sowhartham

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Sowhaartham

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In this continuing series of twelve posts, twelve of the

many guNaas that are innate to Brahman is discussed

with illustrations from aazhvaar paasurams. These

twelve guNaas demonstrate God's eternal love for us

jeevaathmaas. They are sowseelyam, vaathsalyam,

maardhavam, aarjavam, sowhaartham, saamyam,

kaaruNyam, maadhuryam, gaambeeryam, owdhaaryam,

chaathuryam, and sthairyam. The subject of this post is

sowhartham.

 

sowhartham: desiring only the best for all

(anaivarukkum nanmai thara virumbugai)

 

 

In srimad bhagavath geethai our Lord hints at this

quality with "SuHrudham Sarvaboothaan^aam," (geethai

5.29). Nammaazhvaar presents the same sentiment in

thiru vaaymozhi 1.5.3 with "ellaa evvuyirkkum

thaayOn" (mother for all and every life.) With this

aazhvaar is actually pointing out His sowhartham to all

of us. Given below is the entire paasuram.

 

maayO NnigaLaay nadaikaRRa

vaanOr palarum munivarum

'neeyO NnigaLaip padai' enRu

niRain^aan mukanaip padaiththavan

sEyO Nnellaa aRivukkum;

thisaika Lellaam thiruvadiyaal

thaayOn ellaa evvuyirkkum

thaayOn thaanO ruruvanE.

 

-- thiruvaay mozhi 1.5.3

 

"O! Lord, you created the four headed brahma; you then

gave him the needed powers, and commanded him to create

the celestial Gods like indhiran, agni vaayoo, etc.,

the saptha rishis , nithya soorigaL, and all other creatures

of this universe; you are beyond the reach of intellect;

you spanned all the worlds with your divine feet

(vaamanaavadhaaram); you are the mother of all beings,

great and small; you are eternal.

 

maayOnigaLaay = the exalted,

nadaikaRRa = accomplished,

vaanOr palarum = indhiran, etc., etc.

munivarum = saptha rishis,

yOnigaL = worldly beings

sEyOn ella aRivikkum = transcends intellect

Or oruvan = eternal (Lord)

thaayOn = span

thaayOn = mother

 

In this paasuram our Lord's sowseelyam (covered earlier)

is also apparent with "ellaa evvuyir." The Lord does not

make any distinction among the creatures. As the Mother

he wishes only the best for all creatures, great and small,

without distinction.

 

..... to be continued

 

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This and other posts to follow in this subject are based

on the aruL mozhigaL of the 45th azhagiya singar of sri

aHObila madam, sri vaN satakOpa sri naaraayaNa

yatheendhra mahaa dEsikan, published in sri nrusimhap

priyaa starting with bava varusham, chitthirai maasam,

(April 1994), and commentaries of aazhvaar

prabhandams published by The Visishtadvaita Pracharini

Sabha, 27, Venkatesa Agraharam, Mylapore, Madras,

600 004.

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Dileepan's mail indicates that

 

Nitya suris were created by bramha.

 

This seems to be against visistadvaita theory. Nitya suris were always there

and never were created like the rest. Dont mistake that all jeevas are

eternal and never were created but they underwent bondage. Nitya suris

on the other hand never had any bondage or "ajnana" (ignorance)

 

krishna