AchArya Hrdhayam 118

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AchArya Hrdhayam 118

 

 

SUthram 219 Contd.

 

It was seen that the Lord out of His grace graced AzhwAr and settled down in

Him.

 

Further,

 

TEXT:

 

" a...sudar adi, empirAnai vidAdhu kaNdAi nEyum nAnum engiRa sahrudhayAnubhavam

samsArikkumpadi.. "

 

b.'..vEdumin enRu thyAjyOpAdhEya, dhOsha guNa parithyAga samarpaNa kramathai

salampana mandhramAga upadhEsithu'

 

Summary:a. Realising the great grant from the Lord, AzhwAr becomes ecstasic and

appreciates his mind for having heeded to the Lord's beckoning, for having

turned against the world's materialistic and other compelling factors, for

attracting AzhwAr's into the Lord's vision even when AzhwAr wanted to drift off

-considering that he is not fit enough to receive the Lord's mercy. Hence, the

aim should be to do service unto His divine feet and thrive.

 

b. Having said this, AzhwAr noticed that fellow souls in the world were

revolving in the cycle of births. Hence, out of sympathy he prescribed the do s

and don ts for them. He underlined the temporary aspects of the life and the

eternal and the greatness of the Lord thus highlighting that these materialistic

aspects of the life have to be withered off and the Lord has to be approached

/surrender to Him is the prescription.

 

The pAsuram-s which point to these events.

 

a.

 

'sudar adi thozhudhEzhEn mananEa' --à Surrender unto His feet and serve Him

(1-3-10)

 

'em pirAnai thozhAi mada nenjamEa' à Worhsip the Lord who has helped us (

1-7-3)

 

'nenjamEa! nallai,nallai, -malarAL maNavALanai thunjum pOdhu vidAdhu thodar

kaNdAi'àOh! Mind it is good that you did not leave the Lord even when there was

hesitation on my part.(1-10-4)

 

'kaNdAyEa nenjamE karumangaL vAikkinRu'à 'Oh! mind Lo! The Grace has surrounded

us, without any reason whatsoever. What an occurrence.( 1-10-5);

 

'nEyum nAnum innEAr niRkil maRRor, nOyum sAr kodAn nenjamEa sonnEan'(

1-10-6). Having reached this postion, oh! mind, the Lord will never allow us to

even contemplate on any other materialstic ends or any other means of attaining

Him. This disease will not afflict us.

 

b.

 

'vEdumin muRRavum' -1-2-1à 'oh!the people of this world, leave everything and

surrender unto Him.

 

The ten pAsuram-s including 'minnin nilaiyila' informing that this life is

temporary like a bubble,

 

'nEr numadhu ' the ego-s have to be shed off- detail the defects in this world

and the aspects surrounded.

 

Hence, surrender unto Him. He has great auspicious qualities -ellaiyil

annalam-saulabhyam-

 

Thus AzhwAr prescribes the samsAri-s to leave off everything -as they have

inherent defects- and lay themselves unto the divine feet of the Lord who has

auspicious qualities by preaching them thirumandhiram.

 

" van-pugazh nAraNan thiNkazhal sEArEa " is the ultimate punch.

 

(to be continued)

 

vanamamalai padmanabhan