SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, The way He destroyed the demon like kings and the asuRAs on the earth- is enjoyed by AzhwAr in this verse. kaaysinaththa kaasimannan vakkaranpa vuNdiran, maasinaththa maalimaansu maalikEsi thEnukan, naasamuRRu veezhan^aaLka varnthan^in_ka zhaRkalaal, nEsapaasa meththiRaththum vaiththidEnem meesanE! (107) Our SwamI! (em essanE!) The extremely angered Kaasi king, Tandhavakkran, Poundraka Vaasudevan, the very angry Maali, his elder Sumaali, Kesi Auran, dhEknuan, were all completely destroyed by You- Their great days were all snatched away by You; Except for your divine red lotus feet- I will never ever place my desire on anything else. Execpt for Maali and Sumaali, all other listed above were destroyed by Krishna. Maalyavaan, Sumaali, Maali- these brothers were staying in lanKA before Ravana and were troubling Devas. When Vishnu chased them to kill them, Maali was killed. Sumaali and Maalyavaan hid themselves in paathALa lOka. Thus naasam- means that which is not seen by eye (adharsanam) can also be meant here. Being away into a hide out scared is also a type of destruction. That?s why Sri UttamUr Swamy wrote as: their day was snatched away; and NOT as fully destroyed.. Thus it is mandatory to read correct to the context and relate to incidents that actually happened without ditorting the meanings. That is the beauty of Sri Ramanuja sampradayam- truly interpreting all sruthi vaakhyams without conflicting or violating any other its own statements. Thus AzhwAr says: Except for Your Lotus Feet- I would never ever place my desire on anything else... Same is echoed by thaniyan on Ramanujacharya [composed by his prime disciple: KooratthAzhwAn]: yO nithya-machyutha-padaam-buja-yugma-rugma vyaamOhadas dadhi-tha-raaNi thru-Naaya mEnE asmath-gurOr bhagavathOsya dhayaika-sindhO: raamaanujasya saraNau saraNam prapadhyE. [After the entire parampara upto Sri Ramanuja namely, laksmI nAtha samArambAm nAtha yaamuna madhyamaam- asmadhAchArya paryanthAm vandhE Guru paramparaam- , AzhwAn composes a special slOka for Sri Ramanujacharya alone.] I take refuge at the feet of our guru Bhagavaan Ramanuja, that ocean of mercy who, infatuated with the gold-like, lotus feet of the Lord, considered all else as mere blades of grass. ParamAthmani yOrakthO virakthO(S)paramAthmani- Due to His jnAna, Bhakthi, VairAgyam, Sri Ramanujacharya considered only the lotus feet of the Lord Sriman Narayanan as the means and the Goal- for that matter- everything. Nothing else mattered to him. He is not interested in others and considers others (material, sensual pursuits) as thruNam (blade of grass). Thirumazhisai Piraan ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo Narayana dAsan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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