AchArya Hrhdayam 136

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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. 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 of the one and all displayed His presence in all states, all

places which AzhwAr apprecaited greatly. : After having enjoyed the

Almighty's prsence in everything, AzhwAr became very mirthful which

trsnposed into AzhwAr appreciating the LOrd through deeds, words,

mind and so on. This led to a state where AzhwAr subservience did

not just stop with the Lord but extended towards His devotees. The

service not just to Him but to His devotees, the shEshathvam not just

to Him but to His devotees is the ultimate, which AzhwAr's mind

culminated into.

Further,

 

Text: "A. pai koL pAmbu pOlEa indhriya vruthi niyamamaRa B.pAda

vandha kaviyanRikkEA padaithAn kavi slogakkruthAi............"

 

Summary: A. The Lord Almighty's bed is thiru ananthAzhwAn whose eyes

also perform the role of ears. Likewise, AzhwAr also desires that

these mixed roles to enable him to experience the Lord's beauty.

AzhwAr wants to perform the role of deeds by his mind, role of hand

by his mind, role of eyes by his hands, role of ears by his eyes thus

overshooting the determined roles of the organs.

B. AzhwAr is not just creator of poems/psAlms to sing praise of

mortals. He is the royal poet of the Lord Almighty. The Lord Almighty

has created all this world. AzhwAr is His poet-padaithAn kavi.

 

pAsuram-s: A.Desire of AzhwAr to exprience the Lord

"pai kOL pAmbu yEaRi vuRai paranEa"----------> thiru voi mozhi

3-8-4;-----------> The bed of the Lord is thiru ananthAzhwAn.

"nenjamE nEL nagarAga irundha en thanjanEA"---> thiru voi mozhi

3-8-2---> the role of mind is desired by the words.

"vAsagamEa yEatha aruL seiyyum vAnavar tham"----> thiru voi mozhi

3-8-3---> the role of words is desired by the hands.

"kaigaLAl ARA thozhudhu thozhudhu vunnai.."------> thiru voi mozhi

3-8=4----> the role of hands is desired by the eyes.

"kaNgaLAl kANa varungol enRAsaiyAl...." ---------> thiru voi mozhi

3-8-5----> the role of eyes is desired by the ears.

Thus each sensory organs desire the effect of others to

experience the Lord Almighty.

B. Whose Poet is AzhwAr?

"vAi koNdu mAnidam pAda vandha kaviyEAn allEAn"---> thiru voi mozhi

3-9-9---> "I am not an ordinary poet singing praise of mortals. I

sing in praise of the Lord" AzhwAr.

 

"onRi onRi vulagam padaithAn kavi"-------> thiru voi mozhi

3-9-10------> " I am the Royal Poet of the Lord Almighty who created

this world repeatedly for the welfare of the souls" AzhwAr.

 

(to be continued)

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(to be continued)

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