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Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha:
Srimath Varava Muniye Namaha: 
Srivadhi Beekara Maha Kuarave Namaha:

Dear Mathu Sri Sheela mamai

Done a great job. We never forgot the great kainkaryam

Srivaishanava Dasan
P B Balaji(Chari)


--- Sheela Belur <bvsheela@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> 29.SITTAMSIRU KAALE 
> 
> 
> This stanza clearly tells us of the highest
> Purushaartha
> (the end of human life),explaining the
> meaning of PARAI.
> Asking for Parai is a pretext; as the
> cowherds proposed
> this "nonbu' for getting rain and as it came
> in handy for
> Gopis(Andal) to keep looking at the face of
> Lord Krishna
> for as long as they liked,they accepted
> it.Their real
> intention is to get KAINKARYA (eternal
> service)at the
> lotus-feet of the Lord.The word NARAYANANE
> used in the
> first stanza was explained in the previous
> verse;the
> word PARAI is explained here.
> 
> Both "Means" and "End" are the same in Sri
> Vaishnava
> Sampradaaya;it is Sriman Narayana himself.If
> those who
> take Him as the "Means' have contact with
> other "Means"
> like Karmayoga etc,it is akin to pollution
> due to contact
> with a dead body(because Karma Yoga etc are
> by nature
> inert and need His Presence to give
> Result).And if they 
> consider their act of Surrender to the Lord
> (Prapatti) itself to be the "Means", it is
> like accretion
> of sin due to contact with a
> chandaala(because anything
> which has the taint of the ego pollutes the
> purity of
> the Prapanna).
> 
> Similarly regarding the "End" also there are
> two mistakes
> which need to to be avoided: 1)Desiring
> other mundane
> things from Him,which would be like desiring
> to eat poisoned
> or contaminated food; and 2)serving the Lord
> for one's own
> enjoyment rather than exclusively for His
> pleasure(Swaartha
> Kainkarya),which would be like eating food
> left over from
> another eater (Uchchishtha Bhojana).
> 
> Both these types of Purities (UPAAYA SUDDHI
> and UPEYA
> SUDDHI) need to be strictly ensured by a
> Prapanna.The
> previous verse (28) speaks of UPAAYA SUDDHI
> -"UNTANNAI..
> ..PUNNIYAM YAAM UDEYOM"- You ALONE are our
> Means.The
> present verse enjoins UPEYA SUDDHI -
> "UNAKKE NAAM AAT_
> SEYVOM" -We serve you for the sake of your
> happiness
> ALONE,and we derive happiness on seeing
> your enjoyment.
> 
> Even the least trace of selfish enjoyment
> is to be
> totally erased in the service of God.It is
> just as in
> the case of sandal paste,cool
> breeze,flowers,ornaments
> etc which give pleasure to man,without
> themselves feeling
> any;the only difference being that man not
> being inert like
> them feels happy looking at the pleasure
> of the Lord.
> 
> Krishna ordered His servants to bring the
> huge kettle-
> drum (PARAI).Then Andal says,"O Wonder! you
> have not 
> understood us.We require only your
> everlasting,most
> enjoyable service.We wish to be always born
> alongwith you,
> and keep company with you always to serve
> you.(Like
> Lakshmana who served Rama whether He was in
> Ayodhya
> or in the forest.).Kindly guard us from
> evincing
> interest in anything except you."
> 
> Just as the body serves a man,the
> Soul,which is the
> body of the Lord (Yasya aatma
> sareeram),should serve
> Him.This is the natural law.This is the
> message of
> Andal in this crowning verse.
> 
> 
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