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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 




                
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