SrI: Dear BhakthAs: Today , adiyEn will cover the Thirty Sixth slOkam of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan salutes the glories of ParamaikAnthis and describes how they spend their lives totally committed to Bhagavath-BhAgavatha Kaimkaryams: Sadhbhis-ThvadhEka SaraNair-niyatham sanATA: sarpAdhiva Thvadh aparAdhishu dhUrayAtha; dhIrAs-thruNIkrutha Virincha PurandharAdhyA: kaalam kshipanthi Bhagavan karaNairavandhyai: --SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai: SlOkam 36 Meaning: ******** Oh ViLakkoLi PerumALE ! Those ParamaikAnthis ( One who do not seek anything for themselves from You inclding Moksham ) perform Prapatthi to You with Firmness of heart in Your rakshakathvam and never waver from their MahA VisvAsam in You. They consider always as their Masters , the BhaagavathAs , who have surrendered unto You. When they see some one, who committ apachAram to You, they quickly remove themselves from their presence , just like the one , who has seen a poisonous snake. They consider Brahman , Indran and all other Gods as worthless blades of grass , since there is nothing that they seek from them . They dedicate their limbs to the total service of Bhagavath-BhAgavatha Kaimkaryam and they spend their days this way. Additional Comments (V.S): ************************** Swamy Desikan addresses the ParamaikAnthis as "DheerA: " in this slOkam. These indeed are true brave ones , who have sTairyam (Firmness of purpose ) and VairAgyam (detatchment from the worldly pleasures ). These DheerAs revere Lord's BhaagavathAs , who have performed SaraNAgathy at the Lord's sacred feet and are steadfast in their devotion to Him (TvadEka SaraNA:). Swamy Desikan addresses these BhaagavathAs as "Sath " or Saadhus or Santha: . The dheerAs have always the Santha: as their Masters ( DhIrA: Thvadh yEka saraNai: Sadhbhi: niyatham sanATA: ). These dheerAs have three lakshaNams: (1) They run as fast as they can from those , who committ Bhagavath-BhAgavatha apachAram ( Thvadh aparAdhishu sarpadhivath dhUra yAthA:). They run like the one , who has sighted a serpent. (2)They consider any god , who is subject to the effects of Karmaa as not worthy of much attention and devote their worship to that Supreme Lord Sriman NaarAyaNan , who has no equal or Superior . When it comes to demi-gods like Indhran or BrahmA , these ParamaikAnthis consider them as equal in value to an useless blade of grass ( DhIrA: ThruNIkrutha Virincha-IndhrAdhyA:). (3)Finally , these DhIrAs dedicate their mind, body ( every limb of their Body ) and speech totally to Bhagavath-Bhaagavatha-AchArya kaimkaryams.This way , they use their Indhriyams fruitfully and spend their alloted time on earth ( avandhyai: karaNai: kaalam kshipanthi)." Avandhai:" means purposeful and unwasted. KulasEkhara AzhwAr's Mukunda MaalA SthOthram ( JihvE Keerthaya Kesavam--) and Bhaktha PrahlAdhan's UpadEsam to his class mates (SravaNam Keerthanam--)come to my mind in this context of purposeful use of one's limbs in service to the Lord. SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan (P.S): Dear BhakthAs: Please help with the NithyArAdhana Kaimkaryam at ThUppul VedAntha Desikan Sannidhi and the daily AarAdhanam for Swamy Desikan's home PerumAL and PirAtti , Sri Maragathavalli SamEtha Sri DhIpa PrakAsan. Please contact adiyEn , if you would like to support this important Kaimkaryam and join the BhaagavathAs , who have already contributed Five and a quarter laks of Rupees against the need of 10 laks of Rupees. Thank You.
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