AchArya Hrhdayam 186

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sUthram 227-6

The ninth Ten.

THE TRYST WITH THE LORD ALMIGHTY after

THE TEN STAGES

 

It was seen that Love is a waiting game. Can it go on endlessly? what

is the final scene are the questions which may raise? What is this

waiting? What are its nature and the evolution and what happens in

the final stages are explaine herein.

 

 

"inipathil onRu dhasama dhasaiyilEA pEAr enRu nAt kadalAga thambik

kittAdhAgAmal, nALai vadhuvai pOlEa nALidap peRRavar.."

 

The Ten stages of Love:

1. First -sight and the resultant love and desire;

2. Second - thinking of that ;

3. Third- the same thinking;

4. Fourth- Sleeplessness;

5.Fifth- physical dilution;

6. Sixth- indifference towards other things;

7. Seventh- shylessness;

8. Eighth- behaving like one afflicted by madness;

9. Ninth- fainting and

10. Tenth- death

are the ten stages of love.

 

Similar to this, AzhwAr is reaching the final stage in the pathAm

pathu - the tenth ten. Hence, there is no delay but the time is

ripening for the meet. The final stage has come near, unlike in

bharadhAzhwAn's case where it was fourteen long years away. This is

akin to the Lord fixing date for sri ANdAL's union -tomorrow is the

d-day- "nALai vadhuvai" -- and the Lord Almighty assures AzhwAr,"your

great devotion will be fulfilled on your release from this body". The

Tryst with the Lord was thus fixed by the Lord Himself. After all the

Lord is also waiting eagerly hence, like the final stage mentioned

hereinabove, the physical release is the triggerfing point of

AzhwAr's union with the Lord and that is

 

The tryst with the Lord Almighty which is explicitly and categorically

expressed in thirukkaNNapuram thiru voi mohzi 9-10-5

 

"maraNamAnAl vaikuntham "

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan