SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest all, [It is our pleasure to enjoy this most beautiful and divine verse on the day of Ekadasi..] Let us continue to enjoy AzhwArs wonderful verses on ThiruvEnkatam. Today?s ThiruvEnkatam verse is: NammAzhwAr?s Thiruvaaymozhi 6.10.10 (This is the Most famous pAsuram: If we can memorize, understand the meaning and recite daily, WE ARE SURE TO BE SAVED BY AZHWAR AND LORD SRINIVASA) `agala killEn iRaiyum'en RalarmEl mangai yuRaimaar_paa, nigaril pugazhaay! ulagamoon Rudaiyaay! ennai aaLvaanE, nigaril amarar munikkaNangaL virumpum thiruvENG kadaththaanE, pugalon Rillaa adiyEnun adikkee zhamarndhu pugundhEnE. Telling that She, AlarmEl manghai, will NOT be away from You even for a fraction of a second and stays in Your Chest always (Nityaanapaayinee), Oh SrInivaasaa! The One who is unparalleled and unbounded famous Lord! the One who has all the three worlds to His possession! My Ruler! The peerless dEvAs and rishis worship You, pay obeisance to You, and desire You at TirumalA, always, thiruvEnkadatthaanE! I,- THE ONE WHO HAS NO OTHER MEANS AND NO ONE ELSE FOR MY REDEMTION EXCEPT YOU AND ONLY YOU- YOUR ETERNAL SEVANT AND ONLY YOURS- HEREBY SURRENDER AT YOUR LOTUS FEET. YOU SHOULD BLESS ME AND TAKE ME TO BE AT YOUR FEET FOR EVER. (AzhwAr in order to fulfill his desire and wish for being with the Lord's Lotus Feet, takes Periya Piraati to his side, as Purushaakaaram and surrenders at Emperumaan's Lotus Feet. In the above nine pAsurams, he talks about Emperumaan's greatness. Here, he expressed his disqualification, limitations, helplessness, and having none else to save and protect him. i.e. Having no qualifications, Having disability to pursue any other means (like jnAnam, karma, Bhakti yOgam), realizing the eternal nature of being His servant always- are the qualities to perform Prapatti [saranagati] at Divya Dampati's Feet. (also taking Periya Piraatti to his side and recommendation, praising her being closeness with Him). this pAsuram is the essence of Dwaya manthram. This all important pAsuram is in effect like Dwaya manthra; it is said that this decad [set of ten verses] speaks of the first half of Dwaya manthra abd an earlier PAsuram [3.3 ozhivil kaalamellaam..] speaks of the latter half of Dwaya manthra.. The present decad stresses the Saranagti aspect [the way] while 3.3 refers the kaimkarya aspect [or the goal]. [extract from Sri Anbil Ramaswamy?s write up] Swami Desika commences his Daya Satakam by surrendering to the very mountain thus-"Prapadhye Tham Girim Praayah Sreenivaasa Anukampayaa / Ikshu Saara Sravanthyeva yan Moorthyaa Sarkaraayitham" (meaning) The mercy of the Lord of Tiruvemkatam flows like the juice of the Sugarcane. The mountain is like this juice that had solidified into Sugar Cube. I surrender to such a mountain of mercy". Here Srinivasa is Sugarcane; His mercy is the juice. It is He who raises the crop; it is He who allows His Daya to flow and become solidified. DayA can only tolerate our sins; but this mountain can even destroy all our sins. Bhishma Pitaamahar refers to this Srinivaasa in his Sahasranamam in 8 words: "Sridhah, Srisah, Srinivaasah, Srinidhi, Srivibhaavanah, Sridharah, Srikarah, Sreyo, Srimaan" Bhagavad Ramanuja in his invocatory verse of his Sribashyam of Brahma Sutram says that Lord Srinivasa stands on top of the Mountain of Upanishads (Sruti Sirasi) and proclaims to the world that He is the very "Paramatma" (BrahmaNi Srinivase) SrI SatakOpan Swami adds: In the first decad of Thiruvaimozhi , AzhwAr points out that Sriman NaarAyaNan is upAyam ; the second decad focuses on the athibhOgyam ( most delectable ) aspects of the Lord ;the third decad shows that the Lord has divya mangaLa Vigraham ; the fourth decad asserts that the Lord is the most superior means for moksham ; in the sixth decad , AzhwAr performs SaraNAgathi to ThiruvenaktamudayAN with his AhalahillEn paasuram. The above paasuram is the tenth in this decad. Through the preceding nine paasurmas , NammAzhwAr completed the five angAs of SaraNAgathi and in the tenth , he performed the actual SaraNAgathi at the Lotus feet of the SarvalOka SaraNyan at Thirumalai .In the earlier decad, he cried soulfully : koovikkoLLum kaalam innam kuruhAthO ? ( Will not that time to call me to Your sacred feet come very soon ? ) . He had great aarthi (longing ) for reaching the cool shade of Lord's holy feet to escape from the scorching heat of SamsAram. He had no patience for krama prApthi. He introduced himself as " terithal ninaithal yeNNalAhAt thirumAlukku uriya thondar thondar thondan SatakOpan " ( that he is the servant of the servant of the servant of Sriya: pathi, whose glories are beyond the comprehension through either acquired knowledge , manthra japam or dhyaanam ). AzhwAr then performed his dheerga SaraNAgathi at Thirumalai in his " ahalahillEn " paasuram. SaraNAgathi has been described as the elaboration (vivaraNam ) of the essence of dhvayam ( DhvyArtha VivaraNam ) by Sri PiLLai LOkAcchAr in his work revered as "Saara sangraham " . This SaraNAgathi led to the state of "avidhyA nivarthaka ,jn~Ana pUrthi pratha , Bhagaavth prasAdhOthitha Moksha lAbham ". AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE saraNam Regards Namo narayana dAsan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Everything you need is one click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/AHchtC/4FxNAA/yQLSAA/.itolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Azhvar EmberumAnAr JeeyAr ThiruvadigalE Saranam http://www.vedics.net Yahoo! 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