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Dear Sri Gunaseelan,

In response to your questions, here are my thoughts based on what I have 
learned:


1) Is Divya Desam (Ugandu Arulina Nilangal) is the respective temple in that 
city/village only or respective to the Perumal or refers to the whole city 
itself..

Ve:dic culture has as much to do with the land and its people as it has to with 
the Divine. After all, is not the Lord the Soul of all souls, including this 
world; and as a result, are not all things sacred? Because of this, it is my 
understanding that the A:zhwa:rs pa:surams were as much about the temple, the 
village, and the varieties of people, flora and fauna that reside there. There 
are several examples of this throughout the Divya Prabhandam, which I am sure 
that others more well-versed can cite.

2) Adiyen has one more doubt in the case of Bhagavad Kaimkaryam, Since He is 
complete in all means is there a way to do Service to him , if at all he lacks 
or expect anything from us then we need to do for Him, since its not so , I am 
worried on that

The only thing that the Lord truly lacks is our love, as we have been running 
away from Him and His Desire for us for eons. He could have forced us back 
towards Him, by showing us just how dependent we are on Him. But, He has 
allowed us our free will out of His Unbounded Love for us, and in return, we 
have merely used it to serve our own self-interests. 

It is the desire to ease the pain of this separation that He has felt for us 
since time immemorial - something which only His efforts could have awakened in 
us - which should be the motivation behind our simple acts of Bhagavad and 
Bha:gavatha Kai:nkaryam. So, it is what we feel in our hearts for Him, rather 
than the outward actions, that truly matters.


3) In the same line were the Azhwars did Bhagavad Kaimkaryam or bhAgavada 
Kaimkaryam? Adiyen feel its only bhAgavada Kaimkaryam by singing Thiruvoimozhi 
etc .

It was both. But, it is my understanding that the A:zhwa:rs did not do so 
consciously. They merely accepted the Lord's Desire to speak through them for 
the sake of all souls; and in "hearing" His words, experienced Him. 

I hope this helps.

adiye:n Ra:ma:nuja da:san
Mohan






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