AchArya Hrdhyam 138

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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. 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. 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. : AzhwAr does not have

any disappointment with regard to the exprience with the Lord

Almighty. There is not even an iota of displeasure or despair in

AzhwAr's mind after experience with the Almighty. There is no grief

as AzhwAr had approached Him as natural Almighty-vagutha shEshi.

There is no discomfort beacuase the experience is here in this

world-lElA vibhUthi. Thus, AzhwAr had reached the level of pinnacle

of joy equal to joy as experienced by the mukthar-s in that world by

AzhwAr in this world. All this has been expressed by AzhwAr himself

in the thiru-voi-mozhi "sanmam pala pala seidhu"--3-10.

This Great LOrd is very easily accessible. The accessiblity is so

simple when compared to even the saulabhyam mentioned in the 3rd

thiru-voi-mozhi of the first ten-eLIvarum iyalvinan. The simplicity

mentioned there becames as big as parathvam when compared to the

simplicity as mentined in this thiru-voi-mozhi 3-6 "seiyya thAmaraik

kaNNanAi". The emphasis here is that the Lord is easily accessible,

very easily accessible and in fact most easily accessible.

 

 

Further,

 

Text: "A. avanAgum saulabya kAshtaiaik kAtti, vazhiayith tharumavan

niRka izhiyak karudhuvadhu ennAvadhu, vENdiRRu ellAm tharum,

thannAgavEa koLLUm, kavi solla vammin enRu....B. mukthaiswaryathai

munnittu, swavvrithiyai mARRi swavruthiyil mUttugiRAR mUnRam

pathilEA....."

 

Summary: A.The Lord thus becomes the easiest accessible one. The form

you think, He takes that form. He is the one who shows us the path

that lead to the srEvaikuNtam- archirAdhi mArgam. Despite this fact,

the souls are singing praise of earthly mortals. He is the one who

can grant all that is desired. Hence, stop singing ordinary mortals

and "come on! sing in praise of the Lord which is our natural deed"

is AzhwAr's call to the fellow souls.

B. Thus, the experience of the Lord, Reaching Him and getting a state

of equity with Him -SamyA mOksham- are the real wealth.Therefore,

serving others are proscribed and naturally serving unto HIm is

prescribed by AzhwAr in this Third Ten.

 

pAsuram-s: Do not serve ordinary mortals. Sing in praise of the Lord

Almighty who is capable of granting all your desires . This is spelt

out in detail in the thiru-voi-mozhi "sonnAl virOdham idhu" 3-9.

 

"vazhiaith tharumavan niRka , izhiyak karudhuvadhu"--thiru voi mozhi

3-9-3 ---> He is the one who can grant the path of salvation.

archirAdhi mArgam. Do not try to think of lower things.

"izhiyak karudhi Or mAnidam pAdal ennAvadhu"------thiru voi mozhi

3-9-3 -----> Singing in praise of ordinary mortals will lead you

to nowhere.

"vENdiRRu ellAm tharum"-------thiru voi mozhi 3-9- 5 ------->

He will grant all your desires.

"en vaLLal maNi vaNNan thammai kavi solla vammin" --thiru voi mozhi 3-9-5.

 

(to be continued)

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