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Dar sri sadagopan iyengar,
 
Yes anjali is a weapon. It is a moral weapon. The Lord Almighy feels that when people fold their hands He has to do something for them.
 
"thALum thadak kaiyum kUppi" thiru voi mozhiz 3-7    refers to the fact that those who approach the Lord with their folded hands declare their assets as "nil" . _Akinchanyam. Once a person declares his situation that he does not have anything to offer from his side and folds his hands, the message is conveyed that here is a person who surrenders to Him.
 
Is anjali a process of surrender then? Of course, thiru mangai AzhwAr also categorically spells out this in arimEya viNNagaram thiru nAngUr pAsuram
"anajalithu angau ari charaN enRiRainju maNi nAngUr, arimEya viNNagaram vaNangu mada nenjEa"
thiru mozhi 3-10-9;
The devotees fold their hands and declare to the Lord "we surrender unto YOu" . Thus the act of 'anjali' can also be construed as   part of surrender process.
 
Well to surrender and get what? His divine feet. That is again categorically expressed in the thriu voi mozhi 4-3-7
"kurai kazhal kai kUppuvArgaL, kUda, ninRa mAyanEa"
The devotees approach the Lord with the folded hands to attain the divine feet.
Let me conclude this with a quote from Edu for this :
"thiruvadigaL dhAn anjali sAthyamumAi, anjalikku vishayamumAyiREA iruppadhu" .
The divine feet is in fact the very subject matter of this folded hands.
is it not?
rAmAnuja dhAsan
vAnamAmalai padmanAbhan
 
 
 


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