AchArya Hrdhayam 105

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AchArya Hrdhayam 211 contd.

 

In the previous posts, we dealt with iRai nilai, vuyir nilai and

thadai. That is, the nature of the Lord, the nature of the soul and

the hassles in attaining Him.

 

The means of attaining Him are spelt out by AzhwAr in "nORRA nAlum"

 

1.nORRa nOnbu ilEan: the thiru voi mozhi "nORRa nOnbilEan" detailing

on the means of attaining Him culminating in the pAsuram "ARenakku

nin pAdhamE charaN Agath thandhozhindhAi" 5-7-10; spelling out that

the divine feet of the Lord is the way to attain HIm without any

quid-pro-quo.

 

and the three thiru voi mozhi-s following this:

 

2. ARA amudhEA: 5-8 ;mentioning "kaLaivAi thunbam kaLaiyAdhozhivAi"

and 'kazhalgaL avaiyE charaNAgath thandhozhindha" 5-8-11 spelling out

the the Lord has given His feet as the resort to AzhwAr.

 

3. mAnEi nOkku nallEr: 5-9; mentioning nam-perumAn adimEal shEmam koL

then kurughUrch satakOpan, reflecting AzhwAr taking refuge in the

Lord's divine feet.

 

4. piRandhavARum: 5-10; declaring nAganai misai nampirAn charanE

charaN namakku" 5-10-11 proclaiming that the Lord's divine feet is

the only refuge to us.

 

thus in the aformentioned four successive thiru voi mozhi-s AzhwAr

lists out the only means - the Lord - His feet.

 

vanamamalai padmanabhan