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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






                
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