SrI UpakAra Sangraham - III (2)

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SrI UpakAra Sangraham - III (2)

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niryANa adikAram

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Section - 9: The Favours the Lord does to a MumukShu

after he leaves his body

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[9.1 Favours being done until the mumukShu reaches the

shore of River VirajA]

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In the previous part (i) of this sub-section, Swami

Desikan narrated how the jIvAtma who had gone astray

after his separation from the Lord and lost himself in

the forest-like samsAra, and how, due to some good

persons, he was restored to the Lord Who was immensely

pleased to get him back, and how He put the jIva on

the archirAdi path where a number of devatas received

and hosted him when he passed through their respective

regions. This is the first favour the Lord does to the

mumukShu after he starts his journey from the gross

body through the Brahma-nAdi.

Now, in this part (ii) of this sub-section, SwAmi

Desikan describes the favour the Lord does by way of

helping the mumukShu-jIva to cross the material world

so that he joins the muktas and nitya sooris in His

abode:

(ii) appadi “amararOduyarvil cenRu aRuvartham piRavi

am ciRaiyE” enkiRapadiyE, AtivAhika-raik koNdu

“coozhnthakanRu Azhnthuyarntha mudivil perum pAzhai”k

kadatthumathuvum;

AzhvArs have described the journey undertaken, with

the help of the Lord, by the mumukShu-jIva with his

subtle body, piercing the gross body, through the

Brahma-nAdi, the 101st vein pointing upwards from the

heart:

“mannum kadumkathirOn maNdalatthin nannaduvuL

annathOrilliyin oodupOi” (Periya Thirumadal)

(The liberated jIvAtma passes through a beautiful

opening in the centre of the solar system.)

“thErAr niRai-kathirOn maNdalatthaik keeNdu-pukku”

(SiRiya Thirumadal)

(The liberated jIvAtma makes an opening in the solar

system.)

(Thirucchantha Viruttham - 67),

“iruLakaRRum erikathirOn maNdalatthoodu ERRivaitthu

ENivAngki” (Thirucchantha Viruttham- 67)

(The Lord helps him to climb up by a ladder to

VaikuNTha through the system of the Sun whose hot rays

dispel the darkness and then removes the ladder.)

As stated in these verses, the Lord sets the jIvAtma

on the path called dEvayAna and lets the gods to guide

him further. SwAmi Desikan refers to this favour done

by the Lord:

“appadi “amararOduyarvil cenRu aRuvartham piRavi am

ciRaiyE” enkiRapadiyE, AtivAhika-raik koNdu

“coozhnthakanRu Azhnthuyarntha mudivil perum pAzhai”k

kadatthumathuvum” --

Swami Desikan quotes a passage from a pAsuram of SrI

NammAzhvAr:

“amararOduyarvil cenRu aRuvartham piRavi am ciRaiyE”.

Let us see the verse in full:

“amararkaL thozhuthezha alaikadal kadainthavan

thannai

amarpozhil vaLangkurukoorc cadakOpan kuRREvalkaL

amarcuvaiyAyiratthu avaRRinuL ivai-patthum vallAr

amararOdu uyarvil cenRu aRuvartham piRaviyanciRaiyE.”

(ThiruvAimozhi, 1-3-11)

(These ten verses among the thousand verses have been

sung by SrI SaTakOpan in praise of the Lord Who

churned the ocean as requested by the Devas. Those who

recite these ten verses will be guided by the

immortals and attain SrI VaikuNtam, after casting off

this prison house of samsAra.)

“enkiRapadiyE, AtivAhika-raik koNdu ‘coozhnthakanRu

Azhnthuyarnftha mudivil perum pAzhai’k

kadatthumathuvum” -- As stated in this verse, the Lord

helps the mumukShu to cross the big prakruti with the

guidance of AtivAhikas. These guides are:

archis (fire), day, the bright half of the month

(shukla-pakSha), the six months of the year when the

sun is on the northern course (uttarAyaNa), the

year-god, VAyu, Soorya, Chandra and Lightning who is

known as amAnava, and his associates, VaruNa, Indra

and PrajApati.

Again, Swami Desikan quotes a passage from a verse of

SrI NammAzhvAr, to indicate the nature of the prakruti

mandala:

“coozhnthakanRu Azhnthuyarntha mudivil perum pAzh”

(ThiruvAimozhi, 10-10-10).

(This prakruti is an endless vast area spread on all

the sides.)

The Lord helps the mumukShu-jiva to cross the samsAra

as vast as described by the AzhvAr. This is another

favour done by the Lord for the jIva, says SwAmi

Desikan.

 

(To continue)

dAsan

Anbil S.SrInivAsan

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