Sri: Sir, Let me try to share my thoughts on question 1. An answer to this may lie in the six words provided by Lord Varadaraja to Thirukachi Nambi. Thirukachi Nambi was one of the early teachers of Sri Ramanuja and a disciple of Alavandar. Thirukachi Nambi had the unique distinction of conversing with Lord Varadaraja of Kanchipuram. Ramanuja had a few questions and requested Thirukachi Nambi to pose those questions to Lord Varadaraja. The answers provided by Lord Varadaraja is popularly known as the six words. One of the words provided by the lord was antima smruthi varjanam: For a prappanan , last rememberence of the lord is not necessary. AN another important point I should have made in the beginning itself is the fact that, according to followers of Ramanuja SIddhantam , moksham is not attained through Jnanam or knowledge. Moksham is attined through surrender or Prapatti. So this implies that there is less need for a prapannan to control his senses and perform the necessary yogas which Lord Krishna was talking about. The prabndham citation which you had provided alludes to surrender at the feet of ranganatha as a means to attain moksham. I hope this helps. I will be glad to hear the thoughts of others. Best Dasan Gautam --- In SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Rangarajan L <lriyengar@...> wrote: > > Respected swamins, > > Will any one enlighten adiyen me on the following. > > 1.Lord Krishna says' Anth kale Cha mam ekam saranam vrija'- meaning 'at the last moment also surrender unto me alone' > Prabhandam says, ' Naman thamargal nalindu ennai patrumbodu nan unnai ninaikamatten > appodaiku ippode solli vaithen Arangatharavanai palliyane'. > In One we pray Lord Ranganatha that 'I can not think of YOU in my last moment ,so I thinkof you now.for our Moksham.But Lord Krishna expects to think of Him at the last moment also for Moksham. > Pl enlighten. > > 2.In Mahabharat Lord Krishna takes away ' from Karna all his darma palan which protects him and then tells Arjuna to send his asthra to kill Karna.But ' Is not giving away one's punya is the supreme punya and palan only multiplies and it should have protected karna? > > Adiyen > Rangarajan. > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:SriRangaSri-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:SriRangaSri-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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