SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya nama: Dearest All, After the fourth decad of praising the Lord ThiruvEnkatamudaiyaan and praying to His Lotus Feet to be anything on the Hill in order to serve Him at all times and under all circumstances. Azhwar wanted to have uninterrupted bliss of enjoyment of the Lord and serve Him forever. He realizes that it is possible only by the performance of unconditional surrender to the Lord, having no other refuge except Himself. Feeling utterell helpless in one?s own disqualifcations to perform any other path (i.e. bhakti yogam), the Saranagati needs to be performed. AzhwAr expresses in this 5th decad his ananyagatitvam and (having none other as his refuge) Akinchanyam (helplessness) which are closely tied to Saranagati. AzhwAr inspite of being a king, did not have I or mine (ahankara and mamakrama) attitude. He always wanted to be the humble servant to the bhAgwathas of the Lord Ranganathan. Every Jeevathma, by the very inherent nature is eternally servant to the Lord. And the Lord (Paramathma) is bound to protect and save as the Only Saviour to the Jeevathmas. Jeevathmas are given the karttrutva, jnAtrutva and bhOgtrutvams only in order to know, enjoy and do? thereby (if one gets to know the saasthrAs, do as per saasthrAs and enjoy in dharmic manner (by doing and knowing so), would ultimately realize that every one of us is His servant always and all that is required to is to surrender at His Feet with unconditional surrender. This 5th decad of KulasEkara Azhwar on VitthuvakkOttu PerumAL is about ananya gathithvam and aakinchanyam. Ananya gathi means that the Jeevathma has no other recourse for succor than SrIman NaarAyana. The Saranagathan is thus ananya PrApyan. He does not have any one else as his goal (upEyam)for rakshaNam. He is also ananyArhan (means he does not belong to or serve anyone. (maRRumOr deivum uLadhu enRu irrupArOdu uRRilEn- says Thirumangai AzhwAr) He is ananya prayOjanan as well. He only thinks of his relationship to perumAL (anubhavam, kaimkaryam). He is nirapEkshan meaning- he does not expect anything else except the Lord's grace and embrace. He is filled with the mood of KaarpaNyam or his lack of qualifications and feels helpless with respect to his own ability to take care of himself. Recognizing this utter state of helplessness , he throws himself at the feet of the Lord and places the burden of his protection entirely at the Lord's feet. He recognizes that his karmaas (munn vinaikaL) have brought him into the world with a body and recognizes that his sole means of overcoming the karma bandhams is through the performance of prapatthi at the Lord's Thiruvadi to attain the boon of residence in Parama Padham and enjoying ParipoorNa BrahmAnandham there thru ceaseless and blemishless kaimkaryam there to the Dhivya Dampathis. Here in these verses, AzhwAr in soul stirring way pleas to the Lord expressing his ananyagatitvam and his utter helplessness (Akinchanyam). Really wonderful verses. KulasEkara AzhwAr reminds the Lord of VithtuvakkOdu (Uyyavantha PerumAL)about his unalterable relationship to Him and performs SaraNAgathi at His Thiruvadi. Let us begin to enjoy the verses now. tharuthuyaram thadaayElun saraNallaal saraNillai viraikuzhuvu malarppozhilsoozh viRRuvakkOt tammaanE arisinatthaa leenRathaay akaRRitinum maRRavaLthan aruLn^inainthE yazhumkuzhavi athuvEpOn RirunthEnE (1) Oh Swami of Thiru viuuthuvakkOdu, surrounded by cool gardens full of most fragrant flowers! Even if You do not choose to chase away the Sorrows of SamsAram that adiyEn experiences, I have no protection except You and You alone. One?s own mother with tremendous anger (due to the child?s transgressions and disobedience) pushses the infant away, the poor infant will only go back to its mother, holding her feet crying uninterruptedly, knowing fully well (or not) of the mother?s compassion. Regardless, the child does not have anyone else to go to; nor would be able to survive on its own (ananyagatitvam and aakinchanyam) Comments: AzhwAr implies: You are the Primordial Chief and the one who causes the sorrows which are the result of my own karma vinaikaL. You are the One to banish Them as well. When You decide not to protect me, no one else can step in Your place and be my Rakshakan. Therefore, I have no means except to seek Your sacred Thiruvadi for the removal of my sorrows and gain Moksha siddhi. AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE saraNam Regards Namo narayana dAsan ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:Oppiliappan-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:Oppiliappan-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> 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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