SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, Thus AzhwAr addressed the Lord and mentioned to Him that it is more enjoyable of your Divine Form in Divya Desams here than there at Paramapadham. AzhwAr?s disciple KaNikaNNan prostrated at his feet and queried with respect.. You have desired to enjoy Him here more than His form at Paramapadham and what have devareer [you] desired for here? People perform Saranagati here and seek to get rid of this birth and attain Salvation to perform eternal service at His feet and enjoy Him eternally there.. Is it correct? Please clarify.. AzhwAr now addresses to Kanikannan like sishyas in this verse pinpiRakka vaiththanan_ko lanRin^inRu than_kazhaRku, anpuRaikka vaiththan^aaLa Rinthanan_ko laazhiyaan, thanthiRaththo ranpilaava Rivilaatha naayinEn, enthiRaththi len_kolempi raan_kuRippil vaiththathE? (84) The Lord- who has divine chakrA in His resplendent Hand! ChakrapaaNI! Has He decided in his mind to retain me on this earth and let me born again? Or with no further births, He would bless me to have unflinching devotion and love for His Lotus feet and attain Him at the end of this life itself? On me- the lowliest self- who has no devotion; nor any jnAnam on Him- this most compassionate and most merciful Lord ? Sarva saraNyan Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan- what ha He got in His ThiruvuLLam (mind)? The jNAnam about Him and our eternal sEshathvam to Him should get growing ever and ever and be associated with very many births [yEzhEzh piRavikkum uRROmEyAvOm]. We should be like that in all births; Those who are well aware of karma, thriguNa sambahndham and the pitfalls of samsaric affliction realize that they do lack all this jNanam, bhakti in them and surrender at His feet unconditionally and perform Prapatti having His Feet in lieu of bhakti yogam. And then perform eternal service at his feet. It is He who blesses them to have that bent of mind and let them do it.. What has He decided on me- this lowliest self- who is completely devoid of jnAna, bhakti and vairAgyam [azhwAr means us:]- has He planned to have me here for further births and let me be deeply immersed in samsaara saagaram? Or letting me reach Paramapadham at the end of this birth ? seeing that my prArabdham has shortened- and bless me to perform Saranagati as the upAya? I do not know what is His thiruvuLLam? Pin piRakka vaitthanan kol- it can also mean: Perhaps He has blessed me with many further births in which the devotion for His lotus feet would grow exponentially in each birth and enjoy being devoted to Him? Even this lowliest self- neechan- He has blessed me with further human births and make me be devoted to Him so that the karmic diseases would get burnt.. OR one can also read as : pinbu iRakka vaitthanan kol.. means: He would let this body get destroyed and this birth would be last. At the end of this dhEham, He would bless me with mOkshAnubhavam. How can he be suspicious if AzhwAr knows Saranagati would get him rid of births? He has not yet performed Saranagati [He is going to later]. There are only two upAyas (means to attain Him) as per lord Himself: sAstrAs declare that Bhakti and prapatti are the only two means (sAdhya upAyAs) by which the baddha jIvAtmAs can attain moksham , while the Divya Dampati are the Siddha upAyam. Sriman NArAyaNA Himself,in Ahirbudhnya samhitA categorically declares: bhaktyA paramayA vA-pi prapattyA vA mahAmathe prApyoham na anyathA prApyO mama kainkarya lipsubhihi " NArAyaNA here clarifies that bhakti and prapatti are the only means & by no other means will He grant moksham. So, all other processes like Bhagavad kalyAna guna Sravanam, nAma sankeertanam, living at a Divya desam, bathing in pushkarinIs & sacred rivers etc should culminate in either "bhakti" or "prapatti" for one to obtain moksham. So, it is not that a highly devoted person would be deprived of moksham by Sriman nArAyaNA. Such a devotee would be guided by Sriman nArAyaNA to end up with either "bhakti" or "prapatti" and thus it is just a matter of time -may be within that life time or in the next few births, that he/she would obtain moksham. AzhwAr wonders here: if the Lord would enable him tp perform bhakti yoga for very many briths or let him perform Saranagati at His feet and be able to make him attain the Lotus feet at the end of His life. AzhwAr mentions his Akinchanyathvam [utter helplessness in being unable to perform bhakti yoga- as he [claims that he] lacks jnAnam and bhakti. This is the state of mind of AzhwAr before the upAya anushtAnam What a great verse! Thirumazhisai Piraan ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo Narayana dAsan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------ Yahoo! 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