Thirucchandhaviruttham- 88th verse- why should a beggar go begging to other beggar?

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

Those demi gods pray to You not for show off or for

pretending. It is their sincere prayer and devotion at

Your feet for getting what they are seeking from You;

They pray and beg You their needs and wants to get

their worries and sorrows removed. How can I go and

beg them and why should a beggar go to other beggar?

na hi bikshukO bikshukAntharam yaChathE

 

AzhwAr describes here:

 

veLLaivElai veRpun^aatti

veLLeyiRRa raavaLaay,

aLLalaakka dainthavanRa

ruvaraikko raamaiyaay,

uLLan^OykaL theermarunthu

vaanavarkka Liththa,em

vaLLalaarai yanRimaRRor,

theyvamn^aanma thippanE? (88)

The One-who, when churning the huge manthara mountain

with [whitish toothed] Vaasuki snake as the rope for

churning the white milky ocean stirring the same

upside down, took huge unparalleled Tortoise [Koorma]

avathAram to hold the tumbling manthara mountain and

to stay course; and to grant Devas the nectar -

amudham to cleanse the sin of Sage Durvaasa and to

remove the troubles of asurAs and stribute to them the

entire amirdham;

Such most merciful, most compassionate - taking such

troubles holding the moutain, letting His own milky

ocean being churned and in all granting what came out

to Devas, distributing them without actually giving

the same to asurAs.

 

ParamOdhAran; - My swami- My Master; - But for Such

Greatest You- whill I ever bow down to others?

[Never].

 

Keeping the moutain itself is task. He did it; Holding

it with His Hands- He did it; It started tilting and

tumbling;

 

It is He again who took Tortoise form and held the

mountain on His Top taking all weight on His back

[what a dayA! What a sowlabhyam! ] and churning- It is

he who helped with His black tresses moving here and

there falling on His Forehead so gracefully; And

granted the fruits that came out- i.e. Amirdham to

devas by distributing (cheating asuRAs by taking

mOhini avathAram) it is He who did that too.

Everything he had to do and so called other " gods " -

what were they doing? They were standing powerless-

weak and did not even wish to share what they had with

others [asurAs]. Such greatest vaathsalya swraUpi -

[personifcation of vaathsalyam] is You! Knowing fully

well that they can get anything from You including the

medicine to get rid of the cruel disease of further

births, did they become desirers [mukukshus] of

mOksham? Not yet. We - who are ParamaikAnthins- those

who are devoted to the Lord Sriman Narayanan alone and

none else- and only with the desire to get mOksham

[eternal service at Your feet at Paramapadham]- when

seeing materliastic desirers [kaamis] we need to stay

away and not associate ourselves with them " yooyam

yooyam vayam vayam " . That is acceptable to Saasthram

and to our Sampradayam. You are vaLLal. em vaLLal-

Benefactor- ParamOdhAran; mOksha pradhan; muktha

prApyan- Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan.

 

You are such a udhAran that You cxall Your ardent

devotees as udhAran (vaLLal- benefactor) and consider

those devotees as Your indweller (in Your heart).

udhArassarva yEvaithE. As if They have granted You

something you praise them. When someone takes some

wealth from us and them multiply that and they gift to

others, we can also call them as vaLLal. But doe He

get something from them? He calls them as udhArars. He

is such Greatest vaLLal. His kalyANa guNa is that.

Sarvaphala pradhan is He. They actually receive Your

blessings and You consider them as if They grant You

[Yes, They Grant You the names- mOksha pradhan;

ParamOdhAran; Sarva sEshI- Master of all].

 

Thirumazhisai Piraan ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

regards

namo narayana

dAsan