From the beginning of the Karthik month and through Mazgahi upto Makara sankrama you can hear this chant/Accosting/Greeting rending the air almost every where (Now probably all over the world).
"SWAMIYE SARANAM AYYAPPA" or just "SWAMIYE SARANAM"
THE esoteric meaning/extraction could have followed from the famous words of "Bhagwad Geetha" where Lord Krishna states-
sarva-dharman parityajya
mam ekam saranam vraja
aham tvam sarva-papebhyo
moksayisyami ma sucah
Simply to be read as one who surrenders unto me I will offer him moksha without fail"
All bhakthas who wear Mala and keep the austerities for the sabarimala Pilgrimage are but the swaroopa of Sri Ayyappan and hence every time one Ayyappan comes across another he salutes the other "Swamiye Saranam" without any ego and with sublime love of surrender to Sri Ayyappan.
Our Beloved Guruswamy has said several times that the Sabari Vratham and Yatra have brought humility to even the most gross human beings and we see many living examples in our day to day lives today.
The Automan becomes "AUTO SWAMY" the Electician from EB becomes EB SWAMY and so on and so forth. Even some one who is crass in his addressing others during normal time calls even others(who may not be an Ayyapan) as Swamy by force of habit by keeping these Austerities. "SWAMIYE SARANAM AYYAPPA has truly become the Universal chant of Brother Hood as it bring thoughts of humility and equality between all classes of people.
LET US FOREVER CHANT " SWAMIYE SARANAM AYYAPPA"
-Observations from "POOJYA GURUSWAMY's SAYINGS
