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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest all, 

After the first four AzhwArs namely, Poigai, bhootha,
Pey and Thirumazhisai Azhwars? anubhavams, next we
immerse ourselves in the most wonderful verses of
Kulasekara PerumAn?s on ThiruvEnkatam. It is the
fourth decad of his PerumAL Thirumozhi. Today?s verse
is the ninth.  

sediyaaya valvinaikaL theerkkum thirumaalE
netiyaanE vEngatavaa nin_kOyi linvaasal
atiyaarum vaanavaru marampaiyarum kidanthiyangum
padiyaayk kidanthun pavaLavaay kaaNpEnE   4.9

The grave sins that have been committed over aeons
(through many births), the paapams will all be crushed
if one visits ThiruvEnkatam. vEm plus katam- that
which burns sins.. Oh Lord of ThiruvEnkatam ? Sriya:
Pathi Srinivasaa! The One who dissolves all sins! Oh
The One who never ever forgets Your assuaging
assurance to Your Saranaagathars! [NediyaanE!] Oh
ThiruvEnkatavaa! At the entrance of your temple, let
me lie down as the step at Your entrance there for all
your devotees to step their feet on me and enter into
your sanctum sanctorum and let me enjoy Your
bewitching smile from those most beautiful coral lips.
 

A wonderful verse! 
AzhwAr asked for the path in the last verse. Now
hedesires to be the very entrance step itself so that
everyone would certainly cross or step on him and
thereby he gets Bhaagawatha sparsam. Also he does not
wish to simply lie down as the non living thing.
Instead, he wants to lie down as the step as well as
enjoy His sweet smile from the red coral lips.
Padiyaay kidanthu un pavaL vaay kaaNpEn.. 

Adiyarum ? The paramaikaanthins- who do not pray for
anything else and to anyone else except Sriman
Narayanan and seek and enjoy for His divine darshan.
They do no ask for any materials or aishwaryam. 
Vaanavarum- Devaas- they go to Sriman Narayanan with a
request for aishwaryam or position to be retained. 
Arambaiyarum- Rambha, Orrvasi, Thilotthamai- et al-
dance and seek material benefits from DevEndran. Thus
they pray to other jeevans also. 

All three categories of people come here at
ThiruvEnkatam and enter into Your temple. 

Thus AzhwAr seeks to be the step in the temple
entrance. That?s the reason in all Srivaishnava
temples, the entrance step is called Kulasekaran Padi?
 

NediyaanE- Commentators enjoy this word as the One who
never ever forgets little good that we do? He always
remembers. [unlike us]. If has taken a vow to protect,
even thaayaar [she will not stop] complains about the
prapannans (one who has surrendered) the Lord would
say, ?my adiyaar would never ever do commit mistakes.
Even if they do, that must be for some good intent..
en adiyaar adhu seyyaar; seydhaalum nanRE seyvaar. 

It refers to Lord Ranganayaki telling Lord Rangan..
You are protecting Vibhesshana from here looking
towards south. It was he who never ever wanted me to
stay in his country. He asked Ravana to throw me out.
The first one to ask Lakshmi to get out. Lord says:
Devi! Why did he say that? Out of his devotion for
us.. He wanted you to join me? and that?s the reason.
Not that he does not want you to stay; but that he
wants us to be united. PiraaTTi is now happy that the
Lord has not forgotten His devotees. Sri Velukkudi
krishnan swami says in his discourse, ?PiraaTTi is
like the mason who comes after ten days of curing of
cement and sshakes the pillar if it is strong or
moves. PiraaTTi does that kind of testing. Hence the
Lord is Nediyaan. The One who never ever forgets nHis
assuaging assurance ?maa sucha: Do not lament.   

Sri Muralidhar Rangaswami shares his enjoyment: The
ninth Pasuram brilliantly establishes the concept of
Saranagathi to the lotus feet of Lord Srinivasa.  The
Azhwar concludes that the only thing of permanence is
attainment of Lord Narayana's (Tiruvenkatan) lotus
feet. This can be related to the Narayana Sooktam
salutation: Patim VishvasyAtmeshvaragam Shashvatagam
Shivamachyutam and the Sriranganatha Gadyam salutation
"Sthairya" (meaning fixed or permanent one). The
eternal bliss of attaining the feet of Lord Narayana
is described in the Narayana Upanishad salutation
"Narayana SayujyamavApnoti, Narayana
SayujyamavApnoti", in the Taittriya Upanishad
salutation "Sa YekO BrahmaNAnanda:"  and in the Vishnu
Sooktam salutation "TadvisNoh Paramam Padam Sadhaa
Pashyanti Soorayaha" 

Since this is the "bull's eye" Kulashekara Azhwar
shuns everything else that comes in the  way of his
goal (material wealth, royalty and its associated
paraphernalia and pleasures, Indra Lokam, the status
of Brahma, Indra, Rudra). The import of the message of
the  Ashtakshara Mantram is beautifully reflected in
Pasurams 8-10. The ninth Pasuram refers to the benefit
of performing SharaNagati to Lord Narayana and
finally, Pasurams 8-10 reflect the Azhwar's enthusiasm
to enjoy Bhagavad and Bhaagavata Kainkaryam. Thus, the
Azhwar succinctly presents Tattva (Lord Narayana is
the supreme being), Hita (Surrender to His Lotus feet)
and Purushartha (Constantly be engaged in Bhagavad and
Bhagavata Kainkaryam) for a Sri Vaishnava. One can
associate the Narayana Upanishad salutations "Nama Iti
DvaE AksharE" and "NarayaNAyeti PanchAksharaNi", with
Pasurams 8-10. Another important feature of the ninth
Pasuram is the description of Prapatti as Papa
Nivrutti, i.e. the act of surrendering to Lord
Narayana immediately rids one of their sins
(Bharanyasam).  

KulasEkarAzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan


                
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