SRI: SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya nama: Dearest All, AzhwAr expresses in this 5th decad his ananyagatitvam and (having none other as his refuge) Akinchanyam (helplessness) which are closely tied to Saranagati. Thus the angi- Athma nikshEpam- is the sixth i.e. self-surrender - actually laying the burden at His feet. This is an one-time event and constitutes the heart of SaraNAgati- sum total of Prapatti path. Like the oven, rice and water etc. readily kept in the kitchen,(ready- siddha); The Lord is already there. The materials would not themselves satisfy our hunger. Food now has to be prepared. A procedure is relevant here. That is saadhya upaya. 1. maam Ekam SaraNam vraja:- says Krishna in GiTA 18.66. Surrender to Me alone. Emphasis is here in Ekam; it has the purport of asserting that Sriya: Pathi is both Siddha (ready) and Saadhya upAyam. We have to resport to Him in this Prapatti performance. 2. SaraNam vraja:- is a dictate, a mandate to us to surrender unto Him. Then, how can anyone belittle or negate the Prapatti ? Path? No? we have to adopt such a procedure. We can also adopt bhakti yoga (if we have the capacity to do the same). The two are alternative routes to please Him (as per his divine command) to let Him grant mOksham. It is He who grants; He who is mOksha pradhan- Mukundan. It is also emphasized that Prapatti is a procedure with a complete mental frame work with fullest humility and our fullest implicit dependence on Sriya: Pathi. Any extent of emphasis on the Lord being the Siddhopaya can hardly rule out the need for a Sadhya ?upAya, a method, a technique, to be adopted by a sentient being. May it be bhakti or better, Prapatti. We can not and do not obviously content that a rite or a ritual, such an insentient one at that, has won mOksha for us! In our sampradaya and our estimate, it is a mere pretext, with which Sriya: Pathi an ocean of mercy and magnanimity, is pleased and He relents in our favour. Who can then question Him? An upaya (or means) such as this Prapatti is, however easy and trivial it may appear, is then a pretext the Lord has generously prescribed. He cannot ? and will not ? concede moksha just that, to all, and indiscriminately, irrespective of whether an upaya- so simple and facile- had been performed or not. (says Dr Sri VN Vedanta Desikan Swami) ninnaiyE thaanvENdi neeLselvam vENdaathaan thannaiyE thaanvENdum selvampOl maayaththaal minnaiyE sEr_thigiri viRRuvakkOt tammaanE ninnaiyE thaanvENdi niRpa NnatiyEnE 5.9 Oh Lord of VitthuvakkOttammaa! The One who has the resplendent ChakrAyudhA that glitters and shines like a lightning! The One who does not wish and desire for any material or kind of wealth other than the Only Wealth that is You, gets all material and other prosperities rushing to him on their own accord; Similar to such a wealth, due to Your mysterious maaya, even if You do not bless me, Your eternal servant - this lowly self- adiyEn- would seek and desire for You alone. ninnayE thAnn vENDi niRpan adiyEnE For those seeking His anugraham, Our Lord does not confer wealth in this world and takes it away from them in favor of granting nithya sukham in the Supreme abode (YasyAnugraham icchAmi dhanam tasya haraamyaham ). He appears as though He is not paying attention to them. He is testing their resolve. Here KulasEkarar reasons that the Lord's indifference to him will not stand in the way of his steadfast devotion to Him, the grantor of the lasting wealth of Moksham. AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE saraNam Regards Namo narayana dAsan ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:Oppiliappan-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:Oppiliappan-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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