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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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