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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


        
                
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