Thirucchandhaviruttham- 112th verse- Continue to perform kaimkaryam to the Lord!

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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesika namah:

 

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

 

naRRamaga kOl- Please bless and accept this

unintentional wrong doing or offences during the

kaimkaryam as good kaimkaryam also.- But this is not

upAyam. Doing and being good should be our nature and

our swaroopam- eternal servitude is our seShathvam.

Seeing that enjoying the service, He gets pleased and

due to His grace, He grants and that is His krupA

kaaryam. He [AzhwAr] had an apprehension if he and his

mind were impure while praising Him and

hence now he starts to address his mind. So far he was

addressing the Lord. Now to his mind. Thus having

performed Saranagathi at His Feet, there is no worry;

continue with your kaimkaryam- AzhwAr tells his mind.

 

vaaLkaLaaki naaLkaLsella

nOymaikunRi mooppeythi,

maaLun^aaLa thaathalaalva

Nankivaazhththen nenchamE,

aaLathaaku nanmaiyenRu

nan_kuNarntha thanRiyum,

meeLvilaatha pOkamn^alka

vENdummaala paathamE. (112)

 

My mind! The days are running like the sword that cuts

the life time and the old age, diseases approach and

weaken and thin down the body; The death is going to

strike soonest and the day is here (see- it is there-

naaL adhu…] Hence, (since these days are running, You

– oh mind!) get the firm thought to perform kaimkaryam

of bowing down to Him, prostrating to Hi, praising Him

etc.. and live thus. Not just that. That would bless

us with [the Lord's granting us of] the eternal bhOga

saamyam – ParipoorNa brahmAnubhava at His divine Lotus

Feet for all times with absolutely no interruption at

all.

 

Below- AzhwAr said: Please accept the praises as

correct, good ones even if there is any mistake and

bless. Now AzhwAr addresses the mind: Oh mind! Do not

think that whatever that we did – so far in praising

Him- is enough and no more is required. No. We should

always continue

to do so for ever. It is greatest kaimkaryam that we

need to do. Never think that we need not do hereafter

such praising, prostrating, bowing down to Him anymore

till the end of our life- as He has already accepted

our prayers. That time- at the death bed, or near that

end, the body would be weak; the ability for thinking,

to do, to prostrate would diminish to reduce to even

nil. The youth, childhood has gone and been wasted

without any jnAnam; the youth would be there for ever

– never think. The days- without our knowledge- are

like the sword cutting our life one by one reducing it

to closer to zero. Even if all days put together – if

we praise the days are not adequate to praise Him. Why

should we praise Him so elaborately?- This is a

kaimkaryam

that we need to do by our nature- by our eternal

sEshathvam to Him- eternal servitude at His Feet. Thus

we should perform the service with saathvIka thyAga

without any fruit expectation for us. It is for His

pleasure. If there is no fruit, why should there be a

mandate that we

need to do this.. – if you ask, there is also fruit.

That is: living with Him for ever and ever at His

lotus feet, uninterruptedly, serving Him at

Paramapadham. His Feet grants us that due to our

kaimkaryam. We praise His Lotus Feet and that is our

Nature- He gets pleased and grants us to be at His

Feet for ever to continue to do that. That is the

fruit.

 

Thus praising Him, and the bhakti yoga, prapatti

performance is also an excuse to get His pleasure and

earn His pleasure, he gets pleased and that is what

and why he grants us the place at His Feet. The most

important upAyam is His Lotus Feet- paadhamE.

 

The most important thing to understand while

performing Saranagti or prapatti is that, "Prapatti"

(SAdhyaupAyam) as an act by itself is not the reason

for one's moksham. Rather, it is the mercy of Sriman

NArAyaNA (Siddha upAyam) which is responsible for

one's moksham. Prapatti is a SAdhya upAyA which needs

to be done by a baddha jIvAtmA. This becomes a vyAjA

for Sriman nArAyaNA, the Siddha upAyA, to grant

moksham. In front of Siddha upAyA, SAdhya upAyA is

"nothing" & can't even be compared. Nevertheless,

SAdhya upAyA needs to be performed since that’s the

way Sriman nArAyaNA has ordered (in Sruti & Smruti) to

have a vyAjA (excuse) for Him and thereby grant

moksham by being impartial. Similarly, Bhakti YogA is

also a SAdhyaupAyam. Of course, the performance of

sAdhyaupAyam is also due to Sriman NArAyaNA's mercy.

Since the mumukshu has proper karmA due to various

pious deeds and (most importantly) divine blessings of

bhAgavathA(s) and SadAchAryA(s), Sriman NArAyaNA out

of His mercy makes him/her perform the sAdhya upAyam

prapatti and grants moksham using it as a vyAjA [an

excuse] to seek His pleasure. So, if someone asks the

reason for ones moksham, without any hesitation, it is

the siddha upAyam Sriman nArAyanA. The Divya Dampati

is both the upAyA (means) & the upEyA (end). [this

para is from Sri Anand’s article]

Thus, praising Him, naama sangeerthnam etc.. is also

part of upAyam as the step towards the bhakti,

Prapatti maargam. Since AzhwAr declared that he is not

qualified for Bhakti yoga, this praising Him is a step

towards the Saranagati also can be interpreted.

 

OR If this praising Him is done after performance of

Saranagati, it is post prapatti conduct and thus being

a krithakrithya (having done what is to be done in the

form of Saranagati), A prapanna, has in one way

severed the relationship with the world with his

firmness on serving the Lord at all times. He is here

ordained to be for sometime, by the Lord, and whatever

acts he does, should be for Swayam prayojana

kaimkaryam or for the sole purpose of pleasing the

Lord, just like the loving service of the liberated at

Paramapadham. All his actions should be done for the

pleasure of the Lord and not for any gain, worldly or

otherworldly (at Paramapadham). Or Praising Him for

His pleasure also cleanses the mistakes or aparadhams

performed after saranagati (even intentionally) as

Prayaschittham. Thus these praises can be buddhi

poorvapaapa prayachittham- enabling Paramapadha

praapthi quicker. Thus they may not mean upAyam.

 

Thirumazhisai Piraan ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan