AchArya Hrdhayam-183

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AchArya Hrdhayam sUthram 227-3

 

THE NINTH TEN

kUvudhal varudhal seiyyAi

 

 

" Aruyir ennap paduthina Athma dharsana palAnubhava parambaraiyai kUvudhal

varudhal enRu muduguvittu.. "

 

 

What happened in the eighth ten? The Lord out of His grace and affection

voluntarily blessed AzhwAr with His presence and exchanged Himself with AzhwAr

which He does so with the nihya-sUrigaL. These experiences were all exchanged in

the thiru-voi-mozhi 'iruthum viyandhu' in the earlier ten. AzhwAr then realised

the nature of the soul as explained by the Lord Almighty. The sequential and

logical fallout is to achieve and fulfill the nature being service to the Lord.

For this the Lord;'s blessing is necessary. His Graceful glance is a must. His

divine feet is the need.The service to " Him with His consorts " is to be sought

after.His affectionate words are the requriement. Azhwar desires these and due

to the extreme expectation and deep attachment towards this, was not able to

wait till this got automatically. Hence, Azhwar requests the Lord " If I am not

to go to YOur divine place and serve You, let me be blessed with serving You

here in thiru-p-puLingudi " .' Call me and give me the opportunity to serve YOu'

is AzhwAr's scream.

 

 

pAsuram-s

 

The experience with the Lord is elaborated in the thiru-voi-mozhi

" iruthum viyandhu " 8-7-1;

The Lord's exchange is akin to that with that of nithya-sUrigaL.

" Aruyir pattadhu, enadhuyir pattadhu " 9-6-9.

 

AzhwAr desired this experience culminating into service to the Lord Almighty

being the nature of the soul forthwith. This is all reflected in the

thiru-voi-mohzi " paNdai nALAlEa " .

 

" thoNdarOrku aruLi, vun sOdhi vAi thirandhu, vun thAmariak kaNgaLAl nOkkAi "

----> 9-2-1-- " Oh! Lord, Bless Your disciples by spelling out a few words and

gracing us with Your divine eyes.

" pAdha pangayamEa thalaikku aNiyAi " --9-2-2---> Your divine lotus feet is the

adorning ornaments for our heads.

" vun thAmarai mangaiyum nEyum idam koL mUvulagum thozha irundharuLAi " 9-2-3-->

Please grace us by YOur presence alongwith pirAtti in this world.

" nin pal nilA mutham thavazh kadhir muRuval seidhu, nin thirukkaN thAmarai

thayanga ninRaruLAi " 9-2-5--> Bless YOur smile to us. Grace us with your divine

glance.

 

Instead of watiing for the time to ripe for reaching the Lord,AzhwAr immediately

desires to meet the Lord Almighty. Hence,AzhwAr wants The Lord in this world,

and call him to serve 'Him with His consort' in this world.

 

'nila magaL pidikkum, melladiyai koduvinaiyEanum pidikka, nE oru nAL kUvudhal

varudhal seiyyAyEA' 9-2-10;

 

 

kUvudhal varudhal seiyyAi

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan