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Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

SrisailEsa dayA pAthram deebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam
Yateendra pravanam vandhE ramyajAmataram munim

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Now that we have understood that a Srivaishnava is one who spends his time only 
in bhagavan and bhagavat vishayam, what next?
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Mamunigal answers, ?PINNAI ONDRU THANNIL NENJU PERAMAL PETTROM?. It isnot 
enough if we go to the temple one day and recite the nalayira divya prabhandam, 
listen to upanyasam etc. Bhagavan and bhagavat vishyam should bepart of our 
life always. But, we see in this world that the entertainment, which we enjoy 
today, is no longer entertaining us the next day. We all want variety. We get 
bored doing the same things day in and day out. We don?t want to see the same 
cinema again and again we do not want to eat the same dish everyday we want 
variety. Is there variety in the entertainment of the Srivaishnavas?

Why do we need variety? We need variety only when we feel that what we aredoing 
is boring. But Srivaishanavas never feel that bhagavat/bhAgavata kainkaryam is 
boring. They want more and more. But still there is a lot of variety inside 
bhagavat vishayam itself. Consider visiting perumal in a temple. Bhagavan due 
to his nirheduka krupai has stationed himself in numberof places. To attract 
people in different areas he stays in different temples. Again though he is the 
same Narayanan still in different temples, heis different postures and with 
different specialities. Leave alone havingdarshan of perumal in different 
temples, we see people visiting the same temple day in and day out. Do they get 
bored? Never. Go to Srirangam, thiruvallikeni and other divyadesams. We find 
people living always with the thought of parthasarathi and his utsavams. The 
same utsavams are celebratedeach year and the same perumal comes out in 
purappadu (procession) but srivaishnavas never want to miss even one. They feel 
each day is a new experience (anubhavam). They will afford to miss anything in 
this world but notparthasarathi darshan/kainkaryam. Does this earn them 
anything at all? They are least bothered about the result; the darshan itself 
is the result.

Similarly, we go and sit in an upanyasam, say bhagavata sapthAham. Everyyear in 
the same place the sapthAham is held but the same person who has come all seven 
days the previous year attends the sapthAham without fail andenjoys it as if he 
is hearing Krishna kathai (story) for the very first time. How is that 
possible? That is the speciality of bhagavat vishayam. So it is not like the 
ordinary entertainment present in this world. The worldly entertainment becomes 
boring after sometime and we want to shift over to another but the 
entertainment of Srivaishnavas is ever new and interesting and makes us always 
involved in it. And hence Srivaishnavas never want to shift from 
bhagavat/bhAgavata kainkaryams to any other entertainment. 

When we get what we want and even more, why should we even look at something 
else? That is why mAmunigal says, ?pinnai ondru thannil nenju pErAmal pettrOm? 
(we have been blessed with a mind, which doesn?t jump from onething to another. 
Our mind always concentrates on bhagavan and bhagavat vishayam). It is said 
that, kali gives ?kalmasha chittam? and hence ourmind is never clear and our 
mind can never concentrate on one thing. It is like a monkey jumping from one 
tree to another. But even kali cannot come near bhagavatas. That is why 
nammAzhvar says, ?kaliyum kedum kandu konmen?. Swamy mAmunigal proudly declares 
here that we, Srivaishnavas have been blessed with a mind, which never flies 
towards anyother thing. There may be so many people going from one place and 
another and getting involvedin various activities but Srivaishnavas remain 
don?t care masters and carry on with their own anubhavams with bhagavan and 
bhAgavatas.

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But how do Srivaishnavas feel when they see others enjoying in other ways and 
living a different life?
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Wait till the next posting for the answer. The next posting will be the 
conclusion posting for this series on ?Arthi Prabhandam?

(To Be Continued)

Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai
Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 


 



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