SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, The prime reason for such utter lowliest feeling and the feeling of repentance and utter helplessness [nirvEdham] is explained here and the to save alone is the Lord?s goal and objective and that is why He has blessed me with this birth- says Alavandhaar janithvaaham vamsE mahath jagathi khyAthayachasaam sucheenaam sishtAnAm guNapurushatattvasthithi vidhaam nisargaadEva tvaccharaNakamalai kaantha manasaam athO(S)tha: paapaathmA saraNatha nimajjaami thamasi [61] I- having been blessed to be born in the lineage of world?s most glorious anushtAthAs [one who performs karma anushtAnams in strict and full accordance with saathrAs and nothing else]; who are parama vaideekaas; who have performed great yaagaas and yagnyas in their lives; who have performed [karma/jnAna, bhakti] yogas; who have fully comprehended the exact truths about sentient, non-sentient entities [Chith and achith tattva respectively] , Supreme entity [Iswara tattva] in crystal clear manner; who have understood Purusha, Jeeva tattvam unambiguously and the eternal relation between them; who have since their births ? been devoted to only Your red Lotus Feet alone; and had the mind contemplating always only on The Lotus Feet of Yours; - am the personification of all gravest sins; and drowning myself in the darkness of thamasic world (world of ignorance] and going deeper and deeper. Oh SaraNyaa! Please see me? (bless me). My ancestors in the lineage where I came from- they are SadAchAryars. They were fully resplendednt with Achara, anushtAna, jnAna, vairAgya and bhakti. They considered the fame, wealth, other?s property as blade of grass and had their minds focussed and contemplated only on the Lord?s Lotus Feet. They were such great vairAgis [detachment]. They performed all vaideeka anushTAnams and have then (athAthO brahmajignAsA) performed karma, jnAna,bhakti yogas. They have not learnt half baked truths about Purusha, Prakrithi, Jeeva et al; but have fully and blissfully, unambiguously understood and comprehended the tattva jnAnam about the three entities namely Chith, Achith and Iswara. The Upanishads celebrate the five guNams of Sriman NaarAyaNa ( Para Brahman) as : Sathyathvam , Jn~Anathvam , Ananthathvam , Aanandhathvam and Amalathvam. When one comprehends the Lord through these five guNams (auspicious attributes) , one can recognize His Sarva VilakshaNathvam ( being different than all chEtanams and achEtanams) . These are the Svaroopa Niroopaka dharmams for the lakshaNam(defining marks) of Iswaran . My ancestors {Acharyas} have underlined the bhEdams ( differences) between Iswaran and the other two tattvams ( ChEtanams and achEtanams): Having understood the tattvams, in such clear manner, they have caught hold of and contemplated only Your Red lotus feet and do not know of anything else. They were not seeking any other material pleasures; worldly pursuits and they were paramaikaanthins since their birth? They had unalloyed devotion for You and You alone. All this- I am not saying. This world says. The world talks about their glories; They were living in such humble and pious and religious life style.. And in this mahaa vamsam, was I born (as a grand son of SrI NAthamuni shrEshtar) and where there should be ample opportunities for growth for me, I have been born as Sarva brashtan; been performing only paapams (sins) right from birth; having no jnAnam about tattvas; Mahaa paapi ? am I. And having known that I am a mahaa paapi, did I attempt to improve and redeem myself? Never. I am still going down and down immersing myself in the depths of samsaaric ocean and full of ignorance. Everyday I am going down. After some time, perhaps I will touch the sea bed and there may not be any chance at all for You to even lift me out as I would have been trapped and caught into the seabed. You need to lift me NOW ? RIGHT now- with Your Hand lifting me up. You are Saranaagatha vathsalan. Why are You having such a vaathsalam on me and You blessed me with such a GLORIOUS Birth in this lineage? Did I ask for? You alone blessed on Your own accord. I need to be saved due to my Saranagathi- In order to declare that alone, You have blessed me with this birth, I SUPPOSE. When such is the case, why am I going down further and further? Because I am such a greatest paapaaathmA. Now I would have even committed the greatest paapam of having destroyed my greatest vamsam (lineage). So, please consider this nirvEdham [feeling of repentance and utter helplessness] as the excuse and bless me Oh Lord! Alavandhaar ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo Narayana dasan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $4.98 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Q7_YsB/neXJAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! 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