SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, Oh Azhweer! It is right to contemplate on my antharyaamithvam; to get tattva jnAnam (getting to know about the entities, and the relationship with lord) and praying to me to be in Your heart residing ever is most appropriate. But I alone am the upAyam (means) - You claim. What is the meaning of that? Are you trying to ask for not letting you have any desires in you at all? How is that possible? As long as you live here with physical [prAkrutha] body, you are bound to have some deeds with senses. You can of course perform bhajanam, kaimkaryam with your limbs and body. It is normal to act with senses and also undergo the phalan (fruits) arising out of such actions through senses. If you commit some mistakes due to wrong desires (viparitha Asai) and then if You are asking me and praying to me as prayschittham to get rid of that sin, then it is acceptable and who is stopping you for that?. If such a desire comes, ask later as prayaschittham. AzhwAr says: If that's so and it is unavoidable to escape the sensual pulls, please bless me Lord, with no more of such prAkrutha body or birth here and grant me mOksham...and make me qualified for the same. varampilaatha maayaimaaya! vaiyamEzhum meymmaiyE, varampiloozhi yEththilumva rampilaatha keerththiyaay, varampilaatha palpiRappa Ruththuvanthu nin_kazhal, porunthumaathi runthan^eeva rancheypuNda reekanE! (96) Oh Lord! The One who is the unbounded limitless mUla prakruthI (Cosmic matter)! Most wonderful most mysterious Lord! Ascharya PurushA! PundareekAkshA! Pristinely purest Lord! for all aeons, all ages, all kalpams, all yugas, in all seven worlds, if one attempts to simply praise You as You are, even then one can not complete or arrive at an end of his praising You and Your Glories and KalyANa guNAs- Such greatest Lordship! Without Your anugraham [Grace], one can not get rid of the various births and please bless [adiyEn] to get rid of all such future births and enable me attain Paramapadham and reach Your abode- Your Lotus Feet and be there for ever. Please bless me qualified for that. For this cosmic matter -prakruthi- there is absolutely no lower boundary [There is an upper boundary which is virajA nadhI- beyond which there is Paramapadham]. There is no time limit for the Matter. It would always be there either in form of Gross [sthoolam] or fine [sookshumam]; This matter is made up of thriguNam (three gunas- namely, Sattva, Rajas and thamas). Matter or Substance that is thus characterized by these three gunas is undergoing changes incessantly. This matter (prakruthi) is responsible for the functioning of the baddha jeevathmas with the maayam and influence of these three gunas for gaining experience of the world and get trapped into happiness and sorrows alternately. Because of the respective karma of jeevathmaas, thus from time immemorial (anAdhikAlam) the jeevathmas are trapped into the cycle of births and deaths. Through the qualities of Rajas and thamas, matter becomes the cause of vipareetha jnAnam or perverse knowledge about the entities covering reality. It is then called maaya as it hides the true nature of the jeevan as well as Paramathma and it causes the enjoyer ship idea in the experience of the sense objects. This has caught everyone right from BrahmA [four faced one]- Rudran down to Devas, human beings, animals, insects et al. There is not escape absolutely. Even if there is a way, if at all there is, it is and it could be only due to Your grace alone as You are mahaa maayan- Most wonderful and Most mysterious One - Lord of all! You are however The Purest and Perfect One who administers and organizes all without any blemish or without any imperfections on You. You are untouched by all this; yet You are the One manifested in all. Thus if one attempts to praise You with Your grandest Glories and Your kalyANa gUnas - out of all these worlds; out of all these times (for aeons); and continue to from eternity till date, still one can not fulfil or complete the praise. yathO vachO nivartthanthE aprA Apya manasaa sa: [where the word fails to reach You and returns back having failed, the mind also fails to reach and comes back..] namO namO vaan manasaathi bhUmayE namO namO vaan manasaika bhUmayE. [from Sri Alavandhar SthOthra Rathnam] PraNamams (Prostrations) again and again to You who is beyond the Speech and mind; PraNamams (Prostrations) again and again to You who is the very object of Speech and mind? He does not calculate the value of the things you offer him .He VALUES ONLY THE FEELING behind your offering. Lord Krishna assures- "Whoever offers me with loving devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or even water, I enjoy this offering made with devotion by him who is pure-minded"17 Patram pushpam phalam thoyam yo mey bhaktya prayachati | Tad aham bhaktya upahritam asnaami prayatatmanah || Thus none gets Your grace by praising You fully; everyone only touches Your guNas briefly (that is the only thing feasible). Even mentioning a little, You consider as the huge praise and consider as the greatest effort prayer and taking that as an excuse (vyAjam) You grant fruits; Please bless adiyEn also the same by getting me rid of further births. Please enable me to be qualified for that. Thus AzhwAr wishes to serve Him at Paramapadham [as here the prakruthi may corrupt him and trap him- he apprehends]. Thirumazhisai Piraan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam Regards namo narayana dasan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. 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