Sri: SrimathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, Earlier, akinchanan, ananyagathis SaraNya; dayAsidhO! BandhO! ? were uttered by Alavandhaar. Now they are being elaborated. pithA thvam; mathA thvam; dayithadhanayasthvam; priyasuhruth thvamEva, thvam bandhu: kururasi gathicchaasi jagathaam tvadheeyas thvad bruthya: thava parijanas tvadgathiraham prapannac cha yEvam sathyahamapi thavaivaami hi para: [60] For all the worlds, You are everything; You are alone are the Father; Mother; darling son; dearest friend; close relation; the Acharya who dispels the darkness of ignorance; - the end that we attain- everything is thus You and You alone. I am Your eternal servant. Tvad bruthya: I need to be brought up by You; Tava parijana: Your servant- Your kinkaran. Tvad gathi: You are the end and Goal for me. Prapanna cha: I am also the One who has performed Saranagathi at Your Lotus Feet. When such is the case, I am also the goal for You- Am I not? Had I left You for some other goal, some other pleasures, some other objectives, some other pursuits, then You can ignore me; Had I not surrendered at Your Lotus Feet, You can ignore me and discard me. But I am not so; hence I am Your goal now and You need to take me. Ahamapi- api sabdham refers to even if I am full of blemishes, as I have not other refuge, and no other qualifications on myself, having surrendered unconditionally at Your Lotus Feet, You need to bless me and save me. OR api can also mean- I too (similar to all my acharyas- ancestors). OR api may also mean- the body in addition to my AthmA- and hence even after dhEhaavasaanam, we are Your servants. Thus at all times, I am your object of saving. In line with the sloka of vapuraadhishu yOPi kOpivaa- whatever manner had I considered my athmA, please save that.. So, it may also mean here that even if I consider that body itself is AThmA wrongly, please save the same. thEshaam vaicchinnathrushNAnAm yOgakshEmavahO hari: also can be contemplated here. In Saranagathi Gadya, Sri Ramanujacharya also echoes the same sentiment: tvamEva mAtA pitA tvameva tvameva bandhuscha gurustvamEv tvamEva vidya dravinam tvamEva tvameva sarvam mama dhEva devaa You are my mother, father, relation, teacher, wisdom and wealth; You are everything in this world to me, My Lord!. Swami Desikan mentions in his Sri-Stuthi: mAthA devi! tvamasi bhagavAn vasudeva-ha pithA may jAtha-ha sOham janani yuvayOr-eka-lakshyam dayAya-hA" You are my Mother and the Lord Vaasudeva my Father?. Alavandhaar ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo Narayana dAsan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Send holiday email and support a worthy cause. Do good. http://celebrity.mail.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/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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