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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesikamahadesikaya namah:

Dearest Srivaishnavas, 

Let us continue to enjoy BhoothatthAzhwAr?s- wonderful
anubhavams on ThiruvEnkatam. Next and today?s verse on
ThiruvEnkatam is 53rd verse. 

neRiyaar kuzaRkaRRai munninRu pin_thaaznthu,
aRiyaa thiLangiriyen ReNNi, - piRiyaathu
poongodikaL vaikum porupunal kunRenRum,
vEngadamE yaam virumbum veRpu               53

A simple and nice verse!
This is forerunner of KulasekarAzhwar?s desire? which
we will enjoy later. 

BhAgwathaas who are greatly devoted to Sri Srinivasan
of ThiruvEnkatam and immerse themselves in the
greatest glories of ThiruvEnkatam; would like to be
just in ThiruvEnkatam as mere achith (insentient); 

emperumAn malaiyil yEdhEnum AvEnE; - says
KulasEkarAzhwAr on similar token. 

These bhAgwathas with an ardent desire to be just at
ThiruvEnkatam simply lie down, as prostrations on the
steps of these rocky mountains so that the devotees
can step on them and go up. [padiyaay kidanthu] 

They simply do not wish to get up and do anything.
Their enjoyment of mere lying down in ThiruvEnkatam
was ultimate for these divine devotees, who do not go
astray from what they seek. neRiyaar- who never ever
swerves from their paths; [OR one who lie down on the
way..]

Their hairs grow longer and longer and the creepers
that grow nearby assume that these bhAgawathas are
also like kind of small hills and attempt to hold on
to them? Creepers are also so blessed to hold on these
bhAgawathAs. 

It is also told by Acharyas that as per our
Sampradaya, Nithyasuris take such births and reside in
these greatest divya Desams to be with the Lord and
enjoy. It seems on Sri AnanthAN Pillai came down from
the ThiruvEnkatam mountain as per his daily routine
and he was carrying the curd rice in his hand. After
anushtAnam, he opened the lunch packet, and there were
few ants crawling inside his food packet. He
immediately closed the packet and went back to the
mountain. 

Other bhAgawathas who saw him going back to the
mountain with the food packet, asked him as to why did
he not eat and choose to go back. Swami replied: These
could be some Nithyasuris living in ThiruvEnkatam
mountain and hence I do not wish to commit apachaaram
by bringing them down from the temple [where they wish
to reside and enjoy the dhivya sthalam]. 

Such a great vEnkatam is what these devotees desire to
reside and just be there.

ThiruvEnkatamudaiyaan?s dayA is like the ocean of
mercy. The ocean of dayA is absorbed by the dark
clouds (of Sri SatakOpa- NammAzhwAr] and rains of His
mercy fall on the mountain [of Sriman Nathamuni] from
which there are two water falls of UyyakkoNdaar and
maNakkaal nambhi and thereby flows the turbulent river
of dayA [kaattaaRu]; five streams of water from this
river are stored in the huge reservoir of dayA [of
EnperumAnAr- Sri Ramanujacharya]. There are 74
[simhasanaadhipathis] gates through which the waters
are flowing out for us to take the dayA of waters and
immerse ourselves in greatest divine enjoyment. It is
our bhAgyam for His dayA to be available to us so
easily. The Acharyans are so cool due to their
devotion and their deep association with theerthan? It
is their cool that blesses us in order to enable us to
get rid of our thaapams (scorching heat of samsaara
saagaram] 

[From SrI Muralidhar Rangaswami?s anubhavam:] A most
touching contribution of Alavandhaar is the
Siddhithrayam declaration, where Swami establishes
that among the three Srivaishnava Rahasyams, the Lord
of Seven Hills (Srinivasa) denotes the Charma
Shlokam-the most unambiguous and forthright
declaration of the maargam of SharaNagati. Eloquent
testimony in support of this fact can be seen from the
posture of the Archaa  Moorthy standing majestically
on top of the Venkatachalam Hill. This signifies that
for those who bear the emblem of the conch and discus
on their shoulders (Srivaishnavas) and surrender to
the Lotus feet of Lord Srinivasa, the waters of the
ocean of Samsaara are only hip deep.

Significantly, Swami Desikan, who is known for his
careful and precise usage of words, extols only two
Acharyas with the term "vigAhE". One is Swami
nammAzhwar extolled in verse 2 of the Daya Shatakam
(vigAhE theertha bahuLAm sheetalAm gurusantathim) and
the other is Swami Alavandhaar who is glorified in the
yathirajasapthati- vigaahE. 

Again in the Daya Shatakam, Swami Desikan pays tribute
to the greatness of Swami Alavandar in a thundering
declaration on the efficacy of Saranagati in verse 54.

tvadhudaya thUlikABhiramunA vrushashaIla jushAm
sthirachara shilpinaiva parikalpitha chitradiya:
yatipatiyAmuna prabruthaya; praThayanthi dayE jagati
hitam nananasthvayi BharanyasanAdhaDhikam"

(Lord Srinivasa is a master artisan. Daya Devi is his
paintbrush. She sends us geniuses like Sri
Ramanujacharya and Swami Alavandar, who have
established that for the redemption of the entire
universe there is no greater path than that of
unconditional total surrender to Your Lotus Feet)

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
SrI PadmAvathI SamEtha Sri Srinivasa ParabrahmaNE
Namah: 
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan

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