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Dear Sri.Mukundan Pattangi:

Pranams! Your question is very valid. I have thought about it 
many times. Eventhough I dont possess any knowledge, I would 
like to give my thought and what I have heard from Scholars.

Considering the case of Acharyas and Alwars, they only desired 
for Moksha, and showed the way foir it, but in order to get 
down to the level of Human beings, or rather us, they have put 
themseleves in our shoes and have added Phala Sruti in the last 
part of each of their works. This kind of thing can be found 
even in Vedas. These phalasrutis look like as if we are seeking 
for some worldly thing. Actually, there are more levels of 
meaning to them if we start analysing. To my limitation, and 
what I have heard, they by any means DONT convey the message of 
asking for anything other than MOKSHA. All the things that have 
been asked for, form only assisting entities for a person who 
seeks MOKSHA. We can see one common vedic mantra recited in any 
religious function saying that we get various things like 
Danam, danyam etc. They only assist a person who is into the 
enquiry of Brahman (Brahma Vidya), or rather seeking MOKSHA, 
which is in the form of NityaKainkaryam to the Suprem Being, 
Sriman Narayana in our Sampradayam.

Thanks,

aDiyEn,
Ramanan rAmAnuja dAsan 

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---- On Fri, 17 May 2002, Pattangi (danp@xxxx) wrote:

> sri:
> Humble pranams to all Devotees.
> 
> Many of our Acharyas works seems to have
> Phala sruthi at the end, is there any explanation for that.
> 
> 1. Is it ok for a Sri Vaishnava, who by the divine grace of 
the Lord 
> is in the prapatti marga to seek Phalan (Apart from 
Kainkariyam).
> 
> 2. Is it acceptable for a prappana to:
> To do something "from our side" with his divine grace, 
> and in exchange seek benefits from the LORD.
> 
> What is the position of most acharyas on azhwars works
> which have Phalasruthi in the last para of many pattus.
> 
> azhwAr emberumAnAr JeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam
> 
> adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan
> Mukundan Vangkipuram Pattangi
> http://www.radioramanuja.com/docs/mag.htm
> 
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