AchArya Hrhdayam 175

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AchArya Hrdhayam SUthram 226-3

 

THE EIGHTH TEN

 

" Arath thzhuvi en vuyirai aRavilai seidha naR sOdhi"

 

 

"thalai sirppath thandavadhil kruthanjgadhA pala pradhupagAramAga

vEndhar thalaivan kanyakA dhAnam pOlEa Arath thazhuvi aRavalai seidha

AthmalAbathAlEA athEva viLangip paNaithu"

 

The Lord Almighty becomes very happy and shining on getting the soul

-which actually, already belongs to Him - of the AzhwAr. The sparkle

and splendour which adorns the Lord, makes Him multifold -

multifarious in His form. This is what is termed by AzhwAr as

" Arath thzhuvi en vuyirai aRavilai seidha naR sOdhi"

 

 

AzhwAr recalls the great Grace of the Lord in having getting

thiru-voi-mozhi being sung through him. Again he expresses the

gratitude by submitting his self/soul at the feet of the Lord

Almighty, forgetting the fact that AzhwAr did not submit this

earlier on the grounds that this already belongs to the Lord.

However, akin to janakarAjan presenting sEthA pirAtti to sri rAmA,

AzhwAr submitted to the Lord and the Lord accepts this with glee.

 

Though sEthA pirAtti belongs to the Lord already, sri rAmA accepts her

with happiness and sparkled. Similarly, the Lord Almighty became

brighter and glittered after having accepted Azhwar's AnmA-soul. The

Lord became embedded with splendour and sparkled and multiplied

multifold into several shoulders, several countenances, several

divine eyes, several divine feet and several divine names on having

repossessed AzhwAr's AnmA.

 

pAsuram-s:

 

"malar adip pOdhugaL en nenjathu eppOdhum iruthi vaNanga" --7-10-5-->

were the emotional outpouring of AzhwAr being the gratitude for

having being made him as a channel for thiru-voi-mozhi.

 

"thALgaLai enakkEa thalaith thalaich sirappath thandha pEArudhavi"

8-1-10; The gratitude is again expressed in this eighth ten

beginning.

 

"vEandhar thalaivan janaka rAsan" periAzhwAr thiru mozhi 4-1-2 where

sEthA pirAtti was presented to sri rAmA. Though, sEthA pirAtti

incarnated for sri rAmA, sri janaka rAjan declared her as his

daughter-"iyam sEthA mama sudhA"

 

Similarly, AzhwAr presents His soul to the Lord and on receiving the

Almighty bcomes shining and happy and takes multifarious forms

"thOLgaL AyirathAi!mudigaL AyirathAi!thuNaimalar kaNgaL

AyirathAi!thALgaL AyirathAi! pEArgaL AyirathAi!".

 

The splendour resulting from this submission of the soul is thus described aptly as:

" Arath thzhuvi en vuyirai aRavilai seidha naR sOdhi "

 

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan