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