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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

In the earlier postings we saw that a druptha prapanna is one who surrenders to 
the divine feet of emperuman, through an acharya and waits for the nirhEduka 
krupai of bhagavan to flow on him. Mostly all srivaishnavas fall under this 
category. Then is it that srivaishnavas should sit idle without doing anything?

Srivaishnavas after doing prapatti need not do anything to attain the divine 
abode of emperuman. EmperumAn?s nirheduka krupa alone can fetch us moksha. So 
what to do till we are in this world? Thondaradipodi alwar says, ?vAzhum 
sOmbhar? (person living lazily). Srivaishnavas are called likethis by alwar 
because even though they live lazily they have the mahavishvasam that perumal 
will come to rescue them from this world of misery and grant moksha so they are 
considered to live. But there is one category of people opposite to this. When 
we say ?vAzhum sOmbhar? then there shouldbe a ?thAzhum sOmbhar? too. ?ThAzhum 
sOmbhar? (lazy people who get ruined) are those who are neither active in 
lowkikam nor do they realize the supremacy and soulabhyam of bhagavan and do 
prapatti towards him.

When we say srivaishnavas need not do anything. Is it practically possiblefor 
us to just sit in one place without doing anything? No. In reality, the 
srivaishnavas are very active. They are not active when it comes to protecting 
or decorating their body and family but they are very active in 
bhagavat/bhAgavata kainkaryams. When kainkaryam is not the means to attain 
moksha why should we do any service at all? A mother feeds her kid. Does she do 
it for the sake of getting anything from the kid as a result? In her old age 
the boy may even send the mother to an old age home forgetting everything she 
has done for him. But the mother doesn?t take care of the kidthinking of all 
these. She does it due to the love, affection and care she has towards her 
child.

Similarly we srivaishnavas do bhagavat/bhAgavata kainkaryam not because it will 
fetch any wealth in this world for us or for attaining moksha but do service 
only due to the love and affection we have towards bhagavan who is our 
permanent bandhu (relative) and the bhAgavatas who are our atma bandhus.We may 
have to face innumerable problems and hinderances in continuing with the 
kainkaryam but still we care for them and hence succeed in doing thekainkaryams.

So srivaishnavas do kainkaryam not for attaining any result and even the 
enjoyment due to the kainkaryam is not for us. According to our poorvAcharyas, 
we are not even supposed to think that the kainkaryam we do to bhagavan fetches 
us happiness and hence we are doing it. Kainkaryam is only for making emperumAN 
happy. Kulasekara alwar says, ?padiyAi kidanthu vun pavala vAi kAnbEnE? Why? 
Alwar says, I will remain as a step in front of perumal and due to this service 
emperuman will get happy and a smile will appear on his lips which alwar wants 
to see and enjoy.

So Srivaishnavas live a different life from that of the other people in this 
world. Which is the wealth for srivaishnavas? Mamunigal explains in 
thefollowing paasuram what all he has obtained due to acharya krupai.

?thennarangar seer arulukku elakkAga pettrOm
thiruvarangam thirupathiyE eruppAga pettrOm
manniya seer mAran kalai vunavAga pettrOm
madurakavi sol padiyE nilaiyAga pettrOm
munnavarAm nankuravar mozhigal vullappettrOm
muzhudhum namakkavai pozhudhupOkkAga pettrOm
pinnai ondruthannil nenju pErAmal pettrOm
pirarminukkam porAmai ella perumaiyum pettrOmE.? (AP-55)

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For anyone to live, food, shelter, clothing and entertainment are essential. 
And for srivaishnavas ??????..

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We will enjoy line by line meaning of this paasuram in the next postings and 
find the answer.

(To be continued)

Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai
Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 



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