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Full Series<\/a><\/p>\n << Previous<\/a><\/p>\n SlOkam 21<\/b> \u2013 ALavandhAr<\/a> meditates upon the greatness of bhagavAn who is the refuge. Also explained as \u2013 Having previously explained the nature of the goal, here the nature of the person who pursues that goal is explained. Another explanation \u2013 Having previously explained the nature of bhagavAn, the refuge, here he highlights the nature of SaraNAgathi (the process of surrender) which is going to be explained subsequently.<\/p>\n namO namO vAngmanasAthibhUmayE My namaskAram, namaskAram (salutations! salutations!) to you who are beyond the reach of the speech and mind (of those who try to know you by their own efforts); my namaskAram to you who are within the reach of the speech and mind (of those who have known you, by your grace); my namaskAram to you who have boundless great wealth; my namaskAram to you who are an ocean of mercy.<\/p>\n slOkam 22<\/b> \u2013 ALavandhAr declaring his qualification, engages in prapaththi (surrender) which came about [in previous pAsuram]. This SlOkam can also be explained as practicing the means which is apt for the goal which was explained previously.<\/p>\n na dharmanishtO\u2019smi na chAthmavEdhI Oh my lord who is apt to be surrendered to! I am not firm on karma yOgam: I do not have the knowledge about the self; I do not have bhakthi (devotion) at your divine lotus feet; I who am having having no other means and no other refuge, firmly accept your divine lotus feet as the means.<\/p>\n slOkam 23<\/b> \u2013 When bhagavAn<\/a> opines \u201cDon\u2019t worry that you don\u2019t have anything favourable towards me; as long as you don\u2019t have prohibited practices which will destroy the qualifications you may have earned, I will create virtues in you and will bestow the goal too\u201d, ALavandhAr<\/a> says \u201cI am complete with unfavourable aspects\u201d.<\/p>\n na nindhitham karma thadhasthi lOkE Oh lord who bestows liberation! Those prohibited actions which were not performed by me thousands of times, are not present even in SAsthram [world indicates SAsthram which conducts the world]; right now, when [such actions] culminate into results, I am crying in front of your highness, due to having no other refuge.<\/p>\n SlOkam 24<\/b> \u2013 ALavandhAr calls out to emperumAn saying \u201cyour grace is the only refuge for me\u201d; ALavandhAr says \u201cLike it is a great fortune for me to attain you, for your grace too, I am an apt gain\u201d.<\/p>\n nimajjathO\u2019nanthabhavArNavAntha: Oh my lord who is not limited (by place, time and entities)! You came like a shore to me who is submerged for a very long time in the ocean of samsAram; oh bhagavAn<\/a>! Now, to your grace too, I am attained as an apt recipient.<\/p>\n SlOkam 25<\/b> \u2013 emperumAn<\/a> asks \u201cWhen you have fully placed your responsibilities on me, your nature should be as said in SrI rAmAyaNam sundhara kANdam 9.30 \u201c\u2026 thath thasya sadhruSam bhavEth\u201c (SrI rAma himself destroying lankA and rescuing me is that which will fit his nature \u2013 so I will wait for his arrival); this being the case, why are you insisting upon me to help you now?\u201d ALavandhAr<\/a> replies \u201cI am not asking\u00a0 you to remove my tragedy; when your devotees suffer in this world, it is a blemish for the glory of your highness; so, I request you to remove that\u201d.<\/p>\n abhUthapUrvam mama bhAvi kim vA Oh my lord! What new grief is going to occur to me which has not occurred previously? I am tolerating all these sorrows; sorrows are born along with me; but for those who are surrendered unto you, an insult in the presence of your highness, does not fit your stature.<\/p>\n slOkam 26<\/b> \u2013 ALavandhAr<\/a> says \u201cEven when you abandon me disregarding the adverse impact on your own greatness, I will not give up on you\u201d and manifests his mahA viSvAsam (unshakeable faith) which is a result of his agathithva (lack of any other refuge).<\/p>\n nirAsakasyApi na thAvadhuthsahE Oh sarvESvara (lord of all)! Even (if you) pushed (me) aside, I will not dare to let go of your divine lotus feet; [just like, even] if a nursing baby was pushed away (by the mother) out of anger, [the baby] would never like to leave the mother\u2019s feet.<\/p>\n SlOkam 27<\/b> \u2013 ALavandhAr<\/a> says \u201cIs it only my ananya gathithva (lack of any other refuge) which makes me never leave you? My mind which is drowned in your enjoyable nature, will not seek anything else\u201d.<\/p>\n thavAmruthasyandhini pAdhapankajE How will my mind which is placed (by your grace) at your divine lotus foot generating abundance of nectar, desire for anything else? When reddish lotus flower filled with honey is present, will a bee even see a grass flower?<\/p>\n SlOkam 28<\/b> \u2013 ALavandhAr asks \u201dIs an anjali (joining the palms and praying) not sufficient for you to help me?\u201d.<\/p>\n thvadhanghrimudhdhiSya kadhA\u2019pi kEnachith If an anjali (joining the palms [indicating physical surrender]) is performed by any one at any time in any manner, immediately that removes the sins without a trace; nurtures auspicious aspects;\u00a0 [such auspiciousness] never diminishes.<\/p>\n SlOkam 29<\/b> \u2013 This SlOkam indicates mAnasIka prapaththi (mental surrender). Alternatively \u2013 it can also be said that parabhakthi which is the result of the surrender is explained in SlOkam 28 \u201cthvadhangrimudhdhisya\u201d and SlOkam 29 \u201cudhIrNa\u201c.<\/p>\n udhIrNasamsAradhavASuSukhsaNim A droplet in the ocean of love for your two reddish divine lotus feet extinguishes the fiercely burning forest fire of samsAram (material bondage) within a moment and gives superior bliss too.<\/p>\n SlOkam 30<\/b> \u2013 As ALavandhAr<\/a> has accepted sidhdhOpAyam (established means, i.e., bhagavAn<\/a>) which bestows the result without any delay, unable to wait for the attainment of the result, being\u00a0 incited by the thvarA (urge), ALavandhAr says as in thiruvAimozhi 6.9.9 \u201ckUvik koLLum kAlam innam kuRugAdhO\u201d (Will the day of reaching you not be soon?). Also explained as \u2013 Due to parabhakthi which is the result of prapaththi (surrender), ALavandhAr is asking as to when he will see [the divine feet of emperumAn<\/a>] as said in thiruvAimozhi 6.3.10 \u201ckanaikazhal kANbadhenRukol kaNgaL\u201d (when will my eyes see the divine feet of emperumAn?) and in thiruvAimozhi 9.5.1\u2033kANak karudhum en kaNNE\u201d (my eye desires to see).<\/p>\n vilAsavikrAnthaparAvarAlayam When will I see with my eyes your divine lotus foot which is my wealth and which spends its time owning the abodes of the celestial\/superior dhEvas and the inferior humans, who were sportingly measured and \u2013 in the matter of eliminating the sorrows of those who worshipped it?<\/p>\n adiyen sarathy ramanuja dasan<\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Previous SlOkam 21 \u2013 ALavandhAr meditates upon the greatness of bhagavAn who is the refuge. 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