AchArya Hrdhayam 170

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AchArya Hrdhyam sUthram 225-6

 

The Seventh Ten Contd.

 

Why Am I kept in this World still? ivai enna visithirangaLEA!

 

 

" pazhaiya thanimaik kUppEdu thalai eduthu, sUzhavum pagai mugamseiyya, eduppum

sAippumAna klESam nadakka, upAyAdhikArOshamoyiya mAyangaL seidhu vaitha

vaichithriyaik kEatka.. "

 

 

The longing and yearning which started in the beginning of this ten -vuL

nilAviya- relapsed to AzhwAr. AzhwAr started pining for the Lord Almighty.

AzhwAr invoked the Lord Almighty vociferously and conspicuously by recalling Him

as the creator of the world, meauring the world, the Lord worshipped all the

deities, the Lord who picked up gOvardhanA hill and stalled the rainstorm

etc.etc.

All these adjectives and adverbes became handy for AzhwAr in these ten pAsuram-s

" pAmaru mU vulagam " 7-6;

 

The features and image of the Lord Almighty surfaced in AzhwAr' mind distinctly

and vividly. Did it make AzhwAr happy? NO. Since, it again remainded of the

Almighty, the pain multiplied in geometric progression. The divine eyes, nose,

ears, mouth, eyebrows etc., all surrounded AzhwAr and aggressively attacked his

mind. These tormented him -killing effect. Thus, the divine countenance of the

Lord whcih was subject to AzhwAr's vision now became a subject of his memory and

as a result of the intense longing, accentuated the yearning for the God.

 

Thus, the experience of pain which commenced in the first thriu-voi-mozhi of

this ten, aggravated in the second and third but was assuaged by the Lord in the

4th-Azhi ezha and 5th kaRpAr. However, the problem relapsed in " pAmaru " and

" yEAzhair Avi vUNNum " . The pain and pleasure fluctuated like a pendulum.

 

AzhwAr went into an intorspection. He had clasped the Lord as the means. The

Lord has immense knowledge and shakthi-which was seen earlier also- to grant the

salvation. Similarly, Azhwar had declared the Lord as the only refuge- ananya

gadhithvam and empty handedness-Akinchanyam. Both of them did not have any

deficiency on their part. To sum up, The Lord Almighty has all the knowledge and

power and AzhwAr had deemed and followed the Lord as the only refuge and

declared his emptiness. The salvation should have ensued automatically. Hence,

AzhwAr asked the Lord " Despite the aforementioned facts, why am I kept in this

horrid world of births and deaths resulting in pain and despair?What is this

paradox? 'ivai enna visithirangaLEA!

 

pAsuram-s

 

A.The relapseof the Longingness of AzhwAr for the Lord made him call for Him:

the thiru-voi-mozhi " pAmaru mUvulagam " elaborates on this aspect.

 

'pAmaru mUvulagum padaitha-aLandha' 7-6-1---> Calling the Lord who created and

measured the World.

'malai yEandhi kal mAri thannai'7-5-3--> The rescue of one and all from the

hailstorm/rainstorm -gOvardhana giri.

'..anRu ilangai kadandhu pilambu koLippa' --7-6-8--> the Lord who had conqured

lankA.

'.. Ayar kulathu ERRiLam piLLai onRAi pukku, mAyangaLE iyaRRi'-7-6-10--> The

Lord krishNA's deeds are recalled.

 

B. The beauty and the form of the Lord and His features surfaced in AzhwAr's

mind.

' yEzhaiyar Avi vuNNum iNaik kURRam kolO' thiru voi mozhi.

 

'yEzhaiyar Avi vuNNum iNaik kURRam kolO-Azhi am kaNNa pirAn thirukkaNgaL

kolO-sUzhavum nAnmarai thAmarai pOle vandhu thOndRum kaNdEr'---> The features of

the Lord Almighty and the countenance tortures AzhwAr like missiles--7-7-1;

'..vENNai vuNdAn thiru mUkku'--> 7-7-2-The divine nose of AzhwAr fills up the

mind of AzhwAr.

'..ammAn thondai vAi'--7-7-3---Divine mouth of the Lord.

'paividath pAmbaNaiyAn thirukkundalak kAdhugaLEa'-7-7-5-->the divine ears of the

Almighty.

 

C. AzhwAr should have collapsed in the longing for the Almighty. Intrspection

revealed that there was no problem with the saviour - either in knowledge or

power- nor deficiency with Azhwar.The surprise then was AzhwAr still in this

world. The Lord's wonderful acts and the questions follow.

Wonderful Acts.

'mAyA -vAmananEa-madhu sUdhA'-7-8-1;

" thingaLum gnAyirumAi, sezhum pal sudarAi irulAi...iva enna visithirAmEA?' You

are all . what a wonder -7-8-2;

" enna iyaRkaigaLAl enganEa ninRittAi? en kaNNA? thunnu kara saraNam mudhalAga

ellA vuruppum---7-8-10-->What a wonder You have granted everything for the soul.

 

Why Am I kept in this World still? ivai enna visithirangaLEA

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan