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 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> 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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