Guest guest Posted December 18, 2002 Report Share Posted December 18, 2002 yOga vidAm nEta (star-aSwini) = The one who guides the yOga vidAs (those who know the means) and effects the fruition of their endeavours. pASuram : Tiru-eluk-kutrirukkai (Tirumangai ALwAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam) samanvayam with pASuram : Since He leads those who know the means, He is the 'yOga vidAm nEta'. Brahma is a yOga vidA as He is erudite in the process of ensconcing the soul in the body. "He" provides full succour and direction to Brahma in his creation. Dvaya manthram advocates the best means of bringing the Atma to the paramAtma. He propagates it with extreme care through the AchArya parampara. Thus, He directs the dvayam too. What does He achieve through this?. We have seen through the previous nAma (yOgaha) that He Himself (with His kaLyANa guNAs) forms the sublime means to reach Him. However, there are other established means (involving self-effort) like the karma, jnAna and bhakti yOgAs. Even their accomplishment finds its end in Him only. For, He guides those yOga vidAs (those who resort to such paths of self-effort) in their noble expedition right from its inception stage to the attaiment. pASuram :oru pEr undi yirumalar taviSilOn the huge Lotus emanating from the great navel. orumurai ayanai InranaiYou were the one who once gave birth to Brahma orumurai iruSuDar mitinil | iyankA mummatin ilankaiOnce when the sun and the moon were afraid to move above the three walled Lanka irukAL vaLaiya oruSilai Onriya Ir yeyittuFrom the nicely curved teeth of the mighty bow, bent at both ends azhalvAi vAliyil aTTanaiYou shot arrows spitting out monstrous fire. Detailed Interpretation (with the pASuram) :1) You were the one who once gave birth to Brahma on the huge lotus emanating from the great navel : Brahma knows full well the yOgam of creation(process of uniting the soul and body). Such a yOga vidA is directed by the Lord in his efforts. Brahma derives His sustenance and capabilities from the Lotus which originates from the great navel of the Lord. Thus, He is the nEta of Brahma. He became the "Haya vadana" and "Matsya" to impart the supreme knowledge to Brahma and perpetuate it continuously. Thus He ensures that the beginning (our creation) is secure. There are innumerable BrahmAnDAs in His universe. Each one has its own progenitor, a Brahma. He is the sole nEta (leader) of all such progenitors. 2) Once when the Sun and the Moon feared to move above the three walled Lanka - You shot arrows spitting out monstrous fire from the nicely curved teeth of the mighty bow : Moon - AchAryaSun - ParamAtmaLanka - SarIram Lanka with the three walls (signifying 3 openings) - There are three ways out of this SarIram :1) Attaining heavenly abodes (svargam) through the accumulation of merits.2) Going to hell due to deplorable self-centered thoughts.3) Coming back to a similar state (another Lanka) due to the balancing of virtues and vice. Bow - Signifies the praNavam The two bent ends of the bow forming curved teeth - Signify the upAyam and the upEyam (means and end). The arrow originating from such a bow is the dvaya manthram. Once, my indisposed mind used to discard the commands of the AchArya. The rock-like heart used to be an unfit place for the paramAtma. He won over such a body by shooting the arrow (dvayam) and thus forged the thought of total subservience to the AchArya and Him. He through His KaLyANa guNAs entices one and all to do complete surrender to Him. If we realize His overflowing love for us, we will be immediately relieved of all our worries. We are atonce reminded of the joyful veracity that His love itself is the panacea for all our afflictions. The Loving parents they are (Our Mother and Lord), Do they expect any effort on our part to get to them?. Absolutely No!!. What is required on our part is a firm conviction cemented with the realization of His extreme love for us. This conviction would lead us to do a total surrender to Him by casting aside all the worries. In case there is still an iota of doubt in this matter, it may urge us to do something to please Him. Then we resort to the other established means like the karma, jnAna and the bhakti yOgAs. All these paths involve self-effort. Those who know well about these means and practice them assiduously are the yOga vidAs. Since such a propensity for self-effort arises out of an intensified longing for Him, it too serves as an infallible means to reach Him, if directed properly. He ensures such a fruition, by guiding those yOga vidAs continuously in their endeavours. This He does by propagating the Dvayam (which is pregnant with the thought of total surrender to Him) through our AchArya parampara. The Dvayam is fully efficacious in re-uniting the Atma (SIta) with the paramAtma (Sri Rama Chandra). He directs that powerful arrow at us. We at once realize His mad love for us and our complete surrender follows suit. He ensures that this thought is there in the creator at the time of our creation (beginning). Also, He sees to it that we do not loose sight of this supreme truth, by propagating it through our AchAryAs from time to time. The dvayam treated as His weapon, knows well (contains) the yOgam (means to re-unite the soul with Him) - hence it can be considered as the king among all the yOga vidAs. He directs the dvayam to perfection and thus gets the famous epithet - "yOga vidAm nEtA". Happy TiruppAvai celebrations to all of you. Jai Sriman Narayana Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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