AchArya Hrdhayam 121

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AchArya Hrdhayam 219 contd.

 

The Lord graced AzhwAr by His voluntary Grace and settled in Azhwar's

mind. AzhwAr appreciated his mind for this and cherished the

qualities of the Lord. He started counselling the fellow souls

regarding the do-s and dont-s and gave thirumandhiram's essential

elements to them. The Lord is easily accessible. He condones our

mistakes. He mixes with us freely. He does not expect anything big in

return. He himself is the remedy for the births and re-births.

 

 

 

Further,

 

"..i..nEr puraiyath thannai niyamithu;ii. bhOgathai sAthmipithu;

iii.bhakthi kananaigaLukkuokka varumavanudaiya sEvaikku.."

 

Summary: i. Though, the Lord mixes with us freely, He does not expect

the souls to act as per His wishes. Hence, He lowers Himself for

practically whatever is expected of the souls.

 

ii.The soul cannot withstand the sudden joy and experience if they are

granted at one go. Hence, the experience is given gradually.

iii. The Lord does not expect too much bhakthi. Even by coincidence or

without intention if one calls Him the Lord is ready to come towards

the soul. Even when the number 26 the Lord thinks "Oh! I am being

called. Let Me go" 26 being the 26th thathvam.Thus, the Lord makes

Himself suitable for even such accidental/intentional/coincidental

invocations.

 

The relevant pAsuram-s:

i."nEr purai vaNnan" 1-8-11---> the eighth padhigam---> Instead of the

souls raising to the level of the Lord while mixing with Him, the Lord

is flexible and makes equates Himslef with them while mixing with

them---> Arjva guNam.

 

ii."ennudaich chUzahl vuLAn to vuchiyuLLEA" 1-9-1--> the ninth

padhigam---> Granting joy and experience gradually to enable the soul

to withstand this.

 

iii. " eNNilum varum en ini vENduvam"1-10-2;-the tenth padhigam.--> He

makes Himself available even on samll excuses.

 

 

Thus, the ten padhigam of first pathu in thiru-voi-mozhi is explained.

 

(to be continued )

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