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 -
