verses for the Acharya, four for Andal — and the taniyans, dasashloki, and kattiyam still recited in his name.
Seven stabakas · Sanskrit, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi
The garland of historical tales of the Hill of Venkata, in full — not seven cards. Aiyangar’s 1937 English running account of every stabaka, and Anantārya’s Sanskrit grantha in Devanagari, Telugu, and Tamil scripts, with Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu prose beside it. Edited for the TTD from a rare Telugu edition.
Four verses + phala · Sanskrit
Four verses of victory on Ramanuja — one for each of the places dear to him: Srirangam, Tirumala, Kanchi, and Melkote — and a phala-śloka. Śrī Tirumalai Anantārya Svāmi anugṛhītā. The full hymn is on this page and on Stotras.
Download the Telugu granthaअखिलात्म गुणवासं अज्ञान तिमिरापहम् । आश्रितानां सुशरणं वन्देऽनन्तार्य देशिकम् ॥
I bow to Acharya Anantharya, dwelling of every noble quality, who dispels the darkness of ignorance, the sure refuge of those who take shelter in him.
Taniyan
श्रीमद् रामानुजाचार्य श्रीपादांभोरुहद्वयम् । सदुत्तमाङ्ग सन्धार्यम् अनन्तार्यमहं भजे ॥
I worship Anantharya, who is equal to the two lotus feet of Sri Ramanuja, and whom the good bear upon their heads.
Taniyan
अनिशं भजतामनन्यभाजां चरणाम्भोरुहमादरेण पुंसाम् । वितरन्निभृतं विभूतिमिष्टां जय रामानुज ! रङ्गधाम्नि नित्यम् ॥ १ ॥
Ever, to men who worship with single-minded devotion, you quietly bestow the desired glory at your lotus feet. Victory to you, Ramanuja, forever at Rangadhama!
1 · Śrīraṅgam
भुवि नो विमतांस्त्वदीयसूक्तिः कुलिशीभूय कुदृष्टिभिः समेतान् । शकलीकुरुते विपश्चिदीड्या जय रामानुज ! शेषशैलशृङ्गे ॥ २ ॥
On earth your utterances, becoming the thunderbolt, shatter those of opposing views together with those of false vision. O one praised by the wise, victory to you, Ramanuja, on the peak of Seshasaila!
2 · Tirumala
श्रुतिषु स्मृतिषु प्रमाणतत्त्वं कृपयाऽऽलोक्य विशुद्धया हि बुद्ध्या । अकृथाः स्वत एव भाष्यरत्नं जय रामानुज ! हस्तिधाम्नि नित्यम् ॥ ३ ॥
Having looked with a purified intellect, through grace, upon the truth of pramana in the Srutis and Smritis, you yourself composed this jewel of a Bhashya. Victory to you, Ramanuja, forever at Hastidhama!
3 · Kanchi
जय मायिमतान्धकारभानो ! जय बाह्यप्रमुखाटवीकृशानो ! जय संश्रितसिन्धुशीतभानो ! जय रामानुज ! यादवाद्रिशृङ्गे ॥ ४ ॥
Victory, O sun to the darkness of Mayavada! Victory, O fire to the forest of the outer paths! Victory, O cooling moon to the ocean of those who have taken refuge! Victory to you, Ramanuja, on the peak of Yadavadri!
4 · Melkote
रामानुजचतुःश्लोकीं यः पठेन्नियतः सदा । प्राप्नुयात् परमां भक्तिं यतिराजपदाब्जयोः ॥ ५ ॥
Whoever recites the Ramanuja Catushloki constantly, always, shall obtain the highest bhakti at the lotus feet of Yatiraja.
Phala-śloka
Four verses and four nitya-maṅgalas · Sanskrit
Śrī Tirumalai Anantārya Svāmi viracitā. Four verses on Āṇḍāl (Godā), then four nitya-maṅgala verses. The hymn of the turmeric-in-the-tank līlā: Ananthalwar as Ādiśeṣa praising Bhūmi-pirāṭṭi. The full hymn is on this page and on Stotras.
Download the Telugu granthaअखिलात्म गुणवासं अज्ञान तिमिरापहम् । आश्रितानां सुशरणं वन्देऽनन्तार्य देशिकम् ॥
I bow to Acharya Anantharya, dwelling of every noble quality, who dispels the darkness of ignorance, the sure refuge of those who take shelter in him.
Taniyan
श्रीमद् रामानुजाचार्य श्रीपादांभोरुहद्वयम् । सदुत्तमाङ्ग सन्धार्यम् अनन्तार्यमहं भजे ॥
I worship Anantharya, who is equal to the two lotus feet of Sri Ramanuja, and whom the good bear upon their heads.
Taniyan
नित्या भूषा निगमशिरसां निस्समोत्तुङ्गवार्ता कान्तो यस्याः कचविलुलितैः कामुको माल्यरत्नैः । सूक्त्या यस्याः श्रुतिसुभगया सुप्रभाता धरित्री सैषा देवी सकल जननी सिञ्चतां मामपाङ्गैः ॥ १ ॥
She is the eternal ornament of the Vedas' crown, whose exalted fame is matchless; her beloved is bound by the jewel-garlands that have played in her hair; the earth is made beautiful at dawn by her utterances that delight even the Sruti. May that Goddess, mother of all, sprinkle me with her sidelong glances.
1
माता चेत् तुलसी पिता यदि तव श्रीविष्णुचित्तो महान् भ्राता चेद् यतिशेखरः प्रियतमः श्रीरङ्गधामा यदि । ज्ञातारस्तनयाः त्वदुक्तिसरसस्तन्येन संवर्धिताः गोदा देवि ! कथं त्वमन्यसुलभा साधारणा श्रीरसि ॥ २ ॥
If Tulasi is your mother, and great Sri Vishnucitta your father; if Yatishekhara is your brother, and if Sri Rangadhama is your dearest; if those who know you have been nourished by the milk of your own words — O Goda Devi, how could you be easy for others, a common Sri?
2
कल्पादौ हरिणा स्वयं जनहितं दृष्ट्वैव सर्वात्मनां प्रोक्तं स्वस्य च कीर्तनं प्रपदनं स्वस्मै प्रसूनार्पणम् । सर्वेषां प्रकटं विधातुमनिशं श्रीधन्विनव्ये पुरे जातां वैदिकविष्णुचित्ततनयां गोदामुदारां स्तुमः ॥ ३ ॥
At the beginning of the kalpa, Hari himself, having seen what is good for all souls, taught His own glory, surrender, and the offering of flowers to Himself. To make this manifest for all, always, in the town of Srivilliputtur, we praise the generous Goda, daughter of the Vaidika Vishnucitta.
3
आकूतस्य परिष्क्रियामनुपमामासेचनं चक्षुषोः आनन्दस्य परम्परामनुगुणामारामशैलेशितुः । तद्दर्मध्य किरीटकोटिघटित स्वोच्छिष्ट कस्तूरिका माल्यामोदसमेधितात्मविभवां गोदामुदारां स्तुमः ॥ ४ ॥
She is the incomparable adornment of His intent, the anointing of His eyes, the succession of His bliss, fitting for the Lord of Arashaila. Her own glory is increased by the fragrance of the leftover kasturi-garland placed at the tip of the crown that sits between His arms. We praise the generous Goda.
4
स्वोच्छिष्टमालिकाबन्ध गन्धबन्धुरजिष्णवे । विष्णुचित्ततनूजायै गोदायै नित्यमङ्गलम् ॥ ५ ॥
Eternal auspiciousness to Goda, daughter of Vishnucitta — she who made the Lord fragrant, bound by the garland of His leftover flowers.
5 · Nitya-maṅgala
मादृशाकिञ्चनत्राण बद्धकङ्कण पाणये । विष्णुचित्ततनूजायै गोदायै नित्यमङ्गलम् ॥ ६ ॥
Eternal auspiciousness to Goda, daughter of Vishnucitta — she whose hand is bound with the bracelet of protecting the destitute such as us.
6 · Nitya-maṅgala
श्रीमत्यै विष्णुचित्तार्य मनोनन्दनहेतवे । नन्दनन्दन सुन्दर्यै गोदायै नित्यमङ्गलम् ॥ ७ ॥
Eternal auspiciousness to Goda — the blessed cause of joy in Vishnucitta's mind, the beauty of the son of Nanda.
7 · Nitya-maṅgala
कर्कटे पूर्वफल्गुन्यां तुलसीकाननोद्भवाम् । पाण्ड्ये विश्वम्भरां गोदां वन्दे श्रीरङ्गनायकीम् ॥ ८ ॥
I bow to Goda, queen of Srirangam, the Earth herself, born in the Pandya land in the month of Karkata under Purva Phalguni, arisen from the tulasi grove.
8 · Nitya-maṅgala
Recitation · Sanskrit and Tamil
Six Sanskrit taniyans, including the two Srinivasa Himself recited as Madhurakavidāsa. Ten mangala shlokas by his son Varadacharya. The Thirumanjana Kattiyam — Sanskrit invocation and three Tamil pasurams — still recited at his sacred bath. The Rāmānuja and Godā Catuḥślokīs in full.
Recite taniyans, dasashloki, and kattiyam
Puriśai Śrīraṅgācāri of Tirumala · prose
Two prose hymns by Puriśai Śrīraṅgācāri of Tirumala, Śrīraṅga Sūri of Śrīśaila Ānanta Sūri’s line. The Śrīnivāsa Gadyam names the tank of Anantārya’s spring and the scar the crowbar left on the chin. The Lakṣmī Gadyam names the campaka to which Ananthalvan bound Padmāvatī. Both colophons ask the Lord, and then Lakṣmī, to accept what he composed.
Recite Śrīnivāsa GadyamOpening of the Śrībhāṣya
The Acharya began the Śrībhāṣya with a free Sanskrit of Nammāḻvār’s address Alarmēlmangai urai mārba — the Lord whose chest is the dwelling of Śrī. That name, Brahmaṇi Śrīnīvāse, is the theology of the Hill Ananthalvan kept in flowers.
Akhila-bhuvana-janma-sthema-bhaṅgādi-līle vinata-vividha-bhūta-vrāta-rakṣaika-dīkṣe śruti-śirasi vidīpte brahmaṇi śrīnivāse bhavatu mama parasmin śemuṣī bhakti-rūpā
May my intellect, in the form of bhakti, rest in that Supreme — Srinivasa, the Brahman radiant at the crown of the Vedas, whose play is the birth, stay, and dissolution of all worlds, whose one vow is the protection of every surrendered being.
Śrībhāṣya, opening verse
