SrI: 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 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/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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