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SrI:
SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

Dearest all

Because I am now blessed with discriminatory powers
[vivEkam], and I am now blessed to be drinking the
nectar honey from the Lotus Feet of Sri Ramanuja, all
that I pray for my continued enjoyment of the same
only forever. Sri UttamUr Swamy mentions that this is
the essence of the entire Ramanuja nootranthAthi.. 

pOnthathen Nnenchennum ponvaNtu unathatip pOthil
oNcheer
aamtheLi thEnuN tamarnthita vENti,nNin paalathuvE
eenthita vENtum iraamaa Nnucha!ithu anRiyonRum
maanthakil laathu,ini maRRonRu kaatti mayakkitalE. 100

EmperumAnArE! Oh Ramanuja! The bee- i.e. my mind
reached the lotus flower of your Lotus Feet to drink
the honey that is cool and most fragrant. Desiring of
that alone should arise in mind and please do not
grant me any other desire to take it away from your
Lotus Feet. Even if granted with something else, those
who consume nectar do not like to eat grass and
similarly, my mind would not like to accept anything
else except Your Lotus feet. If you will, even that
attitude can be granted to mind to reject all else
except Your Lotus Feet. Please do not show me anything
else? 

Iraamaanusa - My Ramanuja! EmperumAnArE! 
en nenjam ennum pon vaNdu ? this golden hued bee- i.e.
my mind; 
unadhu adi pOdhil ? your Lotus Feet?s [i.e. Your]
oNseer aam- most auspicious attributes [most beautiful
and divine kalyANa guNAs ?as Honey]
then uNdu- drinking that honey 
amarndhida- to stay there and reside at Your Lotus
Feet forever
vENdi- desiring the same 
ninpaal- to you
pOndhadhu- reached. 
Adhu E- that alone
eendhida vENdum- You should bless me with..
idhu anRi ? other than this honey
onRum maandhagillaadhu ? nothing else- my mind can
ever drink..
ini ? at this state of mind
maRRu onRu kaatti- please do not show something else 
mayakkidal- and tempt me?. [PLEASE don?t] 

Some can never be purushaartthams; the lowliest ones
namely, material wealth, the physical health, the
kaivalyam [realizing the jeevathma and having
jeevathma saatshaathkaaram] etc should never be asked
for to the Supreme Almighty. Theugh He is capable of
granting the same, it is like asking a great king for
a kilo of vegetables. A vivEki should not ask for
these things to the nAThan. He is SarVeshwaran. He
could grant even the Highest One- namely mOksha
saamraajyam. One should even NOT seek mOksham to Him.
Instead, one should ask for being at Acharyan?s Lotus
feet for serving him [Acharya] at all times.. That
alone should be the one we should seek. 

In the verse- idumE iniya swargatthil- whatever you
may give, and wherever you may place me, I would
gladly accept it as it is Your agnyA. Now, he pleads:
do not show something else and tempt me.. The reason
is: Being at the Lotus feet and drinking the honey
there namely His kalyANa guNAs. If along with that
honey, whatever he decides to grantm or wherever he
decides to place, it is still acceptable. So, idumE
iniya swargatthi? but you need to be there with me
there also.. Don?t ever take me away from those lotus
Feet, Ramanuja.. 

Similar to dhivi bhuvi vaa of Mukunda mala  

divi vA bhuvi vA mamAstu vAsO
 narakE vA narakAntaka! prakAmam |
avadhIrita-SAradAravindau caraNau
 tE maraNE'pi cintayAmi || 6

Here the King of Kolli Naadu Kulasekara prays for the
lotus feet of the 
Lord as Antima Smurithi. Azhwaars and Aacharyals have
begged the Lord to have thoughts about HIM during
their Anthima Prayaanam. 

Also this verse of Ramanuja nutranthAthi echoes
Thiruppavai 29th verse ? line? maRRai num kaamangaL
maatru.. 
 
uRRomEyAvOm umakkE nAm AtcheyvOm- we are always your
property; your dAsars; having surrender at Your feet,
we always are for serving YOU ALONE and none other
than You. For YOU ONLY, we serve and we are
subservient to only You.

maRRai nam kaamangaL maaRRu- KaNNA! Please bless us
not to have any other desires in our heart other than
serving your feet at all times uninterruptedly and
flawlessly  

EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan 



 
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