AchArya Hrdhayam 118

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AchArya Hrdhayam 118

 

SUthram 219 Contd.

It was seen that the Lord out of His grace graced AzhwAr and settled down in Him.

Further,

TEXT:

“a.……sudar adi, empirAnai vidAdhu kaNdAi nEyum

nAnum engiRa sahrudhayAnubhavam samsArikkumpadi..”

b.’..vEdumin enRu thyAjyOpAdhEya, dhOsha guNa parithyAga

samarpaNa kramathai salampana mandhramAga upadhEsithu’

Summary:a. Realising the great grant from the Lord, AzhwAr becomes

ecstasic and appreciates his mind for having heeded to the

Lord’s beckoning, for having turned against the world’s

materialistic and other compelling factors, for attracting

AzhwAr’s into the Lord’s vision even when AzhwAr wanted

to drift off –considering that he is not fit enough to receive

the Lord’s mercy. Hence, the aim should be to do service unto

His divine feet and thrive.

b. Having said this, AzhwAr noticed that fellow souls in the world

were revolving in the cycle of births. Hence, out of sympathy he

prescribed the do s and don ts for them. He underlined the temporary

aspects of the life and the eternal and the greatness of the Lord

thus highlighting that these materialistic aspects of the life have

to be withered off and the Lord has to be approached /surrender to

Him is the prescription.

The pAsuram-s which point to these events.

a.

‘sudar adi thozhudhEzhEn mananEa’ --à Surrender unto His feet and serve Him (1-3-10)

‘em pirAnai thozhAi mada nenjamEa’ à Worhsip the Lord

who has helped us ( 1-7-3)

‘nenjamEa! nallai,nallai, -malarAL maNavALanai thunjum pOdhu

vidAdhu thodar kaNdAi’àOh! Mind it is good that you did not

leave the Lord even when there was hesitation on my part.(1-10-4)

‘kaNdAyEa nenjamE karumangaL vAikkinRu’à ‘Oh! mind

Lo! The Grace has surrounded us, without any reason whatsoever. What

an occurrence.( 1-10-5);

‘nEyum nAnum innEAr niRkil maRRor, nOyum sAr kodAn nenjamEa

sonnEan’( 1-10-6). Having reached this postion, oh! mind, the

Lord will never allow us to even contemplate on any other

materialstic ends or any other means of attaining Him. This disease

will not afflict us.

b.

‘vEdumin muRRavum’ –1-2-1à ‘oh!the people of

this world, leave everything and surrender unto Him…

The ten pAsuram-s including ‘minnin nilaiyila’ informing

that this life is temporary like a bubble,

‘nEr numadhu ‘ the ego-s have to be shed off- detail the

defects in this world and the aspects surrounded.

Hence, surrender unto Him. He has great auspicious qualities

–ellaiyil annalam-saulabhyam-

Thus AzhwAr prescribes the samsAri-s to leave off everything –as

they have inherent defects- and lay themselves unto the divine feet of

the Lord who has auspicious qualities by preaching them

thirumandhiram.

“van-pugazh nAraNan thiNkazhal sEArEa” is the ultimate punch.

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan