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SrI:
SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

Dearest all,

Other AzhwArs had sung Srrangam along with other
dhivya Desams. Even ThiruppANAzhwAr ?the one who had
sung ONLY ten verses in front of Lord Ranaganthan and
then united with the Lord archA moorthy then and
there, sang on ThiruvEnkatam also in his third verse-
mandhi paay vada vEnkata maalalai- and viraiaar pozhil
vEnkatam in his very first verse itself. Even the
Mountain where you are residing- some should not touch
? you had prescribed; while you made me come straight
into your temple.. what a vaathsalyam on me!- wondered
ThiruppANAzhwAr. [in that inner meaning, he had
mentioned that line virai aar pozhil vEnkatavan]. 

When such is the case, unlike these azhwArs, - in the
lines of athraiva sreerangE sukhamAsva- as instructed
by Lord RangAnthA to EmperumAnAr to stay and live in
Sri Rangam happily, ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr chose to
reside only in Srirangam and paid his obeisance to
only Lord RanganAthan. He composed his verses only on
Him, though Arangan did not mention so to AzhwAr
explicitly. Not that he chose to sEvicchufy only Sri
Rangan; he also chose to be His servant and His
servants? servant at all times and prayed only for the
same. He called himself as the dust at the feet of
bhAgawathAs. [thondar + adi + podi] 

Payan peRaadha sEshathvam yedhaRkku?
thOndE purushaartthatthin sikaram. 

What is the use of being sEshan [servant] to the Lord.
We need to serve Him at all times and be His eternal
servant; perform nithya kaimkaryam; at all times; at
all places; under all circumstances; in all ways.
Sarva kaala, sarva desa, sarva avastha kaimkaryam. To
perform "Sarva dEsa , Sarva Kaala , SarvAvasthA "
Kaimkaryam to Him and Him alone.

He made garlands of thuLsai leaves for RanganAthan and
offered to the priests to adorn the Lord. He offered
the same everyday and was lovingly and reverently
called as thoNdardipppodi.. EmperumAnAr was deeply
involved in this AzhwAr and his wonderful works of
Thirumaalai and Thirupalliyezhucchi due to his
unambiguous declaration in Thirumaalai and his dislike
for other non-vedic religions. 

13rd verse on ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr: 

cheyyum pachunthuLa paththozil maalaiyum chenthamizil
peyyum maRaiththamiz maalaiyum pEraatha seerarangath
thaiyan kazaRkaNi yamparan thaaLanRi aathariyaa
meyyan iraamaa Nnusan_chara NEkathi vERenakkE. 13

ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr, is the One who made most
fragrant ThuLasi garlands lovingly with immense bhakti
for Sriya: Pathi Sri RanganAyikA samEtha Sri
RanganAthan of Srirangam; who also composed the
sweetest anubhavam filled bhakti laden great garland
of Thirumaalai on Lord Sri RanganAthan, the Lord ever
associated with the most auspicious KalyANa guNAs; who
is the epitome and personification of Bhagawatha
sEshathvam; who excelled himself calling himself as
the dust at the feet of Bhagawathas (devotees) of
Sriman Narayanan. The Lotus feet of Emperumaanaar- Sri
Ramanuja (who does not desire for any thing else
except the Feet of this Great ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr)
are the ONLY Greatest thing that I need to hold on to.


vERenakkE? there is nothing else other than SrI
Ramanuja?s Lotus Feet..
vERu enakkaa? ? enakkaa vERu- anything else for me?-
never. For me ? only Ramanuja?s lotus feet and nothing
else. 

ini vERu enakku- hereafter there is nothing else.. Now
that I have been blessed to become different.. 

Like this AzhwAr ThoNdaradippodi, I am also blessed to
serve the Lord RanganAthan and also fortunate to
compose verses. am I not different? I think so. I am
not as qualified as AzhwAr is. NaichyAnusanthAnam of
Amudhanaar is shown here as well. 

The word Thamizh is referred twice. Garland of Tamil
verses is made by AzhwAr and is in chaste sweet words
[Tamil means sweet also? thamizhukku amudhu enRu
pEr..] 

EmperumAnAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan


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