AchArya Hrdhyam 138

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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. 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 of the one

and all displayed His presence in all states, all places which AzhwAr

apprecaited greatly. : After having enjoyed the Almighty's prsence in

everything, AzhwAr became very mirthful which trsnposed into AzhwAr appreciating

the LOrd through deeds, words, mind and so on. This led to a state where AzhwAr

subservience did not just stop with the Lord but extended towards His devotees.

The service not just to Him but to His devotees, the shEshathvam not just to Him

but to His devotees is the ultimate, which AzhwAr's mind culminated into. The

Lord Almighty's bed is thiru ananthAzhwAn whose eyes also perform the role of

ears. Likewise, AzhwAr also desires that these mixed roles to enable him to

experience the Lord's beauty. AzhwAr wants to perform the role of deeds by his

mind, role of hand by his mind, role of eyes by his hands, role of ears by his

eyes thus overshooting the determined roles of the organs. AzhwAr is not just

creator of poems/psAlms to sing praise of mortals. He is the royal poet of the

Lord Almighty. The Lord Almighty has created all this world. AzhwAr is His

poet-padaithAn kavi. : AzhwAr does not have any disappointment with regard to

the exprience with the Lord Almighty. There is not even an iota of displeasure

or despair in AzhwAr's mind after experience with the Almighty. There is no

grief as AzhwAr had approached Him as natural Almighty-vagutha shEshi. There is

no discomfort beacuase the experience is here in this world-lElA vibhUthi. Thus,

AzhwAr had reached the level of pinnacle of joy equal to joy as experienced by

the mukthar-s in that world by AzhwAr in this world. All this has been expressed

by AzhwAr himself in the thiru-voi-mozhi " sanmam pala pala seidhu " --3-10.

This Great LOrd is very easily accessible. The accessiblity is so simple when

compared to even the saulabhyam mentioned in the 3rd thiru-voi-mozhi of the

first ten-eLIvarum iyalvinan. The simplicity mentioned there becames as big as

parathvam when compared to the simplicity as mentined in this thiru-voi-mozhi

3-6 " seiyya thAmaraik kaNNanAi " . The emphasis here is that the Lord is easily

accessible, very easily accessible and in fact most easily accessible.

 

 

Further,

 

Text: " A. avanAgum saulabya kAshtaiaik kAtti, vazhiayith tharumavan niRka

izhiyak karudhuvadhu ennAvadhu, vENdiRRu ellAm tharum, thannAgavEa koLLUm, kavi

solla vammin enRu....B. mukthaiswaryathai munnittu, swavvrithiyai mARRi

swavruthiyil mUttugiRAR mUnRam pathilEA..... "

 

Summary: A.The Lord thus becomes the easiest accessible one. The form you think,

He takes that form. He is the one who shows us the path that lead to the

srEvaikuNtam- archirAdhi mArgam. Despite this fact, the souls are singing praise

of earthly mortals. He is the one who can grant all that is desired. Hence, stop

singing ordinary mortals and " come on! sing in praise of the Lord which is our

natural deed " is AzhwAr's call to the fellow souls.

B. Thus, the experience of the Lord, Reaching Him and getting a state of equity

with Him -SamyA mOksham- are the real wealth.Therefore, serving others are

proscribed and naturally serving unto HIm is prescribed by AzhwAr in this Third

Ten.

 

pAsuram-s: Do not serve ordinary mortals. Sing in praise of the Lord Almighty

who is capable of granting all your desires . This is spelt out in detail in the

thiru-voi-mozhi " sonnAl virOdham idhu " 3-9.

 

" vazhiaith tharumavan niRka , izhiyak karudhuvadhu " --thiru voi mozhi 3-9-3 --->

He is the one who can grant the path of salvation. archirAdhi mArgam. Do not try

to think of lower things.

" izhiyak karudhi Or mAnidam pAdal ennAvadhu " ------thiru voi mozhi 3-9-3

-----> Singing in praise of ordinary mortals will lead you to nowhere.

" vENdiRRu ellAm tharum " -------thiru voi mozhi 3-9- 5 -------> He will

grant all your desires.

" en vaLLal maNi vaNNan thammai kavi solla vammin " --thiru voi mozhi 3-9-5.

 

(to be continued)

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