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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest Srivaishnavas, 

After describing GarudAzhwAn standing in front of the
Lord, now Alavandhar goes on to enjoy the army
commander in chief- Senaimudhali- VishvaksEnar
standing in the north east corner. 

tvadeeya bhukthOjjitha sEsha bhOjinaa
tvaya nisrhtAthmabharENa yad yathaa
priyENa sEnApathinA nyavEdhi thath
thathaanujaanantham udhaara veekshaNai [42] 

[The One] ?who consumes partaking only the remaining
prasAdham [food offered to the Bhagawaan] of Yours -
which is still in the container; who has been blessed
by You as the in charge to carry out the duties as
Your delegate and perform the administration; who is
the recipient of Your greatest preethi; whose
execution plan when communicated to You, gets a simple
nod of approval, with Your noble kataaksham (glances)
as accepted and given a signal to proceed.

You approve with Your mere glances; whenever and
whatever communication was brought to Your attention
by Sri Vishwaksenar for Your approval, as he is the
delegated authority to whom You have bestowed upon the
execution powers on Your behalf. Sri Vishwaksenar
partakes the remaining food after it is offered and
consumed by You and PiraaTTi and whatever is left in
container, that is the only food partaken by Sri
Vishvaksenar 0 also called as Senai mudhali- army
commander. 

Having been given the powers, Sri Vishvaksenar does
not act on his own and to his whims and fancies. He
submits the execution plan to Your approval as and
when required and seeks Your approval; You nod with
Your glances Your consent blissfully. Since he takes
Your burden, he is the recipient of Your preethi and
You approve his action lovingly and with great
preethi. 

Like Garuda, AdhisEshan, Sri Vishvaksenar also is the
Nithyasuri and is the dAsa, sEsha bhUthar; Instead of
mentioning about his service, firstly his partaking of
Bhagavath prasAdham is mentioned by Alavandhar. In
fact, every Srivaishnava does (is supposed to) eat
only the remnant food after consumed by the Lord. When
such is the case, why here something special?

Sri Vishvaksenar is the army commander. Senai mudhali.
First the food needs to be supplied to the army
uninterruptedly and without any hurdle for the
defence. So, they can not eat independently and hence
need to partake the food remaining in the container. 

Also, the food offered to the Lord- is split into two
and one portion is mixed with the main food materials
(available in the kitchen) for others consumption;
while whatever is remaining in the container, only
which needs to be partaken by the Senai Mudhaliar.
(Sri Vangheepuratthu Nambhi ? disciple of Ramanuja has
written a beautiful grantham on ArAdhanam based on
Ramanuja?;s Nithya grantham wherein Acharya mentions
this in great detail in  moving verses)

In the world, none would like to eat the remaining
portion in the container (or plate). Only lowliest of
the lowly would think of doing. Sri Vishwaksenar?s one
of the kalyANa guNAs is also this of being such
bhAgwathOtthama NithyasUri. When he stoops down to
such low level of partaking what is remaining in the
container, the Lord grants him the HIGHEST position of
execution what is His power and duties and empowers
him to do the same. What a great preethi- what mutual
love from each other! Alavandhar exclaims. In eedu
vyAkhyAnam, Bhattar?s discourse narrating this verse
is beautifully explained- says Sri UttamUr Swamy.

Also receiving Your Preethi, receiving your
kataaksham, approval, is also consuming and partaking
Bhagavath prsAdham- says SrI UttamUr Swamy. 

Alavandhaar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan



                
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