@Pandya The real meaning of the riddle is "If a Jiva dwells in Samsara, what will it experience and where will it reside." And Nammalwar's answer means "In its natural state it will experience the fruits of Samsara and it will continue to reside in Samsara forever." That is the necessity for Sharanagati.
Yeah. the real answer is " if the Jeeva is a realized soul, it will conte mplate on the Paramatma and will live in this divine consciousness. If not, it will endure the fruits of good and bad Karma that results from its actions born out of sensory perceptions and will remain caught in the cycle of births and deaths."
@KeshavSrinivasan @SreeCharan "the Jeeva is a realized soul, it will contemplate on the Paramatma and will live in this divine consciousness." -- This look the concept of Brahma-Jnana rather than Sharanagati.
Jiva 1. who attains(JIva) 2. Where does he attain or who he attains(Paramatma) 3.Through what means should he attain 4. For what reason he attains 5. What are the obstacles jiva is facing to attain the attained(Paramatma).
In Mahabharata, Shree krishna tells Arjuna to destroy his enemies and brothers. He reminds Arjuna of how draupadi was insulted and everything. He tells that punishing the sinful is the duty of Kshatriyas and it's not sin. If so, can someone take revenge and punish someone who has done some wrong ...
@SreeCharan Like when i stepped out of house, i hurt my little toe, things like that. I nevertheless was determined.
@SreeCharan It was a beautiful scene at the temple
@SreeCharan There was ghoshti chanting of Naalayiram and I got to see his resplendent vigraham upclose after that, and got Chadaari as well as prasadam.
@Pandya Sharanagati is not the only way to Moksha. You can also attain Moksha through Bhakti Yoga, although that's far more difficult.
@Pandya You can read the Vedartha Sangraha here: estudantedavedanta.net/Vedartha-Sangraha.pdf It's the only philosophical work of Ramanujacharya that is not a commentary. So it's similar to the Upadesa Sahasri in that respect.
@Pandya Oh ok. By the way, here is a list of all of Ramanujacharya's (surviving) works: the Sri Bhashya, Bhagavad Gita Bhashya, Vedartha Sangraha, Vedanta Sara, Vedanta Dipa, Sri Ranga Gadyam, Vaikuntha Gadyam, Sharanagati Gadyam, and Nitya Grantham.
@Pandya The Sri Ranga Gadyam, Vaikuntha Gadyam, and Sharanagati Gadyam are three poems that are collectively referred to as the Gadyatrayam.
@Pandya Ramanujacharya only composed three hymns: the Sri Ranga Gadyam, the Sharanagati Gadyam, and the Vaikuntha Gadyam. Collectively they're known as the Gadya Trayam.
@Pandya The only work of Ramanujacharya I haven't read is the Nitya Grantham, which is a text describing the daily activities that Sri Vaishnavas should do.
@Pandya Because I haven't found an English translation.
@Pandya By the way, all of the works I mentioned are in Sanskrit. Ramanujacharya also wrote Tamil works, but they're all lost.
@Pandya The only surviving Tamil words of Ramanujacharya we have are invocatory verses composed by him which are embedded in the Naalayira Divya Prabandham.
@Tezz You may be interested in this chapter of Lalla's Shishyavriddhida Tantra, which is a famous 8th century Hindu astronomical work: http://gdurl.com/JaoM In this chapter Lalla' tries to refutes various "false theories" in astronomy. Most of the theories he refutes are things taken from Hindu scripture, like Rahu swallowing up the Sun and Moon, the Earth being supported on the back of a turtle or serpent, etc.