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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:
Srimad Vara Vara Munaye nama:

Dear devotees,
         
             Humble praNAms to all. I am touching on a topic "who is 
a prapanna" which has been discussed umpteen no. of times. Thinking 
in retrospect about it will give a different frame of mind to all 
who felt affected by the incident at kAnci.

SVB 365: kuRRam seidhavargaL pakkal poRaiyum krpaiyum sirrippum 
ugappum upakAra smrtiyum nadakka vENum.

Meaning:In contrast to the normal trend of retaliation for the 
wrongs done by one to another, a prapanna exhibits to those,who do 
him wrong

(1)TOLERANCE, to such an extent taht even at heart he bears no 
malice or thought of retaliation

(2)COMPASSION for the wrong-doers(who can not escape punishment at 
the hands of the Lord)and full of love for His devotees

(3)A HEARTY LAUGH(not with ahambhAvam!) at the stupidity of those 
people who fail to realise that he/prapanna is outside the boundary 
of their mischief-the worst they can do to him, is only the material 
harm and he is not in the least worried about it

(4)EXULTATION at that his body, which is the target of attack by 
those people, is already looked upon by him, as his enemy(SVB 
243:Gives the code of conduct for a prapanna) and that they are his 
allies in attacking a common foe and

(5)GRATITUDE to those people who remind him of his drawbacks, which 
it was his own duty to keep under constant check/review.

The very previous two sutras 363 and especially 364 are very 
beautiful.
 
SVB 363: pirAtti, rAkshasigaL kuRRam perumALukkum thiruvadikkum 
aRiviyAdhAppOlE, thanakkup piRar seidha kuRRangaLai bhagavad 
bhAgavata viShayangaLil aRivikkak kadavan allan.

Meaning: Sita didn't reveal either to Srirama or Hanuman, about the 
insults/injuries heaped on her by the rAkshasis. Likewise, a 
prapanna doesn't disclose to the Lord and His devotees, the wrongs 
done to him by fellow human beings.

SVB 364: aRivikka uriyavan agappada vAythiRavAdhE sarvagnya 
viShayangaLukkum maRaikku mennA ninRadhiRE.

Meaning: The Supreme Lord(when He goes back to His abode after the 
end of His avatAr) does not mention to anyone, not even His consorts 
about the unwholesome/unruly(etc) behaviour of the subjects/us. 

Wow, how confidential He/Lord is!!! If a jIvAtmA thinks he/she is a 
better witness than the Lord Varadarajan of kAnci, then even perumAL 
can't help that person because perumAL can only take care of the 
three aspects namely sAtvik, rAjasik and tAmasik while it is ONLY 
AcArya who can take care(also remedy) of the ahankAram and mamakAram 
of the jIvAtmA. That Lord Varadarajan is not a stone. He is 
observing everything that's happening infront(or back,side,top, 
bottom)of Him. It is His duty to uphold the dharma(BG 4:8). He is 
the one who puts all the efforts and comes up with all kinds of 
strategies to catch us. We(atleast I) novice/puppets/kaththukkuttis
in sampradAyam and scriptures can not find a solution. At best we 
can only support or rather serve all our AcAryAs who represent our 
sampradAyam. 

         srI kUraththAzhvAn prayed to the same Lord of kAnci, that 
nAlUrAn(who was responsible for AzhvAn losing his sight) also should 
be given mOksham. So, let us think of this great disciple of srI 
rAmAnuja, atleast once a day so that such a heart and attitude is 
cultivated in us too.
 
AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam
dAsAnu dAsI
NC Nappinnai
       




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