AchArya Hrdhayam 146

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AchArya Hrdhayam sUthram 222 contd.

The Fourth Ten -Contd.

A."Adu kaL iRaichi karunchenjORAgiRa nindhyangaLAlEa iLan dheivathukku

izhaithAdum nahinEnadhaiaiyum.."

B. " pEAsa ninRa dhEvathA angnAna asakthi sAbEshathvAdhigaLaiyum.."

 

Summary:A. The nature of worshipping smaller deities with lower

practices like offering these with undesied things, liquour, meat

etc. is strongly denounced by AzhwAr. The practice, practising

methods and practising though these priests are discouraged. This is

explained in the "thErpArai yAm ini" thiru voi mozhi 4-6;

 

B. The deities like brahmA and shivA do not understand the misery

which befall them but have to approach the Lord Almightty to get

relief from their miseries. These highlight the fact that they are

not capable to ward off their evils and are also subject to kArmic

effects. This is elaborated in detail in the "onRum dhEAvum" thiru

voi mozhi 4-10.

 

 

pAsuram-s: A. In the thErpArai thiru voi mozhi (4-6) the practice of

appeasing other deities is denounced.

 

"angu Or Adum kaLLum"----> thiru voi mozhi 4-6-7---> Approaching

deities with undesired things, liquour etc. is denounced.

"angu Or kaLLum iRaichiyum---> thiru voi mozhi 4-6-3---> Appeasing

these with liquor and meat is a thing which is to be abhorred.

"karunjORum maRRai senjORum"---> thiru voi mozhi 4-6-4--> Offering

food which are rAjasic and thAmasic nature to these is strictly to be

avoided.

"nEr aNangAdu iLandheivam"--> thiru voi mozhi 4-6-2-->Approaching

these deities with sacrifices is..

"nEraNangAdudhal kEzhmaiyEa"---> thiru voi mozhi 4-6-8--> Approaching

these deities is in itself is a lower nature is declared by swAmi

nam-AzhwAr.

Then How should one be.

"vunnithu maRRoru dheivam thozhAL"--thiru voi mozhi 4-6-10--> The only

one to be worshipped is the Lord Almighty.

 

B. In the "onRum dhEavum" thiru voi mozhi (4-10) the Lord being the

creator of one and all is emphasised.

"The deities whom are approached by you are themselves created by The

Lord Almighty. How can they solve your problems, when they approach

the Lord to get their problems resolved?"

 

"pEasa ninRa sivanukkum,biraman thanakkum,piRarkum nAyakan

avanEA-kabAla mOkkathuk kaNdu koNmin"-->thiru voi mozhi 4-10-4--->

When brahamA's head was plucked by shivA -bhramhA could not ward off

this untoward incident. The plucked head stuck in shivA's hand and

only Lord Almighty was able to remove it. This event is described to

stress on the fact that these deities cannot ward off their problems

and they also have to approach Lord Almighty.

Thus, the futility of approaching these and the welfare of approaching the supreme is reiterated.

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan