AchArya hrdhayam 103

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ACHARYA HRDHAYAM SUTHRAM 211 CONTD.

 

It was seen in the preceding posting the four padhigam-s of thiru voi mozhi

explaining the Lord's supremacy -iRai nilai was seen.

 

The pAsuram-s which go on to explain the nature of the soul- vuyir nilai- are

listed as

 

a. payil; b;ERu; c; karu ; d kaN.

 

a. payil: This refers to the thiru voi mozhi 3-7 " payilum sudar oLi mUrthiyai "

wherein the subservience to the devotees of the Lord is emphasised. The nature

of soul is that devotion to the devotees of the Lord.

 

b. ERu: This refers to the thiru voi mozhi 4-8 " ERALum iRaiyOnum " wherein, '

Those which are not sutiable for this subservience are to be withered off' is

spelt out.

 

c. kaN: This refers to the thiru voi mozhi " kaNgaL sivandhu " where out of the

characteristics of the soul namely, knowledge, subservience and enjoyment, the

subservience is the basic nature is explicitly given out. - Refer the lines

" adiyEan vuLLAn, vudal vuLLAn " - 8-8-2.

 

c. karu: This is " karu mANikka malai mEAl " thiru voi mozhi 8-9. Here, the soul

is subservient only to Him and for none else is narrated.

 

Thus in the above four padhigam-s, the nature of the soul being devotion to the

devotees, the withering off of those which are not apt for such devotion, the

basic nature of soul being subservience rather than knowledge/enjoyment and the

subservience only Unto Him and none else is categorically crystallised.

 

vanamamalai padmanbhan