AchArya Hrdhayam 173-Eighth Ten Introduction.

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AchArya Hrdhayam SUthram 226

 

THE EIGHTH TEN

 

pEARum avanEA, vazhiyum avanEA

 

 

The Lord possesses immense knowledge and immeasurable power culminating into

tremondous force, which was seen in the seventh ten. Accordingly, the Lord had

the things which emit happiness eternally- which is termed as sathya kAman- the

quality empahsised in this ettAm pathu. The Lord wanted to assuage AzhwAr's

yearnings and restore him to normal self. AzhwAr due to non exprience of the

Lord became confused, had doubts regarding His nature and qualities and became

afraid of this world of briths and rebirths. The Almighty reminded AzhwAr reg.

the grace showered upon AzhwAr. AzhwAr immediately out of gratitude submitted

his soul. The Lord's yield was immeasurable satisfaction -peRAp pEARu. However,

having seen AzhwAr distance himself -as AzhwAr suddenly develops the feeling of

being inferior-naichiyam- the Lord highlighted and displayed the nature of the

soul-Anma swarUpam. AzhwAr became further clear reg.' the means and the end'

The means and the end are different usually. However, both are same here. The

means and the end are one and the same. The Lord Almighty is both the means and

the end, is the message delivered in the ettAm pathu.

 

 

pEARum avanEA, vazhiyum avanEA

 

(to be continued)

vanamamlai padmanabhan