Guest guest Posted February 14, 2002 Report Share Posted February 14, 2002 At 11:30 PM 2/13/02 -0600, you wrote: sri: srimathe ramanujaya namaha > >Dear Members, > >What is the difference if any between The tamil word Arul and Samkrutham word Daya. It is my understanding that Arul(light) is the solution from Irul(darkness). Sometime back Srimad Azhagiya Singar had written about Arul. I wish to know more about that. Add to it, how the Arul(Grace) as present in the Tamil Vedam different from Daya? > >Thanks in advance,> >Regards,Malolan Cadambi Dear SrI Malolan Cadambi: As always , you ask some intutive questions. There are three parts to your question: 1.What is the difference between "AruL' and "Daya" as these words are used in two languages? 2. Is there a connection between "IruL " and "AruL"? 3. How is "AruL"(grace) treated in the Dhivya prabhandhams ? I am not able to connect to the article by HH Srimath Azhagiya Singar . I will make an attempt to answer without the benefit of that authentic and authoritative source. Any one familiar with that article is requested to locate it and summarize the content .Thanks in advance. (1)In taking the second question first , the "IruL " (darkness ) of nescience , viparItha Jn~Anam is banished by the "AruL" ( Light ) of the Param JyOthi (Bhagavan). " Sriya: Pathi oruvanE namakku RakshaNam " yenru aRiyAmal iruppathu "IruL" ( Not knowing that Sriman NaarAyaNan is our sole protection is darkness). " Avanai adaya namakku Bhakthiyum , Prapatthiyum neRigaL yenRu kAttuhirathu Hitham . appaDi ohr upAyatthai kai koNDAl , namakku PurushArthamAna Moksham Kidaikkum" ( To overcome this darkness and to be blessed by this Supreme JyOthi (DhIpa prakAsan ) , Hitham shows the disciplines are Bhakthi and Prapathti Yogams). There are multitudes of PramANams among Veda Manthrams, Tamil Paasurams of ALwArs and AchArya SthOthra granthams. If IruL is equated to "Tamas", then the apt Vedic prayer is "TamasOr --JyOthir Gamaya" .This travel from "IruL " to "AruL" ( Darkrness of SamsAram to the JyOthi of SrI Vaikuntam ) is described by Swamy Desikan in AbhIthi Sthavam as " ThriguNa langhanam". (2) The word "AruL" used in Saiva SiddhAntham has special connotations (ThiruArutppA =Thiru AruL Paa). The general use however of the term "AruL'-- as you indicated already-- is grace . It also means boon (special fruit of that grace ). Avan AruLAl Avan ThALL paRRInOm ( With His AruL, He leads us to a SadAchAryan , who makes it possible for us to seek the Thiruvadi of the Lord as our protection through SaraNAgathi). DayA , the Sanskrit word is more powerful and evocative than the Tamil word "AruL " in my opinion. DayA of the Lord is celebrated as DayA Devi by Swamy Desikan . There are treasures of insight on the DayA guNam of the Lord and the DayA Tatthvam of Sriman NaarAyaNan standing as Kaliyuga Varadhan on top of the Seven Hills. That brings us to the subject of the One who has the incomparable, magnificent, limitless and immeasuarable grace : Lord VaradarAjan saluted with the revelatory ThirunAmam of "PEraruLALan ". SrI VaradarAja Sthavam of KurEsar , SrI VaradarAja PanchAsath , Hasthigiri MahAthmyam and many other SrI Sookthis of Swamy Desikan salute and attest to this "PEr AruLALa Tatthvam " of Lord VaradarAjan .He is the "Abhaya dhAna nithya Vrathi". In AbhIthi Sthavam , Swamy States: Tava kamapi GuNam vEtthi vaa kadhAchana kudascchana kvachana tasya na syAth Bhayam Oh Lord of limitless auspicious GuNAs ! whoever who sings about Your glories with his/her mouth, or prostrates before You or performs pradakshiNam or reflects on one of your limitless kalyANa guNams has no fear whatsoever from "IruL " of SamsAram from anywhere at any time . This guNam integrating all other guNams of the Lord and surpassing them is His DayA GuNam.Swamy desikan will go on to extoll that special guNam thru 100 plus slOkams of DayA sathakam . When one sings DayA Sathakam in ThiruvEngadamudayAn's sannidhi even once in one's life time is a truly blessed soul and becomes the immediate object of Sriman NaarAyaNan's DayA . There are postings on DayA Sathakam by Sriman MuraLi RangaswAmi and myself in Sri VenkatEsa Home pages created by Sri Haresh Balasubramanyan of Singapore . 3) Treatment of "AruL " in Dhivya prabhandham is a vast subject . Everywhere , there is the celebration of the AruL or Dayaa of the Lord and prayers to be beneficiaries of that DayA and upadEsams as how to gain that fruit of Daya for enjoying Moksha Sukham. I will cover thes topics in future postings . In summary , AruL is the Lord's grace and the feeling state behind that special grace of the Lord is DayA and is personified as DayA Devi.HH Srimath PoundarIkapuram Andavan has elaborated on DayA Devi and Her connection to SapthagirIsan in five casettes full of UpadEsams. Thanks for asking such a deep question , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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