Sri Vaishnava Thondar Kuzhaam

[Guest guest]

Vedhaantham is the pinnacle of all vEdhaas. Likewise,

service to "thoNdars" is the pinnacle of bhakthi. Nothing

else is more pleasing to the Lord but service to His

devotees. nammaazhvaar indicates this with the 8.10.11

paasuram of thiruvaay mozhi. First, the 8.10.10th

paasuram as a representative for the first ten verses of

8.10.

 

vaaykka thamiyER koozithO Roozi yoozi maagaayaam

pookkoL mEni naan_guthOL ponnaazikkai yennammaan,

neekka millaa adiyaardham adiyaar adiyaar adiyaareNG

kOkkaL, avarkkE kudigaLaaych chellum nalla kOtpaatE.

 

"O! I hope I will be a part of the group that is in eternal

servitude to the servants of the servants of servants of the

servants of my Lord of great illumination of rare flowers,

four immense shoulders, and divine arms holding the

glorious discus."

 

With these 10 verses, nammaazhvaar repeatedly declares

that he yearns for the servitude of "adiyaavar." If we also

follow nammaazhvaar's lead, our Lord will look upon us

with "allik kamalak kaN" as the aazhvaar reveals in the

eleventh verse.

 

nalla kOtpaat tulagangaL moonRi NnuLLum thaan_niRaindha,

allik kamalak kaNNanai andhaN kurukoorch chadakOpan,

chollap patta aayiraththuL ivaiyum paththum vallaargaL,

nalla pathaththaal manaivaazvar konda pendir makkaLE.

 

"Follow these principles that are laid out in these 10

verses, which is a part of the 1,000 verses by kurukoor

satakOpan, in praise of the one with cool lotus eyes, and

you shall lead a prosperous and fulfilling life."

 

It is in this spirit and with longing to be a target of the

graceful lotus eyesight of our Lord Sriman Narayana, we

make this call to become a part of the "Sri Vaishnava

Thondar Kuzhaam" that was proposed a couple of weeks

back. I am in the process of preparing the documents and

hope to file for registration in the state of Tennessee on

the first of the Tamil month of Thai (January 16th 1996).

I shall post the charter and bylaws separately for

comments. Besides supporting the CD-ROM project, the

main focus of this kuzhaam is service.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-- P. Dileepan