AchArya Hrhdaym 128

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AchArya Hrdhayam 127 - sUthram 220 Contd.

Second Ten Contd.

 

Continuing on the second ten of thiru-voi-mozhi it was noted that the Lord who

is the cause of all the worlds and souls, blessed AzhwAr with knowledge who

desired for mOksham and nithya sUri ghOshti. AzhwAr became crestfallen on not

getting this. The Lord poured His affection on Him which flowed down to

generations of AzhwAr's sambhandhi-s. However, when the Lord tried to grant

salvation, AzhwAr rejected on the grounds that it should be for His sake and not

for the sake of AzhwAr and He always required His divine feet, thus underlining

the nature of both. Further, It was seen that those qualities which go to

establish the supremacy -parathvam-namely, sagala pala prathathva, kAraNathva,

shEsha sAyithva, sriyapathithva and saulabhyAdhigaL were seen in the

thiru-voi-mozhi-s " thiNNan " and " aNaivadhu aravaNai " . Further,

 

 

Text: " kaLvA, thErthan enRu vachana prathyakshangaLaik kAtti... "

 

Summary: Sri azhagia maNavALap perumAL nAyanAr points out one " utterance " and

one " vision " from shivA and arjunA which go to establish His supremacy.

 

" . " kaLvA " is the word uttered by shivA towards Lord krishNA.

 

thiru voi mozhip pAsuram 2-2-10 describes this event:

" kaLvA! emmaiyum, Ezhulagum nin vullEa

thORRiya iRaiva! enRu veL ERan,

nAnmugan, indhiran, vAnavar, puLLUrdhi kazhal paNindhu

EthuvarE "

 

" You deceit! You are the person who has created me and the whole world " with

this word shiva worshipped Lord krishNA.

What is this episode?

 

shivA desired a boon from the Lord. He wanted the Lord to take a boon from Him

so that everybody will believe in his superiority.Lord krishNa went and

approached shivA and asked for a son for rukminip pirAtti. Oh! Lord, YOu are the

creator of us and the whole world and if you ask for such a boon who will

believe this. Deceit-kaLvA.

" thErthan " '

 

'thErthan ulagalandha sEvadi mEal pUndhAmam, sErthi avaiyE

sivan mudi meAl than kaNdu pArthan thelindhozhindha painthuzhAyAn perumai

pErthum oruvarAl pEsak kidandhadhE " thiru voi mozhi 2-8-6;

 

 

arjunA wanted to worship shivA for attaining pAsupadhAsthram. For this purpose,

Lord krishNA offered His divine feet on which arjuna showered flowers which he

later saw in the head of shivA. Then, he realised the Lord's supremacy.

 

The words " thAn kaNdu' is of essence here. It is not hearsay for arjunA. He

himself had the vision-first hand experience. Should such experience be

subjected to further analysis?

Edu vyAkyAnam reads as follows: " Apthar sollak kEatkai anRikkEa, sruthi

smrithigaLAl anRikkEa, thAnE kaNdAn AyiRRu "

arjuna did not realise this fact by hearsay from friends or comprehended the

supremacy from sruthi or smrithi. He was a witness to the vision for

understanding the supremacy of the Lord.

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan