AchArya Hrdhyam 156

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AchArya Hrdhyam suthram 224

The Sixth Ten

Lord's Divine Feet is the means for one and all.

 

" ennaiyum, yAvarkum surarkAi adiyEr vAzhmin enRu karuNaiyAlEa sarva lOga

bhUdhEbya: enRavai kadalOsaiyum kazhuthukku mElumAgAmAl upAyathvam

kalvettAkkugiRa charaNyan... "

 

 

Summary: When the Lord did not show Himself in person to AzhwAr, emissaries were

sent " inform Him, that here is a woman left out by Him " .

 

The refuge is the feet of Lord in " thiru viNNagaram " . There is no other refuge.

 

The refuge for the dhEvA-clans in their world is also HIm.

 

Those who surrender unto His feet, without expecting anything in return but Him,

are out of His Grace blessed by Him..

 

It is highlighted He is the refuge for one and all.

 

He is the refuge for nithya-sUrigaL, for souls like us in this world and for

animals. Even for those who expect something other than Him, He is refuge.

 

Thus, He is the refuge for one and all, for all purposes. He is in " the

thiru-malA " -Lord thiru-vEnkatamudaiyAn -- The means for one and all.

 

pAsuram-s: The Lord did not show Himself in person immediately to AzhwAr. The

need for sending mesengers arose. Various types of messengers including birds

were sent to the Lord and to say

 

" Here is also a person who is to be rescued by You? " .

" yEaru sevaganArku ennaiyum vuLaL enmingaLEA " 6-1-11

 

 

the Lord of thiru-viNNagar is the refuge for all

" thiru-viNNagar sEarndha pirAn varamkoL pAdham allAl illai,yAvarkkum vaN

charaNEA " 6-3-7 thiru voi mozhi;

 

 

He rescues the dhEva clans by vanqusihing the demons

 

" vaN charaN surarkkAi asurarku venkURRamum Ai " thiru voi mozhi 6-3-8;

 

 

The Lord showers His Grace to those who surrender totally at His divine feet.

They are blessed by Him.

 

" adikkEzh amarndhu pugundhu adiyEr vAzhmin enRu aruL kodukkum " thiru voi mozhi

6-10-11;

 

Is He refuge only for those in this worlds?

Even for the dhEvAs in their world He is the refuge

" vAnavar kOnodum namanRezhum thiru vEnkatam' thiru voi mozhi 3-3-7;

 

Is He refuge only for those who surrender to Him completely.

No. He is approached even by those who expect other things from HIm

" ezhuvAr, vidai koLvAr, En thuzhAzhAn adiyEA vazhuvAi vagai ninaindhu vaigal

thozhuvAr " mudhal thiruvandhAdhi 26.

Is He not refuge for animal class.

Yes! of course

" pOdharindhu vAnarangal " iraNdAm thiruvandhAdhi 72 and " kaNdu vaNangum kaLiur "

mUnRAm thiruvandhAdhi 70 go to confirm this point.

 

Thus Lord thiru-vEnkatamudaiyAn is the refuge for one and all; for all purposes.

This is indelibly exhibited conspicuously in thiruvEnkatam--> kal vettAkkugiRa

charaNyan.

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan