Guest guest Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 SrI: Dear Devotee " Ramchellam" : Here is a translation of the ThiruvAimozhi of interest to you , which is the essence of Aathma SamarpaNam based on gaining Svaroopa Jn~Anam by the Bhaddha Jeevan to become Mukta Jeevan : yenathAvuL kalanta perunalludhavik-kaimmARu yeantAvitantozhintEn ini meeLvatenpatuNDE yeantAvi yaaviyum Nee pozhilEzhunDa YenthAi yenathAvi yArr? yaanAr ? tantaNee koNDAkkinayE ThiruvAimozhi: 2.3.4 (Meaning according to Dr.V.N.VedAntha Sesikan Swamy): " I said " Oh Lord, Saviour of all the worlds ! You blended Yourself with my Inner Soul . The resulting experience was all bliss.It is indeed a very great favour . What is the way of my repaying my gratitude ? Yes, I shall surrender my soul to You Yourself . It is hence Yours. I will never recall it ". I then had further thought .It struck me that I did an improper thing. Because I and my soul are His already , for a long time , how can I now surrender to Him something that has been long His ? In fact it is a sin to have thought of my soul as mine to surrender it to Him now. I am now clear on the issue. But then I have a regret . How am I to repay my debt to the Lord for what he has done to me ? Notes: 1) Swamy AlavanthAr echos these thoughts in His magnum opus of StOtra Ratnam;SlOkams 52-53: http://www.sundarasimham.org ( Book 49) 2) For SaraNAgathy tattvams , please also see Book 57 on SaraNAgathy Dheepikai in the same series . 3) PerumAl seytha " perunalludhavi" is His blending Himsef with AzhwAr's inner soul , which is His property anyway . PeruMAL's great upakAram is the blessing of Seshatva Jn~Anam and Kalavi with " AzhwAr's soul " , which is eternally His anyway . 4) PeriyavAcchAn PiLLai's commentary is quoted here : " SamsAra BheethiyAlE AatmAvai samarppikkayum , svaroopatthin uNmai nilai aRinta Jn~AnattAlE anusayikkayum , iraNDumE Moksham pOhum varai nadattha vENDiyathu" ( Untill the time of ascent to Sri VaikunTham by a Prapannan , it is essential to perform these two acts: (1) Aatma SamarpaNam from fear of SamsAric terror and (2) reflection on the Soul being always the Lord's Iswaryam as a result of gaining Svaroopa Jn~Anam from a clear undertanding of the Moola antram . PerumAL blessed the AzhwAr with Seshatva Jn~Anam ( tanthu Nee KoNDAkkinayE) . 5) " (samsAra) brAntiyil ( fear) AatmAvai samarpikkayum , pinn pacchAtApappadavum seyya vENum " Yeedu SrI Sookthi . - ramchellam Friday, February 06, 2009 3:17 PM ThiruvAymozhi 2.3.4 Could one of the esteemed members kindly post the translation of thethe above verse for our benefit please?Adiyen, Ramanuja Dasan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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