суббота, 8 февраля 2014 г.

KALAKSHEPA VIRODHI


KALAKSHEPA VIRODHI. THE OBSTACLES IN THIS HEAD ARE:  

being overcome by Tamoguna, dozing off  half  the time; 

if awake, spending time by thinking of other peoples' tribulations; 

spending time craving for mingling with spear-eyed  (velkannaar) girls; 

spending time without craving for the sight of the feet of the dark-bodied (kariyaan kazhal kaana) God;

spending time doing itineraries and schedules suiting one's varna or caste; 

not passing time with the chanting of Dwaya; 

spending time by praying to other gods; 

not spending time by worshipping the God; 

passing time by studying ordinary common scriptures;  

not spending time by listening to and meditating upon special scriptures dealing with the God; 

spending time by following various strategies for earning which result in tribulations and disaster;  

not spending time for following strategies for  redeeming the soul; 

passing time by causing nuisance to others; 

not spending time by obliging  others; 

passing all time eating others' food alone; 

passing time indulging in one's own food; 

passing time being subservient to other women and owing to that, not showing interest in one's wife; 

spending time by stealing other's articles only; 

passing time without being able to spend one's own articles; 

spending time with chess and betting; 

not spending time by writing, reading listening, bowing  and  worshipping the philosophical aspects; 

spending time without one's own house; 

spending time gardening and doing  other activities for the sake of one's own livelihood; 

not spending time by tending and caring  a  garden for the sake of Acharya's service; 

spending time for protecting one's own family;  

not spending time for  protecting Acharyan's family;  

spending time tending one's own physical needs; 

not spending time guarding the physical frame of Acharyan; 

spending time bathing oneself alone; 

not spending time helping and serving srivaishnavas to bathe etc; 

spending time feeding oneself with milk, pudding etc; 

not feeding srivaishnavas with ghee- rice -milk- pudding etc; 

spending time tending oneself wearing good dress and flowers and smearing sandal paste and enjoying; 

not spending time by adorning God with flowers sandal pastes and perfumes, silken robes etc;  

spending time watching mean quality dances; 

not visualising the dance of God (maayakkootthu) and passing time; 

wasting time telling dirty jokes and poems; 

not passing time telling divyaprabandham; 

wasting time merely going in search of visiting  punyateerthas and wearing the feet out; 

not spending time going in search of the sripaadateerthams of srivaishnavas;  

spending time merely going in search of punyakshetras; 

not spending time going in search divyakshetras to visit God; 

spending time in poetry and drama; 

not spending time perusing the God's ballad SriRamayanam; 

spending time merely with  itihasas and puranas; 

not spending time perusing the outpourings of Alwars (Aruli Ccheyals);  

spending time studying other darsanas or philosophies which are the hypothesis or purva paksha;  

not spending time with a deep study of one's own darsana or the established philosophy; 

spending time in mere service to God;  

not spending time in the service of a good Acharyan.

FROM "Virodhi Parihaarangal or Removal of Obstacles" 
related by Udaiyavar Ramanujar to 
SriVangipurattuNambi