Śrī Yatirāja Saptatiḥ : An ode to Śrī Rāmānuja

<p>An Ode to Śrī Rāmānuja - YATIRᾹJA SAPTATIḤ is a word to word translation of 74 verses in Sanskrit composed by Swāmi Vedānta Deśika (1268 CE-1369 CE) a well-known Śrī Vaiṣnavite Ācārya in praise of Śrī Rāmānuja the founder of the philosophy of Viṣiśṭādvaita.<br>Referred to as a saint of the heart by Swāmi Vivekānanda Śrī Rāmānuja’s philosophy is woven around a personal God with all auspicious qualities and attributes. Śrī Rāmānuja composed a total of 9 works in Sanskrit his ‘magnum opus’ being the interpretation of Sage Vyāsa’s Brahma Sūtra. Swāmi Deśika was a polyglot and an author of 166 granthas in Sanskrit Prākrit and Maṇipravāla. He established the doctrine of Prapatti (self-surrender) as the guaranteed route to Mōkṣa (liberation).</p>