Guest guest Posted October 31, 2002 Report Share Posted October 31, 2002 Sri Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha SrisailEsa dayA pAthram deebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam Yateendra pravanam vandhE ramyajAmataram munim In the earlier postings we saw that a druptha prapanna is one who surrenders to the divine feet of emperuman, through an acharya and waits for the nirhEduka krupai of bhagavan to flow on him. Mostly all srivaishnavas fall under this category. Then is it that srivaishnavas should sit idle without doing anything? Srivaishnavas after doing prapatti need not do anything to attain the divine abode of emperuman. EmperumAn’s nirheduka krupa alone can fetch us moksha. So what to do till we are in this world? Thondaradipodi alwar says, “vAzhum sOmbhar” (person living lazily). Srivaishnavas are called like this by alwar because even though they live lazily they have the mahavishvasam that perumal will come to rescue them from this world of misery and grant moksha so they are considered to live. But there is one category of people opposite to this. When we say “vAzhum sOmbhar” then there should be a “thAzhum sOmbhar” too. “ThAzhum sOmbhar” (lazy people who get ruined) are those who are neither active in lowkikam nor do they realize the supremacy and soulabhyam of bhagavan and do prapatti towards him. When we say srivaishnavas need not do anything. Is it practically possible for us to just sit in one place without doing anything? No. In reality, the srivaishnavas are very active. They are not active when it comes to protecting or decorating their body and family but they are very active in bhagavat/bhAgavata kainkaryams. When kainkaryam is not the means to attain moksha why should we do any service at all? A mother feeds her kid. Does she do it for the sake of getting anything from the kid as a result? In her old age the boy may even send the mother to an old age home forgetting everything she has done for him. But the mother doesn’t take care of the kid thinking of all these. She does it due to the love, affection and care she has towards her child. Similarly we srivaishnavas do bhagavat/bhAgavata kainkaryam not because it will fetch any wealth in this world for us or for attaining moksha but do service only due to the love and affection we have towards bhagavan who is our permanent bandhu (relative) and the bhAgavatas who are our atma bandhus. We may have to face innumerable problems and hinderances in continuing with the kainkaryam but still we care for them and hence succeed in doing the kainkaryams. So srivaishnavas do kainkaryam not for attaining any result and even the enjoyment due to the kainkaryam is not for us. According to our poorvAcharyas, we are not even supposed to think that the kainkaryam we do to bhagavan fetches us happiness and hence we are doing it. Kainkaryam is only for making emperumAN happy. Kulasekara alwar says, “padiyAi kidanthu vun pavala vAi kAnbEnE” Why? Alwar says, I will remain as a step in front of perumal and due to this service emperuman will get happy and a smile will appear on his lips which alwar wants to see and enjoy. So Srivaishnavas live a different life from that of the other people in this world. Which is the wealth for srivaishnavas? Mamunigal explains in the following paasuram what all he has obtained due to acharya krupai. ”thennarangar seer arulukku elakkAga pettrOm thiruvarangam thirupathiyE eruppAga pettrOm manniya seer mAran kalai vunavAga pettrOm madurakavi sol padiyE nilaiyAga pettrOm munnavarAm nankuravar mozhigal vullappettrOm muzhudhum namakkavai pozhudhupOkkAga pettrOm pinnai ondruthannil nenju pErAmal pettrOm pirarminukkam porAmai ella perumaiyum pettrOmE.” (AP-55) --\ -------- For anyone to live, food, shelter, clothing and entertainment are essential. And for srivaishnavas ……………….. --\ -------- We will enjoy line by line meaning of this paasuram in the next postings and find the answer. (To be continued) Alwar EmperumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai Sumithra Varadarajan Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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