Fw: AchArya Hrdhayam -134

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AchArya Hrdhayam sUthram 221 Contd.

 

The Third Ten

It was seen that the prime quality of the Lord highlighted in this ten is

omni-presence. It was also noted that though He is spread everywhere, He is not

easily pereceptible due to our limited nature of sensory organs. He is not

affected by the defects of the souls or insentients where He is present.The Lord

grants release from cycle of births to those souls who consider Him as means and

end. The initial grant of physical body was wasted and it distanced one from the

Lord Almighty. This led to a situation where the soul knew only to enter various

births but did not understand how to get release. The yearning grew for AzhwAr

towards the Lord which culminated in the Lord showing Him His abode and granting

it to AzhwAr.

Further,

 

Text: " vUnamil mOksha palamAna mudichOdhi anubhavathAlEA nithya vasthu nEdu

peRRu avachEdhamaRRa adimai seiyya vENdumpadi sarvAthma bhAvathai

pugazhndhu........ "

 

 

Summary: In the previous ten AzhwAr desired the brightest mOksham. What is it

actually? Service unto the Lord. AzhwAr cherished the beauty of the Lord with

His divine ornaments. The service mentioned above was desired by AzhwAr at all

places, at all times and at all states. The Lord who is the Lord displayed His

presence in all states, all places which AzhwAr apprecaited greatly.

 

pAsuram-s:

What is mOksha palam?

To expreince the Lord and do kainkaryam to Him.

 

The Lord is exprienced by AzhwAr by swallowing His adornments etc. in the first

thiru-voi-mozhi of this ten " mudich chOdhi " .-- thiru voi mozhi 3-1.

However, AzhwAr felt that he was not able to do this completely probably due to

the reason that his sensory perceptions etc. were restricted. The Lord responded

that even the nithya sUrigaL were having this handicap vis-a-vis perceiving the

beauty of the Lord.

AzhwAr got consoled to a certain extent which we understand from the term --->

" nilai pERRu en nenjam pERRadhu nEduyirEA " thiru voi mozhi 3-2-10;

 

The purpose of the soul getting consoled and becoming stabilised is to do

kainkaryam and AzhwAr desired to perform this kainkaryam at all places, at all

times and at all times -blemishless kainkaryam.

" vozhivil kAlam ellAm vudanAi manni vazhuvilA adimai seiyya vENdum nAm " thiru

voi mozhi 3-3-1;

 

The Lord displayed His presence in all the states ---the pancha bUdhangaL, other

things, bright and gem stones, demi-gods and other deities and all other states

and things. AzhwAr became ecstasic and greatly apprecaited Lord Almighty's

nature of being perevaded at all the souls and things. This is described in the

thiru voi mozhi " pugazhu nal oruvan enkO' thiru voi mozhi 3-4.

 

 

 

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan