srImathE SaTakOpAya namah srImathE rAmAnujAya namah srImathE anantArya mahAguravE namah srImathE vara vara munayE namah In the previous thiruvAymozhi, AzhvAr brought out the fact that the Lord is easy to worship, not difficult. Even if the ArAdhana is easy to do, our minds will go into it only if the refuge is sweet to us. In our world, we see many people who take immense satisfaction with whatever little we can offer them; even then, this is a waste unless the refuge one might get in them is of use and is sweet right? Similarly, for the Lord, should His refuge not be desirable/sweet? Yes. His refuge is desirable and sweet, is told by this thiruvAymozhi. svAmi nampiLLai says "This bhagavath samASrayaNam (taking refuge in the Lord) is something that is so immensely enjoyable that even the LOrd, who is not born for this, also desires this". Seeing His magnificence/superiority, it is as though, the Lord Himself is wanting to serve under Himself! :) "Can this be? Is the Lord So superior and perfect?" may be thought by people. To answer such doubts, this thiruvAymozhi is solely focussed on showing that the Lord's sweetness has no comparison. thiruvAymozhi nURRandhAdhi - 7 piRavi aRRu neeL visumbil pErinbam uykkum * thiRam aLikkum seelath thirumaal * aRaviniyan paRRum avarkku enRu pagar maaRan paadhamE* uRRa thuNai enRu uLamE Odu. Oh Mind! Take the refuge in maaRan's feet by knowing that they are our best companion because nammAzhvAr taught us that the Lord, who has the nature to bless all of us with the immense happiness of parama padam and deliverance from the cylce of birth, is very sweet for those who take refuge in Him. Note: "sweet" in this post should be interpreted as "one who provides immense happiness" AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam, adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan, thirumalai anandAnpiLLai varadhan (Source of the material: Translation of the pravESas of the simple version of divyArtha deepikai, found in the book "aNNa svAmiyin amudha mozhi aayiram, 401st - 500th mozhigaL; divyArththa deepikai, nihyanusandhaanam - simple edition, thiruvAymozhi nURRandhaadhi portions) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/.itolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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