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Sri Parthasarathi thunai,

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

 

? Mattrondrum vEinda Maname Madhilarangar

Kattrinum meitha kazhalinai keezh- uttra

Thirumaalai paadum seer Thondaradipodi Emperumaanai

Eppozhudum peesu?

 

? Srimat Krishna samahvaya Namo yaamuna soonave 

yetkadAkshai kalakshyAnAm sulabha: Sridara: sadaa?

 

Pranams,

 

Paasuram-27(contd)

 

Before doing anything we all think twice. Is it really beneficial to us? Is 
there going to be some advantage for us because of the work we do? All our 
actions are based on the result and hence even while doing thiruvArAdanam or 
kainkaryam to bhagavan we expect something as the result of it. Even while 
helping others we see to that, that there will be some use from the other 
person later, else we never even look at the person crying for help. But the 
small tiny squirrel did Rama kainkaryam just for the sake of doing it and never 
thought about the result. The squirrel was a true Srivaishnava which did 
kainkaryam for the happiness of the bhagavan and for nothing else. Atleast in 
the case of the monkeys they were grateful to the lord for killing the arrogant 
king vAli, who was a terror to all of them and blessing them with a satvika 
king, sugreeva. But the squirrel had no such reason.And even after the 
construction, the squirrel is not going to get the lanka kingdom like 
vibheeshana. Still the squirrel did a non stopping kainkaryam(?Dharmaprochitha 
kaitapa: says Srimad Bhagavatham). So this pure minded kainkaryam did surely 
attract chakravarthi thirumagan and he sent lakshmana to fetch the squirrel to 
him. Even when lakshmana tried to catch the squirrel, it still rushes out of 
his hands busy with its kainkaryam. But still lakshmana caught it and brought 
it to perumal, who with love kept the tiny creature on his lap and with pity 
massaged its body appreciating it for its wonderful tireless kainkaryam. He 
placed his fingers at the back of the squirrel and told it to stop the 
kainkaryam, as it has been too much strain already for the small squirrel. But 
by then the whole bridge had beenconstructed. Many people will join to do a 
kainkaryam but the base strength behind the kainkaryam will be just the tears 
of a true bhakthan who wishes for the kainkaryam to be done. Here though many 
big monkeys involved themselves in the kainkaryam still the small squirrel?s 
part was an atmost essential thing to finish the construction quickly.

 

marangal pOl valiya nenja vanjanEn, nenju thannAl: Alwar now feels bad that he 
doesn?t have the kainkarya buddhi like the squirrel. Instead he is hard at 
heart. Our mind is like a unmoving tree, so hard. Inspite of hearing about the 
kainkaryam of the squirrel without even a little bit of tiresome(salamilA 
anil), still our mind is hard that even now we don?t get ready to do kainkaryam 
to the bhagavan, who is filled with krupai.

 

aranganArkku AtseiyAdhe aliyeththEn ayarginrEnE: Even after all these I still 
don?t go and fall under the feet of the lord ranganatha and beg forhis service. 
Others may think probably it is my svabhavam to laze out. But ?NO!?. When it 
comes to lowkika activities I am the most active person. I want to earn, live a 
lavish life but when it comes to bhagavat/ bhAgavata kainkaryam l become lazy 
and both physically and mentally tired. I claim myself to be very poor and 
physically weak when it comes to bhagavat vishayam and when it is lowkikam it 
is totally reversed, says alwar(All these suite us exactly but alwar is talking 
due to his naichyam). ?Anna pannagaluku agrakanyarAgi? says dasar(We are all so 
active when it comes to eating and drinking).

 

Thondaradipodi alwar in this prabhandam repeatedly talks about the importance 
of nAma sankeertanam and bhagavat/bhAgavata kainkaryams which alone can show us 
the path to the divine feet of emperuman in this gOra kali yugam. So let us all 
join to do what ever kainkaryam possible by us with the repeated chanting of 
the bhagavan nAma. When we say possible kainkaryam we shouldn?t choose the 
minimum limit we should do kainkaryam like the squirrelwithout thinking of any 
of the consequences or results and do kainkaryam just for the sake of pleasing 
bhagavan. Bhagavan doesn?t need our kainkaryam but then we will miss the joy of 
seeing his smiling face when we do kainkaryam with love(padiyai kidandhu vun 
pavala vAi kAnbEnE). So let us all pray to him to bestow us with his kainkaryam 
day in and day out and remove all ahankara mamakArams from our mind and make us 
all pure in thought, bodyand speech.

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai

Sumithra Varadarajan

 



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