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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest Srivaishnavas

Sriya: Pathi alone is Parathvam; without His grace,
anugraham, it is impossible for getting mOksham.
Hence, why should you take refuge at Sivan who ran
along with agni and his sons during the battle of
bANAsuraa? 

One can get wealth and other fruits from demi gods?
Why can?t we do that?- one may ask. AzhwAr responds:

aRinthu aRinthu vaamanana
  diyaNaiva Nankinaal,
seRinthezhuntha NYaanamOdu
  selvamumsi Ranthidum,
maRinthezhuntha theNdiraiyuL
  mannumaalai vaazhththinaal,
paRinthezhunthu theevinaikaL
  paRRaRuthal paanmaiyE.     (74)

aRindhu aRindhu- the fruits and the granter of such
fruits is emperumAn alone- even if obtained from demi
gods, it is He who grants the fruits through them,
being the antharyaami (in dweller) of those demi gods;
Thus He alone is direct or indirect means to grant
fruits- realizing and knowing that, taking refuge at
the lotus feet of Vaamanan and pray to Him, He grants
us the Supreme jnAnam of the Supreme mOksham and the
Lordship with sakala saasthrArtthams along with the
wealth that is required for sustenance; if we sing in
praise of the glories of Sriman Narayanan who resides
permanently in noisy, wavy, Milky ocean, it is natural
that all our most cruel, karmic diseases (paapams)
will be automatically disengaged from us and run away
from us. 

If you are looking for material wealth, jnAnam etc.,
and pray to Sankara, Agni, et al, you would get them
(there is a statement to that effect as well), they
are able to grant you the same only due to the grace
of Sriman Narayanan and Him being in the indweller in
them granting through them. Even if you pray to
EmperumAn Sriman Narayana directly, you would still
get the same; In addition, he also grants you further
more jnAnam about what is the highest goal, how to
reach the same etc.. with sakala saasthrArttha jnAnam.


The way He grants us fruits- it keeps growing; it
makes us more sattva gunA; it slowly detaches us from
material fruits and desires,. That is the difference
between getting materials from him and from demi gods.


Vaamanan is the saakshi for this. He measured the
whole universe with his feet and granted to devendra.
What else can be a bigger materialistic wealth? 

With His grace, the jnAna virOdhis will automatically
will vanish. jnAnam about Himself will increase. About
moKsham, the means will come in with sadAchArya
sambandham (also getting through His grace). Thus
enjoying His deceitful Vaamana avathAram would grant
one the lokwika jnAnam as well which can attract the
world.

The way AzhwAr describes Vaamanan in first two lines
and the paaRkadal PadmanAbhan denotes this inner
meaning. Sri Uttamur Swami writes: however way the
waves arise, the milky ocean is clear and crystal like
and He reclines with sakala sowndharyam, pushpahaasa
sukumAran Sriman Narayanan reclines so divinely
beautiful on the white Adhi sEshan; We can enjoy the
darshan and anubhavam of His dhivya mangaLa vigraham
of Anantha sayanan and enjoy Him uninterruptedly.
Insteda, why should we (like Devendran) pray to him
for material wealth and make him get up from sayanam,
make him wander as Vaamanan and beg to others? IS it
appropriate? 

If we pray, He comes down to lowliest level stooping
down so low from His highest level and start as
Akinchanan (helpless Brahmachari) and fulfil our
requests. But let that be so. It is not in accordance
with our essential nature of jeevathman. That?s why
AzhwAr says: vaazhtthinaal [praise Him with
pallaandu].. in third line and vaNanginaal [pray to
Him with requests] in first line. 

Naturally and automatically, when we sing pallaandu to
Him, the paapams vanish. It is His nature and mercy
that he removes them. Because there is no goal other
than enjoying His glories, He cleanses us of the
paapams which will be a hurdle for our enjoyment
eternally. 

Thus singing His names only for the mere enjoyment of
His names thus cleanses of our sins due to his grace
and paves the way for performance of Saranagati at His
lotus feet.  

Thirumazhisai Piraan ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan



        
                
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