AchArya Hrdhayam -98

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AchArya Hrdhaym 203 contd.

 

The previous message on this sUthram a question was asked why AzhwAr was

preaching to even those who were interested in material life and had no devotion

to the Lord? Continuing the discussion on this aspect, the following lines of

the text is discussed:

" Asthikya amAnithvAdhgaL vinjina " :- Those who follow meticulously the

prescription laid down by shAshthrAs and those who are devotees of Lord vishnu

and those who are in search of the nature of souls and those who are devoid of

ego, are indeed true to listen to the teachings of AzhwAr.

 

vammin pulavEr: As mentioned in thiru voi mozhi 3-9 " sonnAl virOdhamidhu " , even

those who do not strictly follow vishnu bhakthi are being sought out and

addressed and given this great meanings by AzhwAr.

Why is this so?

 

The souls who have already attained salvation and now are in parama-padham and

the souls which are still hovering in this world amidst sufferings basically do

not differ insofar as the relationship with the LOrd is concerned. All the

souls are subservient to the Lord. Some souls are still suffering .AzhwAr is not

able to tolerate the suffereings. This is clear from the thiru voi mozhi 4-9

" nannAdhAr muRuvalippa " and the words " kaNdu ARREAn vulagiyaRkai " thiru voi

mzohi 4-9-3, and hence AzhwAr out of his compassion looks for such soul and

tries to correct their ways and bring into the path of welfare.

Is this not amply spelt out by madhura kavi AzhwAr -the disciple of AzhwAr?

Where? " aruL kaNdEr ivvulaginil mikkadhE " kaNNinuN siruthAmbu 8.

Thus it is seen that AzhwAr presented his preachings even to those who do not

deserve as the souls were suffereing and AzhwAr out of his sympathy and

compassion wanted to release them from the sufferings. This is corroborated by

sri madhura kavi AzhwAr's pAsuram also.

vanamamalai padmanabhan