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Sri:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

thannuLE thiraiththezhum tharanka veNthadankadal
thannuLEthiraiththezhun^thadankukinRa thanmaipOl
ninnuLEpi RanthiRanthu niRpavum thiripavum,
ninnuLEya dankukinRa nIrmain^in_kaN ninRathE. (10)

A wonderful pAsuram: Sriman Narayanan alone is the
layasthAnam.. where everything goes back to Him and
every thing emanates from Him.
The sarIra sarIri bhAvam is beautifully echoed by
Thirumazhisai AzhwAr with a simile: 

Like the ocean which has waves spreading out from its
own(though waves look and are different from the
ocean), and takes the whole lot of waves back to its
own waters; (and then the cycle repeats.) You (the
Lord) let the moving (chith) and non moving (achit) be
born and dead and then take them converging back to
you (during mahApraLayam) (please forgive me for my
free translation).
 
What a great example! (even dull headed ones like me
can perceive!) Both his prabhandhams , Naanmukan
ThiruvantdAthi and Thirucchandhaviruttham, thus,
AzhwAr emphasizes that Sriman NarAyaNA is the one and
only ultimate cause and He ALONE is the way and the
Goal.

Here the ocean is compared to EmperumAn Sriya: Pathi
Sriman Narayanan; jangamasthAvaram (all beings) are
the waves; the waves arise out of ocean and go back
are to be compared to births and deaths (or even going
back to Him during mahApraLayam- cosmic dissolution).
The air that enables the waves to come out can be
compared to Bhagawaan,s sankalpam (will). Also beneath
the waves the deep ocean where no effect of waves is
seen or visible can be compared to the Lord?s presence
or exisitence beneath the jeevans. The Brahmam as
sUkshma chEthanAchEthanAvisishtam. In as much as waves
are the attributes for Ocean, the beings
(jangamasthAvaram) are His attributes (His sareeram). 

veN- white Ocean- is the Lord -being untouched by
imperfections.. He is akilahEyaprathyaneekan. 

Lots of rivers come and join the ocean; Thus even
though the river waters are different, all waters
unite with one i.e. ocean. Similarly, the jeevans are
different from each other, many, unique and
individualistic. They unite with Him ultimately. The
upper waters (waves of different altitudes- caused by
air- vaayu) are supported by lower deeper waters-which
is still should be perceived as the jeevans (caused by
their karmAnuguNa- Iswara Sankalpam and take different
names and forms) are supported by the Lord who
manifests in them and supports them. When there is no
air the waves cease to exist and unite with ocean;
similarly when there is no shrushti (or Iswaran?s
Sankalpam), the jeevans are not born and are with Him
inside His stomach. He alone appears to exist just as
ocean alone is seen without waves. 

What a wonderful simile given by AzhwAr and how
beautifully Acharyas have described and elaborated for
our mandha buddhis. How lucidly the unambiguous
pradhAna prathithanthram visishtAdvaitam is described
here.

Thus in summary, PradhAna partithanthra or the
important nucleus of our sidhhAntham is this body-soul
relationship between the Universe and the Brahman
which is eternal and inseparable. The inner commander
and master (antharyaami) of all chethanas and
achethanas having them as His (sareera- Body). The
universe cannot exist without the Brahman and the
Brahman is not without the universe as his body.
Before creation, the Brahman has the subtle Chit &
Achit entities as his body. He creates the universe by
giving expanded form, name etc to them. The form, name
etc are given to the Chit entities as per their karma
which is without a beginning. The Brahman after
creating the universe has the expanded universe as his
body. Therefore the Brahman is declared as the
material cause and instrumental cause of the universe.
The Brahman has infinite divine qualities and is
untouched by all impurities of the universe as he is
the soul and the universe is his body. 
 
This key concept of Visistaadvaita is declared by many
verses in Veda explicitly like "Ya: Aatmani Thistan
Ya: Aatmaanaam
Antaro Yamayati Yam Aatmaa Na Veda Yasya Aatma
Sareeram. 

Thirumazhisai AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan   



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