Guest guest Posted August 27, 2002 Report Share Posted August 27, 2002 Sri Parthasarathi thunai, Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha “ Mattrondrum vEinda Maname Madhilarangar Kattrinum meitha kazhalinai keezh- uttra Thirumaalai paadum seer Thondaradipodi Emperumaanai Eppozhudum peesu” “ Srimat Krishna samahvaya Namo yaamuna soonave yetkadAkshai kalakshyAnAm sulabha: Sridara: sadaa” Pranams, Paasuram-28(contd) namparamAyadundE?: Though emperuman considers all jeevatmas to be equal still when there is a problem between his bhaktha and some one else he comes to save his bhaktha. Sri PVP says, “Ashritha vishayaththil pakshapAthiyAghi rakshikkum avan”. One doubt may arise here. If he supports one, then how can we consider him to be equal to all? He is equal. In Mahabharata he did give the same option of choosing his army on one side or he alone on the other to both arjuna and duriyOdhana. Is it not equality? But then his bhaktha (arjuna) always wants emperuman alone and nothing else so emperuman was on his side and saved him from all trouble but duriyOdhana thought that emperuman was less capable than his army and hence wanted only the army. Such is the case with others. They think there are other modes to save themselves but bhakthas always depend on emperuman and surrender to him and hence he comes running to save them. nAykalOm sirimaiyOrA empirArku AtseiyAdhE enseivAn thOndrinEnE? Sri Rama piran considered both his kula guru vashistar and a tribal king guhan to be equal. Valmiki says, “purOhitasya Atmasamasya” while talking about vasistar and while telling about guhan says “Ramasya Atmasamasaka”. We see that perumal doesn’t differentiate by birth, wealth or education. He sees only the pure devotion in all our minds. He has done so much for all of us. Even a dog is grateful to a person who puts a piece of bread to eat and it waves its tail to him. If the same person puts a piece of bread two or three days then the dog comes and stays in front of his house and does service to him, safeguarding him and his property. Alwar says how sad we do not have even that gratefulness towards the lord who has bestowed us with so many things. We have become even lower than a dog in thought. For all the things given to us by emperuman we all should be in his kainkaryam always. We should be his servants and enjoy doing kainkaryam to him without any tiresome. But for this, why have I taken birth atall? wonders alwar. If we donot do kainkaryam to bhagavan then our birth becomes useless. After Sri Rama went to forest bharathan coming to know about it cries saying, “Why did I ever take birth? If I was not born then kaikEyi wouldn’t have asked for the kingdom for me and sent perumal to vana vAsam”. So bharatha curses himself for have taken birth. Similarly alwar here curses himself saying that if he couldn’t do kainkaryam to the bhagavan who has showered his krupai on him then what was the use of him taking birth? Thondaradipodi alwar first talked about the importance of nama sankeertanam and then he condemned all the other madhams and supported the srivaishnava madham. He then involved himself in talking about the magimai of lord Ranganatha and his divya desam, Srirangam surrounded by kaveri. Starting from the 25th paasuram he feels for not possessing any sukrutham(good deeds) to enable emperuman to shower his krupai on him. Alwar says that he doesn’t possess karma, jnana or bhakthi. Then he says not only that I do not even do any sAmanya kainkaryam like archanam or keertanam. When perumal asked if he has atleast done any yadrichika kainkaryam then alwar says that he has never done any kainkaryam even like the squirrel. Then emperuman asked if he had atleast called for him in some danger for which alwar replies that he has never called him like gajendran. Finally emperuman asks if he atleast as some plus like divya desa vAsam or some bhAgavata relation for which alwar answers in the next paasuram which we will see in the next posting. AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai Sumithra Varadarajan Finance - Get real-time stock quotes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2002 Report Share Posted August 28, 2002 Pranams can some one explain me more on this: "Pakshapathi" "yadrichika kainkaryam" raji sridhar > save his bhaktha. Sri PVP says, “Ashritha > vishayaththil pakshapAthiyAghi rakshikkum avan”. > perumal asked if he has atleast done any yadrichika > kainkaryam then alwar says that he has never done Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2002 Report Share Posted August 29, 2002 Sri Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha Dear Smt Raji Sridhar, Yadrichikam means one which is done without any intention to do the same. The person may not want to do the kainkaryam but it happens by chance when he does someother thing. We, jeevatmas like to do a lot of lowkika vyApArams but when it comes to bhagavat/bhAgavata kainkaryams we run miles away. But emperuman by his apara karunyam tries to add points to our credit. For instance, one person was talking about one of his relatives in Srirangam and another in thiruvallikeni. When the person uttered the names of the divyadesams perumal adds credit to his account saying, "En OOrai sonnAn". We may call some one whose name is "Parthasarathi" then emperuman adds credit saying, "En Perai sonnan". We may have a house in thiruvallikeni and one person who has come to go to the temple may leave his slippers in our house or drink some water to quench his thirst, then perumal adds credit saying,"En bhakthanukku odhunga nezhal koduththan". All these kainkaryams have not been done intentionally knowing that it will add credit but all has happened just by bhagavat krupai. This is called yadrichika kainkaryam. Our acharyas say one funny story. One man was running at the back of his cow to catch it. Fortunately the cow went round a temple in pradakshinam. The man also followed. He didnt have any intention to do pradakshinam of the temple still he did it. So perumal adds credit. The man if he had known that it will add punyam to him would have never done it. When we say emperuman is pakshapadhi it doesnt mean he acts one sided. Emperuman is actually like a mirror he reflects the intentions of the person who comes in front of him. A bhakthan(ashridhan) considers perumal to be his refuge and begs for his help and hence perumal comes to his rescue but then a nastikan considers the emperuman inside the temple to be just a stone and hence perumal remains a stone in his case. Hope this clears your doubt. Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai Sumithra Varadarajan RAJI SRIDHAR wrote:Pranams can some one explain me more on this: "Pakshapathi" "yadrichika kainkaryam" raji sridhar > save his bhaktha. Sri PVP says, “Ashritha > vishayaththil pakshapAthiyAghi rakshikkum avan”. > perumal asked if he has atleast done any yadrichika > kainkaryam then alwar says that he has never done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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