RE;AchArya Hrdhayam 107

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Dear Sri Sadagopan swAmy, At the outset I Thank you for taking interest in my

postings.

 

thiru voi mozhi is a big ocean which speaks about various aspects. The subjects

covered are numerous in number ranging from the auspicious qualities of the

Lord, the dhivya dhEsam-s, dhvyArtham, thirumanthram, apart from artha-panchagam

and thathvathrayam. It goes without saying that the whole prabhandham is an

emotional experience of AzhwAr with the Lord.

 

That is why there are various vyAkyAnam-s for thiru-voi-mozhi as it is enjoyed

from various perceptions and angles. In fact, swAmi nam-piLLai Edu has three

mahA pravEsam-s -mudhal sriyap padhip padi, iraNdAm sriyap padhip padi and

mUnRAm sriyap padhip padi.

 

The mudhal sriyap padhip padi speaks about thathvam as disclosed by the LOrd's

blessing to AzhwAr. AzhwAr's postion vis-a-vis fellow souls, elevated

souls/nithya-sUrigaL and so on. AzhwAr's experience with the Lord,the nature of

this prabhandham, the cause of this prabhandham, the emotional outburst of

AzhwAr and all other related aspects are elaborately discussed in the first

intoruduction namely mudhal sriyap padhip padi.

 

Finally, swAmi nam-piLLai declares that the artha-panchagam viz; The LOrd, the

soul, the means, obstacles and the end.The Edu vAkyam in this regard is

reproduced here: " Aga ivvaindhu arthamumEa thiru voi mozhiaip

predhipAdhikkiRadhu. allAdhavai AnushangikasithamAi vandhathithanai "

 

I.Thus, these five meanings are the refclections in thiru voi mozhi. All other

things are covered incidentally.

 

The Second pravEsam- iraNdAm sriyap padhip padi views thiru voi mozhi as an

expression of dhvyArtham in a macro level.

 

The third pravEsam - muNRAm sriyap padhip padi serialises AzhwAr's experience

commencing from thiru-virutham, thiruvAsiriyam through peirya thiruvandhadi till

thiru voi mozhi and also states that the first pAsuram is the nutshell of the

whole thiru voi mozhi.

 

Hence, it is crystal clear that thiru-voi-mozhi is indeed the reflection of

artha-panchagam.

 

Therefore, in sUthram 211 of AchArya Hrdhaym this angle is taken up primarily

and discussed with 20 pAsuram-s as substantiation

 

1. For Nature of the Lord ----> vuyar, thiN, aNai, onRu.

 

2.For the Nature of the soul---> payil, ERu, karu, kaN.

 

3.For the obstacles-----> vEdu, sonnAl, oru, koNda

 

4. For means ------> nORRa nAlum i.e nORRa, ARA amudhEa, mAnEai, piRandhavARum

and

 

5. For the ends-----> emmA, vozhivil, nedu, vEi.

 

 

 

II. Having seen the above, further micro anlaysis done and it is mentioned that

of the above five, the means and end are the primary subject matter and the

other three aspects are corollary for the above two matters. How can it be

concluded that the two aspects namely the means and the end are primary.

 

This is substantiated by the term in the first pAsuram -aruLinan- 'mayarvaRa

mathinalam aruLinan yavanavan " .

The blessing from the Lord is highlighted being the means explained in the first

pAsuram. thiru voi mozhi 1-1-1

and

" vEdu pERRa " the final pAsuram --> avA aRru vEdu pERRa thiru voi mozhi

10-10-11-> being the description of the final achievemnet of the goal and

hence, the other three aspects are a supplementary for these two is the thought

discussed herein.

 

 

III. The third angle is that, since:

 

i. The predominant aim is kainkaryam to the Lord. All other aspects are matters

to be thougt of while aiming to attain this kainkaryam;All other aspects are

dealt with this aspect primarily in mind and others revolving around this.

How can we say that kainkaryam is the main aspect? For this three pAsuram-s are

quoted.

 

1.thozhudhuk kaLIthEan: ' thozhudhezhu en mananE' in the first pAsuram;

" viruppEap peRRu muadham vuNdu kaLithEan' in the 10-8-6th pAsuram ofthiru voi

mozhi reflecting the end achieved byAzhwAr being worhsipping the Lord and

kainkaryam.

 

2. sollup peRREAn: " mEalaith thoNdu vugaLithu andhi thozhum sollup peRREAn "

-thiru voi mozhi 10-8-7 categorically spelling out that service is the happiness

to AzhwAr.

 

3. paNi sei: " sol paNi sei Ayiram " thiru voi mozhi 1-10-11 reflecting

AzhwAr's view that thiruvoimohzi from AzhwAr's divine tongue is in itself a

kainkaryam by the AzhwAr.

 

Thus the service being the very nature of the soul is being perceived here as

the primary aspect and the rest four aspects follow to explain this

a. The kainkaryam is to be done to the Lord whose nature is so and so.

b. The kainkaraym is to be done by the soul whose nature is so on and so forth.

c. The kainkaryam is to be achieved by so and so means

d. The obstacles which are likely to occur while trying to accomplish this

kainkaryam to the Lord.

 

 

 

Summary: Thiru voi mozhi basically deals with five aspects -artha panchagam

which are explained in detail in twenty thiru voi mozhi-s while the rest are

spelt out incidentally.

 

The second angle is that of the five aspects mentioned above, the means and the

end are primary aspects while the rest being nature of the Lord, soul and the

obstacles are dealt as a corollary.

 

The third angle is that the aim achievable is the prime focus while the rest

four are dealt with kainkaryam being the main subject being the embryo.

 

Hope, I have made myself a bit clearer. Thank YOu,

 

rAmAnuja dhAsan,

vAnamAmalai padmanAbhan

 

 

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Sadagopan

Oppiliappan

Saturday, December 20, 2003 9:13 PM

Re: AchArya Hrdhayam 107

 

 

Dear SrI VaanamAmalai PadhmanAbhan :

 

The last para in this posting is confusing because of its brevity.

You mention that the ends and means are primary

and the other three are supplementary to explain

the means and ends . How is that ?

Please expand your comments.Thanks,

V.Sadagopan

 

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nsp

ramanuja ; oppiliappan ; vanamamalai

Friday, December 19, 2003 9:26 PM

AchArya Hrdhayam 107

 

 

ACHARYA HRDHAYAM 211 CONTD.

 

 

Thus , it is seen that primarily thiru voiz mozhi speaks on a. The nature

of the LOrd. b. The nature of the soul

c. The means to attain Him. d. The end to be attained and e. obstacles for

attaining the service to HIm.

 

These are explained in twenty thiru voi mozhi-s . The other 80 thiru voi

mozhi-s are just an extension of this philosophy further.

 

However, it is also stressed that the two aspects namely the means and end

are the prime focus.

 

How is this ?

 

" mayaRvara mathi nalam aruLinan " is the commencement and " vEdu peRRa " is the

finish.

 

 

aruLInan refers to the fact that He has blessed and that is the means.

 

further, " thozhudhezhu en mananE " 1-1-1 of thiru voi mozhi; " sol paNI sei

Ayiram " indicate that kainkaryam is the ultimate aim.

 

Hence, both the means- HIm and the end-kainkaryam are the basic subject of

thiru voi mozhi.

 

The other three namely, the obstacles are the hurdles in the way to attain

this kainkaryam;

the nature of soul is discussed to understand the characteristics of those

who have Him as the means;

The subject matter of the whole means and end being the LOrd, He is also

discussed.

 

It is thus emphasised that means and end are the prime focus while other

three aspects , Lord,soul and obstacles are the supplementary points while

discussing the above two.

 

vanamamalai padmanabhan