Fw: AchArya Hrdhayam -134

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AchArya Hrdhayam sUthram 221 Contd.

 

The Third Ten

It was seen that the prime quality of the Lord highlighted in this

ten is omni-presence. It was also noted that though He is spread

everywhere, He is not easily pereceptible due to our limited nature

of sensory organs. He is not affected by the defects of the souls or

insentients where He is present.The Lord grants release from cycle of

births to those souls who consider Him as means and end. The initial

grant of physical body was wasted and it distanced one from the Lord

Almighty. This led to a situation where the soul knew only to enter

various births but did not understand how to get release. The

yearning grew for AzhwAr towards the Lord which culminated in the

Lord showing Him His abode and granting it to AzhwAr.

Further,

 

Text: " vUnamil mOksha palamAna mudichOdhi anubhavathAlEA nithya

vasthu nEdu peRRu avachEdhamaRRa adimai seiyya vENdumpadi sarvAthma

bhAvathai pugazhndhu........"

 

 

Summary: In the previous ten AzhwAr desired the brightest mOksham.

What is it actually? Service unto the Lord. AzhwAr cherished the

beauty of the Lord with His divine ornaments. The service mentioned

above was desired by AzhwAr at all places, at all times and at all

states. The Lord who is the Lord displayed His presence in all

states, all places which AzhwAr apprecaited greatly.

 

pAsuram-s:

What is mOksha palam?

To expreince the Lord and do kainkaryam to Him.

 

The Lord is exprienced by AzhwAr by swallowing His adornments etc. in

the first thiru-voi-mozhi of this ten "mudich chOdhi".-- thiru voi

mozhi 3-1.

However, AzhwAr felt that he was not able to do this completely

probably due to the reason that his sensory perceptions etc. were

restricted. The Lord responded that even the nithya sUrigaL were

having this handicap vis-a-vis perceiving the beauty of the Lord.

AzhwAr got consoled to a certain extent which we understand from the

term ---> "nilai pERRu en nenjam pERRadhu nEduyirEA" thiru voi mozhi

3-2-10;

 

The purpose of the soul getting consoled and becoming stabilised is to

do kainkaryam and AzhwAr desired to perform this kainkaryam at all

places, at all times and at all times -blemishless kainkaryam.

"vozhivil kAlam ellAm vudanAi manni vazhuvilA adimai seiyya vENdum nAm" thiru voi mozhi 3-3-1;

 

The Lord displayed His presence in all the states ---the pancha

bUdhangaL, other things, bright and gem stones, demi-gods and other

deities and all other states and things. AzhwAr became ecstasic and

greatly apprecaited Lord Almighty's nature of being perevaded at all

the souls and things. This is described in the thiru voi mozhi

"pugazhu nal oruvan enkO' thiru voi mozhi 3-4.

 

 

 

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan