AchArya hrdhayam 143

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AchArya Hrdhyam -sUthram 222 Contd.

It was seen that the Lord Almighty is present everywhere. Is it a great thing.

Even the sky encompasses everything. The great thing is the Lord is not just

omni-present. He is not merely inside and outside the souls and things. He is

the Governing factor of one and all in the whole scheme of things. The

omni-presence sparkles because of this factor.

 

Moreover, AzhwAr desired service to the Almighty at all sates, all places and

all times. The Lord displayed His great deeds in the past as if it is present

period to AzhwAr. AzhwAr's present period and pAst of the Lord became equated.

This enabled AzhwAr to exprience the great deeds, pranks and other activites

and events of the Lord .

AzhwAr felt very much that he was not able to serve the Lord with flowers and

worship during the Lord's great deeds like vanquish of lankA or the conquer of

the seven bulls and so on. The Lord removed this grievance by accepting AzhwAr's

nenjam as an adornment- pUsum sAndhu, AzhwAr's soul as a garland- puNayum kanni

enadhu vuyir, AzhwAr's song as silk robe- vAsagam sei mAlaiyEa vAn pattAdai and

so on. AzhwAr became so fulfilled on His activieties soul and body being

accepted as desired ones by the Lord Almighty. This reflected the Lord's

immeasurable affection and Love towards AzhwAr. This led ot ecstasy and pangs of

separation.

The pang transposed into search for Him which culminated into seeing all the

things around as Him.-yEaRia pithu.

Further,

 

The Fourth Ten

" dhEsa dhUrathukkuk kUviung koLLAi EnRadhu thErak kaNda sadhiraiyum oru

nilamAgak kAtta, vEvil inbam kUttinai enRu muktha bhOga mAnasa prApthi palamAna

dhEvadhAndhra AthmAthmEya Loka yAthra aiswaryAksharangaLil vairAgyam, vunnithu

vuyirudambinAl, kodu vulagam vEtkai ellAm vozhindhEn enna vudaiyar Anavar...... "

 

Summary: AzhwAr desired the Lord as He would be in the nithya-vibhUthi. The Lord

granted this to AzhwAr in this world. AzhwAr got the vision of the " Lord with

peirya pirAtti " . The vision enjoyed by the souls there is granted to AzhwAr

here. The time restriciton, place restriciton are all removed. The unparallel

joy , eternal mirth is expressed by AzhwAr as " vEvil inbam " , thus. The matchless

divine feet granted to AzhwAr by the Lord is appreciated time and again by swAmi

nam-AzhwAr.

This automatically culminated into a. Indifference towards other deities. b.

Indifference towards ones' body and soul and c. Indifference towards worldly

pleasures including materialistic ends.

These convictions are expressed in a. thErpArai yAm ini thiru voi mozhi 4-6-

indifference towards other deities--dhEvathAnthra vairAgyam. b. yERALum

iRaiyOnum thiru voi mozhi 4-8- indifference towards ones' body and souls and

c. indifference towards joyless world -worldly pleasures-materialstic ends but

painful earth in 'nannAdhAr muRuvalippa " thiru voi mozhi 4-9.

 

pAsuram-s: AzhwAr had the vision of the 'Lord with periya pirAtti'--> " ondodiyAl

thirumagaLum nEyumEa nilA niRpa " thiru voi mozhi -4-9-10;

AzhwAr attained matchless and eternall joy--> " vEvil inbam miga ellai

nigazhndhanan mEaviyEA " 4-5-3;

AzhwAr had the blessing of the divine feet.--> " kUttariyA thiruvadikkaL kUttinai

nAn kaNdEanEa " thiru voi mozhi 4-9-8.

The indifference towards other deities - He is the only one to be approached and

none else- is elaborately expressed in the thiru voi mozhi 4-6 " thErpArai yAm

ini " in which AzhwAr declares that nobody else is to be worshipped except Him

" vunnithu maRRoru dheivam thozhAL avanai allAl " 4-6-10;

The indifference towards ones souls and the associated ones is expressed in the

thiru voi mozhi " yEArALum iRaiyOnum " 4-8

where AzhwAr mentiones " vudambinAl kuRaivilamEA " 4-8-9 shunning the phsique and

finally even spurning the soul " vuyirinAl kuRaivilamEA " 4-8-10.

The indifference towards the world is expressed in the thiru voi mozhi

'nannAdhAr muRuvalippa " 4-9.

" kodu vulagam kAttEAlEA " -- do not show me this bad world-- 4-9-7 and

" vEAtkai ellAm viduthu' --- No desire towards the materials associated witht the

world-- 4-9-9

" siRRinbam ozhindhEAn " 4-9-10 --the worldly pleasures are also shunned by

AzhwAr.

 

(to be continued)

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(to be continued)

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pAsuram-s:

The thiru voi mozhi " kOvai vAyaL poruttu " 4-3 lists out the Lord's acceptance

AzhwAr's soul and body as His dress and adornments.

 

" nin pUvai vEyAm mEanikku pUsum sAndhu en nenjame " -->4-3-1---> AzhwAr's nenjam

is accepted as pUsum sAndhu.

" puNaiyum kanni enadhu vuyirEa " ---> 4-3-4------> AzhwAr's soul is accepted as

garland by the LOrd.

" vAsagam sei mAlaiyEA vAn pattAdaiyum AkdhEa " -->4-3-2 -> AzhwAr's pAsuram is

accepted silk robe.

" dhEsamAna aNikalanum, en kai kUppuch seigaiyEa " --> 4-3-2 ---> AzhwAr's folded

hands are deemed as ornaments.

 

The pangs of separation culminated in AzhwAr seeing all the things around as the

Lord. This is expressed in the

" maNNai irundhu thuzhAvi " 4-4.

 

" maNNai irundhu thuzhAvi, vAmanan maN idhu ennum " -->4-4-1--> This soil is the

soil measured by vAmanan.

" viNNaith thozhudhu avan mEavu vaikuntham.. " ---> 4-4-1---> The sky is

worshipped and pointed to as the abode of the Lord-vaikuNtam.

" seiyadhOr gnAyiRRaik kAtti sirEdharan mUrhty Edhu ennum " --> 4-4-2--> The sun is

pointed out as the icon of the Lord.

" aRiyum sendhEyaith thazhuvi achudhan enRu .. " ---> 4-4-3--> AzhwAr embraces the

fire as he deems it as the Lord.

" ninRa kuNrathinai nOkki nedumAlEa... " 4-4-4--> The standing mountain is likened

to the Lord.

" pOm iLa nAgathin pin pOi avan kidakkai Edhu ennum " 4-4-5--> The little snake is

followed as it is considered as the bed of the Lord.

" Achiyar vennaikaL kANil avan vuNda veNNai Edhu ennum " --> 4-4-6-->When the

butter is seen it is recalled with Lord KrishNa.

" nERu sevvEa idak kANil nedumAl adiyAr enRu vOdum " --> 4-4-7--> When somebody has

a vertical mark on the forehead immeadiate conclusion is that they are the

devotees of the LOrd.

" thiruvudai mannaraik kANil thirumAlaik kaNdEAnEa ennum " --4-4-8--> When the king

is seen AzhwAr considers himself as having seen the Lord Almighty.

" karum perum mEAgangaL kANIil kaNNan enREARap paRAkkum " --4-4-9--> When black

clouds are seen they are seen as Lord krishNA.

Thus all things around as seen as Lord and His connexions.

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan