Dear Sri.Mukundan Pattangi: Pranams! Your question is very valid. I have thought about it many times. Eventhough I dont possess any knowledge, I would like to give my thought and what I have heard from Scholars. Considering the case of Acharyas and Alwars, they only desired for Moksha, and showed the way foir it, but in order to get down to the level of Human beings, or rather us, they have put themseleves in our shoes and have added Phala Sruti in the last part of each of their works. This kind of thing can be found even in Vedas. These phalasrutis look like as if we are seeking for some worldly thing. Actually, there are more levels of meaning to them if we start analysing. To my limitation, and what I have heard, they by any means DONT convey the message of asking for anything other than MOKSHA. All the things that have been asked for, form only assisting entities for a person who seeks MOKSHA. We can see one common vedic mantra recited in any religious function saying that we get various things like Danam, danyam etc. They only assist a person who is into the enquiry of Brahman (Brahma Vidya), or rather seeking MOKSHA, which is in the form of NityaKainkaryam to the Suprem Being, Sriman Narayana in our Sampradayam. Thanks, aDiyEn, Ramanan rAmAnuja dAsan ---------------------------------------------------------------- iruppidam vaikundham vEnkatam * mAlirunchOlaiyennum poruppidam mAyanuk enbar nallOr * avai thannodum van thiruppidam mAyan irAmAnusan manathinRavan van thiruppidam * enRan idhayaththuLLE thanakkinpuRavE. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag ---- On Fri, 17 May 2002, Pattangi (danp@xxxx) wrote: > sri: > Humble pranams to all Devotees. > > Many of our Acharyas works seems to have > Phala sruthi at the end, is there any explanation for that. > > 1. Is it ok for a Sri Vaishnava, who by the divine grace of the Lord > is in the prapatti marga to seek Phalan (Apart from Kainkariyam). > > 2. Is it acceptable for a prappana to: > To do something "from our side" with his divine grace, > and in exchange seek benefits from the LORD. > > What is the position of most acharyas on azhwars works > which have Phalasruthi in the last para of many pattus. > > azhwAr emberumAnAr JeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam > > adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan > Mukundan Vangkipuram Pattangi > http://www.radioramanuja.com/docs/mag.htm > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------- ------~--> > Take the Yahoo! Groups survey for a chance to win $1,000. > Your opinion is very important to us! > http://us.click.yahoo.com/NOFBfD/uAJEAA/Ey.GAA/.itolB/TM > -------------------------------------------------------------- -------~-> > > azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > >
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