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SrI:
SrImathE Hopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest Srivaishnavas,

Lord says: I do not reject or leave all. I bless the
karma yogins further more on the same to complete
their yoga. For that, if they perform Saranagathi, I
grant the fruit for that Saranagathi. Dharma, arttha,
kaama,- whatever one seeks, when they surrender, I
grant the same to them. For granting and fulfilling
all these desires of these Saranagathars, I have no
time... and there is no loss in ignoring you - who is
desirous only of mOksham and you have performed
Saranagathi only for the same. You also come on those
lines - Karma, jnana and then get rid of paapams,
perform bhakti yoga to seek Your desire. 

This statement of the Lord is to check Alavandhar's
faith in Prapatti. Alavandhar responds:

niraasa kasyaapi na taavad uthsahE 
mahEsa haathum thavaa paadha pankajam 
rushaa nirasthOpi sisusthanandhayO 
na jaathu maathus charaNau jihaasathi. [26] 

Oh God of all [demi] gods! Even if You push me aside
and reject me, even if You drive me away, I will never
ever think of leaving Your Lotus feet at all times.
The crying breast fed infant-even if pushed aside by
the mother - would not desire for anything 
but holding on to the mother's feet. 

The mother - due to her many duties and commitments,
or due to her anger for the naughtiness of the baby-
may push the infant away and even shake legs off when
the infant holds on to her feet. But the little one-
crying incessantly - holds on the mother's feeet. It
does not think of anything else. Mother's breast milk
is the only food for the helpless little one. Not
anything else is healthy for the baby. Mother also can
not stand longer without feeding her darling infant. 

Similarly, even if You push me aside when i hold on to
Your feet, due to Your anger on me for all my
transgressions and trespasses, I would still tighly
hold on to Your feet, crying- with complete faith that
You would foirgive me and take me back. Like that
infant, I have none else;You are the Mother to me. If
the mother does not feed, it is in fact illhealth for
her. Similarly, You need to feed me with
Your dayaa and grace alone); 

This verse is inspired from KulasesakarzhwAr's PerumAL
Thirumozhi- arisinatthaal eenRa thaay agaRRidinum
maRRu avaLthan aruL ninaindhE azhum kuzhavi adhuvE
pOnRu irundhEnE... 

Kulasekhara AzhvAr says the same thing 
"taru tuyaram taDAyEl nin SaraN allAl SaraN illai 
.... ari SinattAl InRa tAi agaRRiDinum maRRu avaL tan
aruL ninaindE aZhum kuzhavi adu pOl irundEnE".  ananya
gatittvam is best illustrated by the behavior of the
child who will unfailingly go back to its mother no
matter how angry she is with the child.  This "ananya
SaraNam" is conveyed by ANDAL in her words "aRivu
onRum ilAda Ayk kulam".  This kulam does not have
knowledge of karma yoga, j~nAna yoga, or bhakti yoga -
the Akincanyam is expressed clearly.

ananya SaraNah - Akincanyam, ananya gatitvam are both
reflected in the choice of the words "ananya SaraNah".
 The first refers to "kaimmudal illAmai", and the
second refers "pOkkiDam illAmai" - no means of any
kind at our disposal to get anywhere, and no place to
go also. Sri Ramanujacharya in Gadya trayam says
exactly the same thing "ananya SaraNah SaraNam aham
prapadye". 

The Lord's state is also like that of mother's. AFter
being fed with breastmilk for sometime, [months],
there will be other foods. Similarly, Parabhakthi,
ParajnAna, Paramabhakti are blessed on the Prapannan.
Now Iam not capable of those food- like the infant.
hecne I need only breastmilk (your grace). 

Alavandhar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan  


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