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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest Srivaishnavas,

In last verse- DO not tempt me and entice me, oh
maayanE! - Said AzhwAr and added "for that, I [am
blessed and trying to] keep Your Lotus feet in my
heart always". Then you can ask other demi gods to
destroy your paapams - and for that query, AzhwAr
answered in three verses rejecting the very concept of
even comparing other demi gods anywhere near Sriman
Narayanan and declared the ananyagathithvam. 

Now the Lord says: Ok. even if you wish to pray to me
alone, then think of individual paapam and perform the
respective praayaschittham for the same and then seek
my grace. 

AzhwAr responds:
kulankaLaaya veeriraNdi
lonRilumpi RanthilEn,
nalankaLaaya naRkalaikaL
naavilumn^a vinRilEn,
pulan_kaLainthum venRilEnpo
RiyilEnpu Nnitha,n^in
ilankupaatha manRimaRRor
paRRilEnem meesanE! (90)

Oh most pristine Purest One! Punithaa! Our Master! Our
Lord! I am not blessed to be born [in this birth] in
any of the good four varnas (Brahman, Kshathriya,
Vaisya, Sudra]; [Hence], I have not learnt any of four
sampradayic or saasthric educations. And Hence, I did
not conquer my five sense organs. And hence, thus am
the repository of all vices seeking worldly pleasures.
And Hence, the resplendent Lotus Feet of Yours- that
can grant all and any fruits- but for Them, I do not
have any other upAyam [way] at all. [what a wonderful
PAsuram! What a naichyAnusanthAnam of AzhwAr!]

There are four varnas in the world. Those who are born
in any of these four varnas- have been ordained to
perform various deeds to get rid of their paapams. How
can i pefform them, when I am not born in any of these
four varnas and conquer my indriyas (senses)? Hence,
what I have is only tons of tons of paapams committed
and be the chakravarrthi of them only. How can I
commit prayaschittham for those individual sins- when
i am not qualified to learn them, when i do not have
the jnAnam for the same; and when i am thus not
capable of that. Hence Akinchanan- helpless as I am,
for me only Your lotus feet is my refuge and I have no
other recourse. Thus only Saranagati is the Upayam. 

Thus first poRiyilEn (repository of sensual and
worldly pleasures)
Why? because- venRilEn- Not conquered the five senses;

Why? Because navinRilEn- not learnt the ways to get
rid of paapams;
Why? Because- piRandhilEn- not born in any of these
four varnas. 

When only three varnikars (Brahmana, Kshathriya,
Vaishya) alone can recite Vedas and then perform
KarmAnushtAnam, bhakti yoga etc.., why did he say four
varnas here? Because AzhwAr talks about performance of
praayaschittham for the sins committed; and not about
the performance of bhakti yoga. 

ALso, it may mean to say that AzhwAr parents
(originally) were Bhargava Rishi and Kanakangi. When
Rishi was doing penance, his thapas was interrupted by
the dancer Kanakangi and was attracted to her beauty.
Thus AzhwAr felt that it was not through right way and
hence not from sathkulam... 

Also, why did AzhWar mention that though he was born
in any of four varnas, he did not learn Vedas and
other dharmas to perform praayaschittham. The three
varnas can recite Vedas; however the fourth varnaikar-
Sudras- can at least perform yagnams using namaskara
manthras - as mentioned by Yaagnavalkya rishi. Thus
there is an opportunity to perform anushtAnam to do
some sort of praayaschittham. Hence since I am not
born in any of these four varnas and hence no chance
of performance of any prayschittha. 

poRiyilEn- poRi- means- trap- bait- that is required
to catch the fish. The fish gets tempted by the same
and thus gets trapped and gets caught. Simplatly, I am
also tempted by the sensual pleasures and get trapped
by these sense organs. 
Also poRi means other words namely.. symbol or
identification, jnAnam, etc.. 

AzhwAr means to say that he lacks all of them and
hence is uttery helpless in being unable to perform
any prayaschittham for the paapams. His
Akinchanyathvam is established here. 

Also, AzhwAr says: What should be avoided- I continue
to do; i.e. not controlling senses as I do not learn
saasthras; not am I qualified as I am not born in good
varna; kulam. What should be followed like recitation,
uttering divine names, praising You- I do not know as
I am under the influence of five senses and seeking
worldly pleasures [akruthyAnAncha karaNam; kruthyAnaam
varjanamcha mE..]

AzhwAr ? does he perform prapatti (Saranagti) here or
does he perform prayaschittha prapatti?
Since Acharyas have commented that the subsequent
verses- he surrenders, this can be considered more as
prayschittha prapatti
It can also be considered as reflection of
Akinchanyathivam (utter helplessness of himself).
Ananyagathithvam- having no other refuge but Sriman
Narayanan was established last few verses
categorically. 

Thirumazhisai Piraan ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dasan


                
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