SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, You are telling so firmly and certainly; why do others not understand this? ? The Lord asks: Alavandhar responds: tvaam seela roopa charithai: paramaprakrushta sattvEna saatvikathaya prabalaischa saasthrai: prakhyatha daiva paramaartha vidaam mathaischa naivaasura prakruthaya prabhavanthi bOddhum [15] The easily accessible form that You take- stooping down so low [with such greatest sowseelya guNA]; the transcendental body of Yours [aprAkrutha mEni]; the most wonderful most nectarine divine leelAs [deeds]; - - knowing all of them fully reading and understanding properly the Manu, Vyasa?s works ? understanding all these and in addition with the most Purest Sattva guNA- and not under the influence of Rajasa, thamasa guNAs, then only the most blessed ones get to know Who is Ultimate Supreme Lord- Parathvam and know that You are the Supreme Lordship for all and everyone; But the asura prakruthis (those who are always under the Rajasa, thamasa guNAs) are not able to realise the same. Though You are the Supreme Lord for all and the Greatest and Grandest Lord of all; Master of everyone; You still stoopp down so low taking human forms, even the forms of fish, tortoise, et al; taking the birth of Human being as Rama, Krishna and mingle with the lowiest ones as if You were boirn in those clans for ages giving an impression that others looked less cowherd- like than You did; Such a sowlabhyan- sowseelyan are You; For that You took so many forms. In order to shower the world with Sattva guNA, you blessed with your benevolent glances on the world with karunA kataaksham; The food, milk, butter, the waters- were all consumed after You consumed ? by the world and thus everyone became more sattvik, including the cattle. You try so hard and take such efforts to instil sattvika gunA among people. Also You blessed us with sakala saasthrAs in order to clarify to us the Truth and be in Saatvika guNA. You bless us with Paancha raathram and establish clearly the segmentation of Sattva, Rajasa thamasa gunAs. With Srimad Ramayana, Mahabharatha, Srimad Bhagawatham, etc., Vyasa, Vaalmeeki, sages have established Your Supreme Lordship after learning and analysing Vedas and SassthrAs declaring to the world unamibiguously who is Supreme Lord- [sathyam sathyam punas sathyam? Vedas saashrA param naasthi; na deivam Kesavaath param- says Vyasa] Sage Parasara was blessed with the anugraham of Vasishta, Pulasthya rishis and knew who is the Parathvam; He wrote Vishnu purANam; His son is Sage Vyasa- whose son is Sage Sukhar. Having been blessed with such greatest sages? works, statements about who is Supreme Lordship, still these people go to someone else and are deeply immersed in this samsaaric ocean; be born again and again. The reason for that is due to their karma- due to their sins, their being born in Asuric nature with thamasa, rajasa guNAs influencing them; That influence of Asuric nature [rajasa thamasa gunAs] is not on the bodies; biut on minds; Thus even those who are born in highest births (in Vaishnava families) today are trapped in such influence due to their karma and act based on Rajasa thamasa gunA [considering some one as Guru saamy and go to some mountain -malai for seeing jOthi..- when the jYothi is well established by these Sages crystal clear] Only with sattva gunA,, there can be progress and with sattva, one will realise what Sages like Vyasa, Vaalmeeki, Sukha had said and understand who is Parathvam... Thus if one is a vadIka, or one who believes in Vedas, he would certainly have faith that sriman Narayanan is Parathvam; if one believes Ramayana, Bharatham, Bhagawatham, purANAs, he would realise that Sriman Narayanan is Parathvam. Again, it is His grace [kataksham] called jayamana kataksham [His glance] which would keep us on that track: This glance is called "jAyamAna kaTAksham" in Sanskrit and "karuvilE thiru" in Tamizh. Only those who are fortunate to "catch the eye" of the Lord in this manner will ever get a desire for Moksham. One who gets this desire is called a "Mumukshu. The Lord may have His own reasons to bless the jeevans with this kataaksham that are beyond the comprehension of the jivas. In spite of his limitless independence (nirankusa swAtantryam), He has His own self imposed norms with which He binds Himself and which He would never transgress. In our Siddhantam the concepts of Karma, Punarjanma and Dharma are cardinal. Karmas both good and bad lead to happiness or suffering in the same janma or in a subsequent one.. And, unless there is a nil balance of Karma, there can be no escape for the Jiva. In Lord's creation, all are equal. He has also provided guidelines for Jivas through Sastras which are His commands so that the Jivas could adopt those karmas which can obliterate the effects of their actions also called "NishkAmya karmas". And, He has also granted them some amount of freedom through what is known as "IchchA Sakti", "Chitta Sakti" and "Pravritti or Kriya Sakti". When the Jiva desires, intends and executes through these Saktis they are free to follow or flout the commandments and are born again to enjoy or suffer the consequences. Otherwise, there is no need for such aphorisms as "Satyam Vada", "Dharmam Chara" etc which imply that the Jiva has some elbow room for either respecting or disregarding these edicts. It is intriguing why in spite of this, the Lord should wait patiently to see that the jivas do some "Sukritam" in this or any subsequent births in order for Him to bestow His kaTAksham. Out of His infinite compassion, even if a Jiva does some good act called 'AjnAtha Sukritam" or "yadruchA Sukritam", the Lord hastens to acknowledge this as reason enough for conferring His "JAyamAna KaTAkasham". If one were to deserve the real grace of the Lord that could take one right up to Moksha, it is not enough if one becomes a mumukshu; it is not enough if one becomes a Prapanna; It is not even enough if one becomes an EkAnti; One should become a real ParamaikAnthIn......[extract from Sri Anbil Swamy's write up] Alavandhar ThiruvadigalE SaraNam Regards Namo Narayana dAsan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. 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