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Varadarajan Sourirajan • August 29, 2002 


Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
Dear Smt Raji Sridhar,
Yadrichikam means one which is done without any intention to do the same.  The person may not want to do the kainkaryam but it happens by chance when he does someother thing. We, jeevatmas like to do a lot of lowkika vyApArams but when it comes to bhagavat/bhAgavata kainkaryams we run miles away.  But emperuman by his apara karunyam tries to add points to our credit.
For instance, one person was talking about one of his relatives in Srirangam and another in thiruvallikeni.  When the person uttered the names of the divyadesams perumal adds credit to his account saying, "En OOrai sonnAn".  We may call some one whose name is "Parthasarathi" then emperuman adds credit saying, "En Perai sonnan".  We may have a house in thiruvallikeni and one person who has come to go to the temple may leave his slippers in our house or drink some water to quench his thirst, then perumal adds credit saying,"En bhakthanukku odhunga nezhal koduththan".  All these kainkaryams have not been done intentionally knowing that it will add credit but all has happened just by bhagavat krupai.  This is called yadrichika kainkaryam.  Our acharyas say one funny story.  One man was running at the back of his cow to catch it.  Fortunately the cow went round a temple in pradakshinam.  The man also followed.  He didnt have any intention to do pradakshinam of the temple still he did it.  So perumal adds credit. 
When we say emperuman is pakshapadhi it doesnt mean he acts one sided.  Emperuman is actually like a mirror he reflects the intentions of the person who comes in front of him.  A bhakthan(ashridhan) considers perumal to be his refuge and begs for his help and hence perumal comes to his rescue but then a nastikan considers the emperuman inside the temple to be just a stone and hence perumal remains a stone in his case. 
Hope this clears your doubt. 
Alwar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam
Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai
Sumithra Varadarajan
 RAJI SRIDHAR wrote:Pranams

can some one explain me more on this:

"Pakshapathi" 
"yadrichika kainkaryam"

raji sridhar

> save his bhaktha. Sri PVP says, “Ashritha
> vishayaththil pakshapAthiyAghi rakshikkum avan”. 

> perumal asked if he has atleast done any yadrichika
> kainkaryam then alwar says that he has never done




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