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Dear Sriman Narayanan Swami,

Thank you for the observations. The attachment you have mentioned 
here is nothing but taking note of our natural SEsha - SEshi 
sambandham. Hope I am right.

There may be some confusion in my previous mail as to whether Bhakti 
is service or inclination to do service. The purANa pramANam quoted 
by SrI Bhattar says it is service. But it is both, according to the 
AchArya. One is gnAnam, other is anustAnam. Both are inseparable in 
case of Sishtas (good people = who realized SEshatvam by His 
blessings).

Dasan
Vishnu

--- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Kazhiyur Narayanan" 
<km.narayanan@xxxx> wrote:
> Respected all,
> I would like to complement what Sri Vishnu has written about 
bhakthi.
> I have heard once from Sri Krishna Premi Swmigal what 'Bhakthi' 
> means.
> 
> Swami Nammalwar says 'Pathudai Adiyavark eliyavan'
> (He is easily accesible to one who has attachment to Him'
> 
> Taking cue from this verse, we can derive that 'Attachment to Him' 
> is Bakhthi. 
> 
> the attachment one has towards his wife is called as 'Love'
> the attachment one has towards his son is called as 'Vatsalyam'
> the attachment one has towards his friend is called as 'friendship'
> 
> Similarly, attachment to Lord is 'Bhakthi'
> 
> Remember the verse in Srimad BhagavatGita 'Maiyya saktha Mano 
> Partha'..
> 
> Lord here tells Sri Arjuna (Have 'Asakthi (attachment) towards me)
> This is the same Lord who in previous verses says 'Do not have 
> Asakthi' on anything. (Our Poorvacharyas calls  this as  Tatva 
> Vachanam)
> 
> Let us see what 'Tatva Darisee vachanam'is.  Swmai Nammalwar talk 
> about the same thing. earlier he says 'Veedu min murraum' (Leave 
all 
> your attachments), and later he says ''Pathudai Adiyavark eliyavan'.
> 
> 
> hence we can conclude that "attachment towards Lord ' is Bhakthi.
> 
> Further, Emperumanar explains how this 'Attachment' shoule be..
> 
> He says 'Thaila dharavat Avichinna, Preethi poorvaka anusandanam 
> bakhthirit abijeeyathe'
> 
> Like an Oil would flow incessently, if one has atachment towards 
> Lord in the mode of 'love' that is Bakhthi... What a great 
> definition.
> 
> It is interesting to compare here what is the definition of Bakhthi 
> as given by Sankaracharya in Viveka Chudamani,  he says
> 'Swasswaroopanu Sandanam bakhthirit abijeeyathe'
> 
> if one constantly relises that He is the supreme (Like Aham 
> Brahmasmi type ), that is Bakthi.
> 
> It is very clear that from whome  Swami Emperumanar got his 
> definition right of Bakthi... It is from none other than Karimaran 
> Sadagopan.
> 
> Adiyen.
> 
> KM Narayanan




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