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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



                
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