AchArya Hrhdayam 165 -Seventh Ten Introduction

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AchArya Hrdhyam sUthram 225

 

The Seventh Ten

 

thiru-voi-mozhi

The reason for AzhwAr being detained in the world.

thiru-vARan viLai as the means and the end.

 

The Lord's Greatness- omni-potence-is the auspicious quality highlighted in this

yEazhAm pathu.

 

What is this potence? The Lord Almighty is powerful to grant salvation through

Him as the means to one and all including, plants, enemies and others.

Such a Lord bequeathed this to AzhwAr who accepted this and reached an emotional

state where he was unable to be without the Lord's feet even for a small period

of time. This being, so, AzhwAr is in the midst of this world, the world of

materialistic pleasures, the world which is succumbing to the sensory organs

which makes one distance from the Lord Almighty. Realising this situation,

AzhwAr falls off from his normal self and is in a state where others have to

declare his sad state of affairs; " vuNNilAvi aivar " -7-1-->tormenting five

sensory organs.

 

" kangulum pagalum " and " veLLaich suri sangodu " 7-2 and 7-3-the mother parAnkusa

nAyaki stating the affairs of AzhwAr .

 

 

 

The Lord displayed His deeds of valour and victory which reclaimed AzhwAr to his

normal self to a certain extent. Nevertheless, when AzhwAr again recalled the

distress haunting this world, he became griefstruck again. Thus, the state of

grief and recovery fluctuated for AzhwAr.

 

AzhWar questions the Lord

" Azhi ezha " 7-4 display of victorious deeds by the Lord.

 

 

" Oh! Lord Almighty, You are fully powerful -full of knowledge and power/gnAnam

and shakthi- and when I have openly declared my emptiness acknowledging You as

the only refuge, why am I still kept in this world? "

 

The Lord's response was " We desired to listen to your thiru-voi-mozhi. This is

for me and my devotees "

" enRaikkum ennai vuyyak koNdu " 7-9;

There are so many scholars prior to AzhwAr's period; vyAsar and other saints,

the earlier AzhwAr-s.However, The Lord preferred to get the thiru-voi-mozhi sung

through swAmi nam-AzhwAr. What a great help? What a GRace? What a grant? is

AzhwAr's overwhelming exclamations.

 

What can AzhwAr do in response? Is there anything with which he can repay for

this? No.

The only thing that can be done is singing in praise of the " Lord with His

consort " in thiru-vARan viLai.He is the means and the dhivya-dhEsam and the

em-perumAn is the end-goal to be attained, is the loud message by AzhwAr again

reiterating what he has stated earlier-The Lord as the means and the End.

 

" inbam payakka ezhil malar mAdharum thAnum " 7-10.

 

thiru-voi-mozhi

The reason for AzhwAr being detained in the world.

thiru-vARan viLai as the means and the end.

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan