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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest Srivaishnavas,

Thus AzhwAr answered those sishyas who asked him and
now goes back to the Lord and seeks His mercy to save
him.. The Lord is capable of letting the jeevan forget
even little jnAnam that he possesses [due to jeevan?s
enormous karma accrued over the ages] and hence AzhwAr
pleads the Lord to bless him with the focused mind
only on His lotus feet and not on other desires for
sense organs and says if the desire for sense organs
is there, then it would distract the mind even during
the death and even at the last birth. Please do not
let me be caught in that maaayam. ? Azhwar pleads

nachcharaava Naikkidantha
  naatha!paatha pOthinil,
vaiththasinthai vaankuviththu
  neenkuvikka neeyinam,
meyththanvallai yaathalaala
  Rinthanann^in maayamE,
uyththun^inma yakkinilma
  yakkalennai maayanE!     (85)

Oh Lord the One reclines of the poisnous snake as your
Bed! Ascharya bhUthA! The most wonderful and
mysterious Lord! You are quite capable in letting g
the mind still go towards other sensual desires and
take the mind away from your divine red lotus feet and
be immersed therein. I have realized that. You are
Sarva shakthan. Sarvagnan. Hence using your powers
[due to my enormous accrued karma] You may place me
here caught in worldly pleasures for ever and ever
sending my mind towards only there? Please do not do
that.. And Please do entice me on everything
associated with You alone..

The One reclining- why should He recline on snake?
That too- full of venom- poison- thousand heads
exhaling fiery fumes; All this ? is to only keep
people away from Him so that they are all caught in
samsaaric affliction. You may be of that thinking. But
You are the One who elevates good to better and even
accept little good deed as an excuse for redemption.
But in order to get Your mercy there are plenty of
hurdles; very many distractions; disturbances; many
temptations; strong sense organs pulling the mind
away. We need to pass in all these difficult
examinations and tests. We have though realized the
sweetest divine red lotus feet of Yours and have
desired for that. However You still are able to snatch
the mind away [due to our tons and tons of paapams]
towards worldly objects. Then You get him back after
few births, perhaps. You mentioned that prApya puNya
kruthAm lOkAn ushithvA SASvatheessamA: - Thus You are
capable of snatching mind off your lotus feet. But
please do not do that on me. Please do not make my
mind loiter and wander towards materialistic
pleasures. That?s all my plea is. 

The thought itself is so strong. One may argue that
just thinking is nothing wrong. We should not commit
bad deeds in action. But thoughts become actions.

This salutation has motivated Sri Ramanujacharya in
his Sri Ranganatha 
Gadyam where in a mood of Naichyanusandanam, he
declares that he is full of bad qualities and as a
result of his association with Prakruti (which is a
mixture of the TriguNas), he is inextricably bound to
SamsAra by the rope of Karma and does not possess the
knowledge to overcome this bondage of Karma which
results in an endless cycle of birth and death. (Tila
Tailavat.....Karma PAsha Pragratita: is the important
ChoorNika). Sri Ramanujacharya then seeks the grace of
the Lord ever associated with Sri, who is a boundless
ocean of mercy, to overcome the bondage of Karma and
obtain Moksham.

Thirumazhisai Piraan ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan


        
                
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