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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesikamahadesikaya namah:
 
Dearest Srivaishnavas, 
 
Let us continue to enjoy PeiyAzhwAr?s wonderful
anubhavams on ThiruvEnkatam. Today?s verse on
ThiruvEnkatam is the 71st verse. 
 
kaLiRu mukilkutthak kaiyeduth thOdi,
oLiRu marupposikai yaaLi, - piLiRi
viza,konRu ninRathirum vEngadamE, mEnaaL
kuzakkanRu koNdeRinthaan kunRu.                       
 71
 
AzhwAr again enjoys the animals living in the mountain
and the events that take place. 

The strong male elephant looking at the dark clouds
loitering and almost touching the mountains of
ThiruvEnkatam, chases the same thinking that it is yet
another elephant; and runs behind shouting with its
trunk raised, attempting to hit the cloud (elephant). 

The yaaLi (a wild animal) which is stronger than the
elephant listening to its [elephant?s] shout, fights
breaks its tusker and kills the elephant, yelling and
roaring its success.

AzhwAr adds: in such a mountain where the wild animals
live in- resides the Lord who had thrown the calf at
the viLAmpazha tree to kill the asurAs. 

Similar to The Lord of ThiuruvEnkatam who killed the
enemies of His dear devotees, here even the animals
kill their respective opponents and conquer. ? says
AzhwAr in this verse.  

Why would AzhwAr talk about killing of an animal by
the other ? while mentioning about ThiruvEnkatam?
Two reasons: 
One- In that wild mountain, lives lots if animals, and
it is natural for an animal to kill the other for its
prey and survival. 

Two- It is also equally a puNya to get killed and die
in the divine mountain ThiruvEnkatam, and thereby the
elephant gets uplift in its next birth. 

It is appropriate to mention here about the above
line: This is similar to the goat which the rishis
used to offer. It is simlar to surgeon cutting a wound
or amputate a part of his patient as that would let
the being save his life or get rid of his suffering.
The suregon would not say: ahimsA paramO dharma: I
would not cut and cause this himsa to my patient.
Instead, that patient would even plead him. 

The animal gets rid of its current life and attains
heaven. And there was a great article written by our
Sri Sadagopan Iyengar Swamin few years ago on the
subject: [in mid 2003- if some one needs it, I can
send the same] 

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
SrI PadmAvathI SamEtha Sri Srinivasa ParabrahmaNE
Namah: 
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan



                
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