If SEshatvam is doing kainkaryam, why does ALavandhAr say -
bhavantamEva anucharannirantaram
praSAnta niSSEsha manOrathAntara:
kadAham aikAntika nitya kinkara:......
adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan
Vishnu
--- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Madhavakkannan V
<srivaishnavan@xxxx> wrote:
> SrI:
> SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
> Dearest Srivaishnavas,
>
> ThiruvananthAzhwAn is addressed more popularly as
> Seshan or Adhi sEshan. This verse explains the meaning
> of this term.
>
> nivaasa sayyaasana paadhukaam sukha
> upadhaana varshaathapa vaaraNAdhibhi:
> sareera bhEdhaisthava sEshathaam gathai:
> yathOchitham sEsha itheerithE janai:
>
> nivaasa- Place- Temple- ThirukkOil.
> sayyaa- bed (ThiruppaLLi)
> aasana- SimhAsanam [Throne]
> paadhuka- ThiruvaDi nilai- Sandals
> Amsuka- Peethaambara [silk cloth around the waist]
> Upadhaana- Pillow
> Varsha Adhapa vaaraNa-Umbrella that prevents from heat
> and rain,
> Adhibhi: Paadha peetam ? foot rest?
> yathOchitham- compatible and satisfying to Your heart
> thava- to You
> sEshathaam- performing kaimkaryam [service] such
> various kinds
> gathai- to receive to perform such services-
> sareera bhEdhai: taking different forms of ThirumEni
> [Body] matching to the respective kind of kaimkaryam
> janai: [by everyone as sEshan]
> eerithE- addressed such [AdhisEshan who is described
> in the last verse]
>
> Adhi seshan- is most appropriately and suitably
> addressed and designated by every devotee as sEsha due
> to his performing various kinds of service to the Lord
> taking different forms of ThirumEni- to do kaimkaryams
> namely, be His residence, couch, seat, Sandals,
> raiment, Pillow, and shelter from sun and rain as
> umbrella etc?
>
> AnanthAzhwAn is the One who takes the form of temples
> where the Lord is gracefully presenting Himself. He is
> the seat for the Lord; He is the paadhuka. He is the
> silk cloth; He Himself is the Pillow; He is the
> Umbrella- Thus he takes different forms of the body to
> serve Him. Thus he serves taking different form to
> perform ceaseless service at His feet and thus is
> addressed as sEshan. sEhsan means servant.
>
> Thus ignoramuses, jnAnis- everyone address him as
> sEshan. He is the personification of kaimkaryam.
>
> AdhisEshan is also addressed as ArvaNai, Ananthan,
> Aravarasu, thousand headed one, ILaiyaazhwAn et al.
> The thousand named Lord is supported by thousand
> headed AdhisEshan and he (AdhisEshan) is also known
> for his thousands and thousands of fame?for all
> kaimkaryams that he performs for the Lord from time
> immemorial uninterruptedly. He is the role model for
> every Srivaishnava devotee.
>
> This verse is the inspiration from PeyAzhwAr's
> moonRaam ThiruvanthAthi: 53rd pAsuram
>
> senRaal kudaiyaam irundhaal singAsanamaam
> ninRaal maravadiyaam neeLkadalul
> anRum aNaiyaam poompattaam
> pulgum aNaiyaam ThirumaaRku aravu
>
> AdhisEsha, the serpent, is the symbol of Total
> dedication and kaimkaryam of a soul to the service of
> God [sEsha vrtthi] and as such he serves as Bed, a
> couch, paadhukas, and an umbrella, the raiment etc?
>
> Alavandhar ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
> Regards
> Namo Narayana
> dAsan
>
>
>
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