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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all,

Kulasekara AzhwAr longs to associate himself with the
BhAgawathAs; and declares his explicit love and
reverence for the bhAgawathas.

Along with the Bhagavath kainkaryam (service for the
Lord), Sri vaishnam has developed the concept of
Bhaagawatha kainkaryam or service towards His
devotees. In fact Bhaagwatha kainkarya is regarded
even higher than Bhagavath kainkarya by our
sampradayam. The basis for this belief is that the
true devotees of VishNu are dearest to the Lord Sriman
Narayanan and any service rendered to them is the most
pleasing to the Lord. 

Padmotthara purANa says: of all the types of worship,
the worship to VishNu is great; greater than that is
the service to Bhaagawathas. 

ArAdhanAnAm sarvESAm vishnO: ArAdhanam param |
thasmAth paratharam prOktham thadheeyaaraadhanam param
||

It further adds that even by neglecting the worship of
God if one offers worship to the bhAgawathas, the God
becomes supremely pleased with him and showers His
grace on him. 

swArAdhanam vihaayaani swabhakthAn archayanthi yE; |
tEbhya: prasanna bhagawaan siddhim ishtam prayacchathi
||     

Now let us enjoy the verse: 

thOdulaamalar mangaithOLiNai
thEynthathumsudar vaaLiyaal
needumaamaram seRRathumn^irai
mEyththumivai yEn^inainthu
aadippaadi arangavOenRa
zhaikkumthoNda radippodi
aadanaampeRil kangain^eer_kudain^
thaadumvEtkaiyen NnaavathE              2.2

The Lord, who lovingly embraces the most beautiful and
slender shoulders of His divine Consort Sri
Mahalakshmi (who is seated on the lotus flower with
dense red petals); who had sent the arrow through the
seven crooked trees (in His Rama avathAram); who had
reared the cows and cattle in such a sowseelyam; -
Like that these bhAgawathas dance and jump with joy
singing such marvelous deeds of the Lord and the
anantha kalyANa guNas of His and address Him, ?Oh
Arangaaaa! Ranganathaa!. If only we are blessed to be
at the shadow of their feet and dance at the dust from
the feet of these Parama Sri Vaishnava Sri
bhAgawathas, then why should we have a desire to
immerse ourselves in the Ganges? Only once this river
Ganga had the blessing of being touched by the Lord
(when He took trivikrama avatharam, one of His legs
rose through Sathyalokam (Chathurmukha Brahma?s) and
Brahma seeing His lotus feet?s thumb, washed the same
with His kamaNdalu waters) and those waters from the
thumb were taken by Rudran on his matted locks as he
too grabbed the opportunity to cleanse himself;- from
where Ganges came to our earth;). While these
bhAgawathas have the association with the Lord?s Lotus
feet eternally. Hence naturally they are grander than
the river Ganges (Bhaageerathi). 

In MahA Bharatham, Lord KrishNA answers DuryodhanA's
query on why He did not eat at his palace and instead
ate at VidhurA's house. The Lord explained: 

sudhdam BhaagavathAsyaannam suddham Bhageerathi jalam
I
suddham VishNupadha dhyAnam suddham EKAADASI VRATHAM
II

The food partaken at a Bhagawatha's house is superior
and pure. At he same level of holiness are the intake
of GangA theertham, VishNu DhyAnam and the observance
of EkAdasi vratham. 

Sri RanganayikA samEtha Sri Ranganatha ParabrahmaNE
Namah
AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan


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