TiruvAymozhi & Bhagavad Gita

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:

 

"angu 'nampirAn' enRu thodangi mudivil 'apriyam' enRadhu;

ingu 'paramE' enRu izhindhu 'poliga' enRu ugandhadhu" - AH 192

 

Beginning(thodakkam)-End(mudivu):

 

In Sri Gita,Arjuna requests BhagavAn: "I am your disciple(siShya) and

You have to direct me(as to what I should do) who have taken refuge

in You". So the Lord starts the Gita with love and concern for the

grief stricken Arjuna. But when the Lord was about to finsh His

GithOpadhEsha,sees Arjuna disinterested in the upadhEsha and ends the

Gita with the disappointment saying:"hey Arjuna,you are wicked

mineded and you show no interest in My upadhEsha and hence is not

going to fetch you the desired phala/fruit".

 

But NammAzhvAr starts with a disappointment seeing the ignorant

people drowned in this samsArasAgaram:

 

"E pAvam! paramE! Ezhulagum

I pAvam seidhu aruLAl aLippAr Ar" - TVM 2.2.2

 

So NammAzhvAr with the intention of liberating the entire world from

this cycle of birth and death does mangaLAshAsanam:

 

"poliga poliga poliga!

pOyiRRu valluyir sAbam" - TVM 5.2.1

 

and he ends with

 

"uRREn ugandhu paNi seidhu una pAdham" - TVM 10.8.10

 

Bhagavad Gita helped Arjuna to only start the war but did not give

him the full benefit/result/phala;TiruvAymozhi gave the desired result

(mOksha).

 

AzhvAr EmperumAnAr Jeeyar ThiruvadigaLE sharaNam

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