A Peep into Periya Thriu-mozhi -114

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DOOMED To DESTINY TO ETERNAL BLISS

 

It is said that the accumulated sins and effects are good deeds get

converted iinto parameters of planetary positions and stellar forces

on one's life which can be deciphered from horoscopes. The jyOthisha

sAsthram advocates strongly that one's life is destined as per the

pre-determined course.

 

The set course of action is thus started off when the infant falls on

the mother earth from the mother. The planetary actions then takes

over the whole successive events occurring in one's life. The

success and failures, the fame and notoreity, the zest and despair,

the opulence and frugality all spring from this premise.

 

The final release or the next destination perhaps is also being drawn

up during the course of one's life keeping in view the corpus one

carries firm one life to the other-from one body to the otther

-muRai muRai Akkai pugal.

 

Coming to think of it, who can change one's destiny? If these are

'cause and effect' equations, who can change?

 

The parameter is already set. Who has got the access rights to tamper

with this base, is the quesiton? These parameters are planets, stars,

constellations and their effects. Who else, but whoever is the

controller of these can only change this and who is that but Lord

shirman nArAyaNA.

 

Is there a precedent? Several. When one visits any dhivya-dEsam-s it

is likely that one often hears from the archakar as "mArkaNdEya

maharishikku prakthayksham"

 

sri mArkaNdEya maharsihi was devotee of shivA and his longevity was

destined to be sixteen. He was led to the Lord by shivA himself after

he surrendered to the Almighty, the pre-determined parameter-vaitha

nAL- was changed by none other than the Almighty.

 

Did it stop at that? No. He became a great srEvaishNavite and obtained

the great grace of service at the divine feet-eternally-enRum nin

thriuvadi piryA vaNNam. That is why thirumangai AzhwAr aptly terms

this as "Great Grace" --- 'pEAr aruL'

 

"mannu nAn-maRai mA-muni peRRa maindhanai, madhiyAdha vem-kURRan

thannai anji, nin charaN enach charaNAi, thagavil kAlanai vuga

munindhozhiyA,

pinnum enRum nin thiruvadi piriyA vaNNam-eNNiya pEAr aruL.." 5-8-6;

 

First, the yama-bhayam was removed i.e Grace and later the permanent

service at the Divine feet of the Lord was bestowed. From 'Doomed to

Destiny to Eternal Bliss'. i.e.

 

pEAr aruL

 

dAsan

vanamamalai padmanabhan