SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya nama: Dearest All, AzhwAr expresses in this 5th decad his ananyagatitvam and (having none other as his refuge) Akinchanyam (helplessness) which are closely tied to Saranagati. Praathikoolyasya varjanam- abstain from what needs to be avoided? and what is prescribed in the saasthras as don?ts. Seyyadhana seyyOm- AndAL says in the second verse of Thiruppavai. It is one of the ways in which the jeevan pleases the Lord by adhering to saasthras thar are His command. ANDAL describes about what is KARTHAVYAM(to be done) and what is THYAAJYAM (to be discarded) in this verse. SrI Satakopan Swami adds: Acts to be discarded during the Nonbhu [Vratham- or vow] Vaachika, Kaayika, maanasika thyAjyams (acts to be abandoned / rejected) are: (1)"TheekkuRalaic-chenROdhOm " ( we will not speak painful untruth and engage in purposeless talk ) is vaachika ThyAjyam ( to be abandoned by our speech). (2)"SeyyAthana seyyOm ": We will not think on subjects that will lead us astray.(PraathikUlya Varjanam of SaraNAgathi anushtAnam is referred not only here but in all thyAjyams referred to above and below ). (3) NeyyuNNOm PaaluNNOm ": We will not consume ghee and milk, which are day to day items in the lives of Gopis. (It is easy to reject exotic items in our lives rather than some thing that is part of "the pleasures of daily life). Bhagavan Naama Sankeerthanam takes the vratham observers' appetite away in the spirit of ANDAL's father's (PriyAzhvAr's Paasura Vaakhyams)statements :" uNNA nALL PasiyAvathu onRillai (NDP:438) and " nedumayAl ulahEzhum aLanthAi-- KooRai sORivai VeNDuvathillai.." (NDP: 436). Before, Ghee and Milk were Taarakam ( nourishment )for them; now Bhagavan Naama SankIrthanam and Hari KathA PaarayaNam is their Taarakam . Unquote. Thus for the vratham (or nOnbu) of Saranagati also- one needs to observe these deeds (not only while doing the nonbu- even thereafter.] vaaLaa laRutthus sudinum marutthuvanpaal maaLaatha kaathaln^O yaaLanpOl maayatthaal meeLaath thuyar_tharinum viRRuvakkOt tammaan^ee aaLaa vunatharuLE paarppa NnatiyEnE 5.4 Oh Mighty Ruler of the Universe! Even when the doctor (or surgeon) cuts the skin and tortures the patient, the patient still loves and keeps going to the doctor for curing his (or her) illness. Like the surgeon, who cuts me up to heal me even the sorrows that You give me- is to purify me and qualify me for sathgathi. Therefore, I will only think about Your DayA GuNam always and will never ever leave your lotus feet. AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE saraNam Regards Namo narayana dAsan ____________________________________________________________________________________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:Oppiliappan-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:Oppiliappan-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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