bhOgyAmrutam - Sivaha

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Sivaha (star-aSwini) = SauratE tE asmin iti = The one who confers

auspiciousness.

 

 

 

pASuram : TiruvAimozhi 6-3-1 (of SrI NammALwAr)

 

samanvayam : Both poverty and affluence are related to the almighty Lord.

 

 

He is poor in the sense that He is totally devoid of all the bad

qualities. And ofcourse He is the prince when it comes to all the divine

qualities.

The difference is totally in the way we see Him and His creation.

Everything in this world will look favourable to us, the day we start loving

Him. These differences are mainly because of not being able to see Him in

everything. His actual form is just - "Sivatvam". He is full of auspiciousness

and only auspiciousness. He is called - "Sivaha".

 

Treating something as unfavourable / undesirable is wrong. A dearth of

proper insight is the cause for it. When we are blessed with proper knowledge by

an AchArya, everything starts appearing favourable to us, as everything /

everyone is part and parcel of the supremely auspicious Supreme Lord.

 

 

 

Poem in English:

1) He is the poverty, affluence, heaven and hell

2) He appears as the bitter feud, as friendship, poison and as nectar

3) He is spread in different ways and rules me as my master

 

 

 

4)I have seen Him with the affluent people of TiruviNNagar.

 

 

 

Detailed Interpretation :

 

 

 

1) As poverty : He is totally devoid of all the bad qualities and so is depleted

with respect to them.

 

 

 

2) As affluence : He is "The" affluent one with respect to all the divine

qualities.

 

 

 

3) As the hell : He is hell, if He choses to stay away from me.

 

 

 

4) As the heaven : He is heaven, if He is near me.

 

 

 

5) As the bitter feud : When my Krishna ignores me and speaks sweetwords with

other girls, I feel like kicking Him and them together.

 

 

 

6) As a friend : When He speaks to me as my chum, I feel like talking to Him

forever and ever. Time looses its significance, when He is with me.

 

 

 

7) As poison : Seperation from Him is poison. It troubles me a lot.

 

 

 

8) As nectar : He is ambrosia when He is united with me. There is no limit to

the happiness that is His company. There are no boundaries of satiation

associated with it.

 

 

 

9) He is spread in different forms : By displaying His auspicious qualities

again and again, He has created mad love towards Him in me.

In reality all His qualities are totally auspicious and are sources of

the highest prosperity. That is why our Lord is called as - "Sivaha".

Though the sun has an auspicious form of resplendence, he gives

different experiences when he is close to us and when he is far away from us. In

the same way, though our Lord is "Siva", the experience varies based on the

level of proximity we have with Him. When He is with us, its unlimited joy. When

we are seperated from Him - its unbearable pain.

Taking another example, its just like the case of a girl and her lover

boy. Seperation from him causes her pain and anxiety. Being with him gives her

joy. There is no change in the lover boy in both situations, though. Similar is

the case with our Lord. There is no change in Him. He is full of only

auspiciousnes. In reality, our Krishna is always the bestower of unlimited

prosperity. So our Krishna gets the name - "Sivaha".

 

 

 

10) My master, my Lord : When I was sIta, He was my Rama. When I became Radha,

He became my Krishna. He was my master in all ages and at all times.

 

 

 

11) I have seen Him with the affluent people of TiruviNNagar : Tiruvinnagar is

full of affluent people. He is full of opulence and bestows it fully on all His

people. Thats why He is known as - "Sivaha". I have served my Lord here in

TiruviNNagar. Serving that Lord gives endless joy to the eyes, mind, body and

soul. Its happiness unlimited and unconfined.

 

 

 

Jai Sriman Narayana