AchArya Hrhdayam 186

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AchArya Hrdhayam

sUthram 227-6

The ninth Ten.

THE TRYST WITH THE LORD ALMIGHTY after

THE TEN STAGES

 

It was seen that Love is a waiting game. Can it go on endlessly? what is the

final scene are the questions which may raise? What is this waiting? What are

its nature and the evolution and what happens in the final stages are explaine

herein.

 

 

" inipathil onRu dhasama dhasaiyilEA pEAr enRu nAt kadalAga thambik

kittAdhAgAmal, nALai vadhuvai pOlEa nALidap peRRavar.. "

 

The Ten stages of Love:

1. First -sight and the resultant love and desire;

2. Second - thinking of that ;

3. Third- the same thinking;

4. Fourth- Sleeplessness;

5.Fifth- physical dilution;

6. Sixth- indifference towards other things;

7. Seventh- shylessness;

8. Eighth- behaving like one afflicted by madness;

9. Ninth- fainting and

10. Tenth- death

are the ten stages of love.

 

Similar to this, AzhwAr is reaching the final stage in the pathAm pathu - the

tenth ten. Hence, there is no delay but the time is ripening for the meet. The

final stage has come near, unlike in bharadhAzhwAn's case where it was fourteen

long years away. This is akin to the Lord fixing date for sri ANdAL's union

-tomorrow is the d-day- " nALai vadhuvai " -- and the Lord Almighty assures

AzhwAr, " your great devotion will be fulfilled on your release from this body " .

The Tryst with the Lord was thus fixed by the Lord Himself. After all the Lord

is also waiting eagerly hence, like the final stage mentioned hereinabove, the

physical release is the triggerfing point of AzhwAr's union with the Lord and

that is

 

The tryst with the Lord Almighty which is explicitly and categorically expressed

in thirukkaNNapuram thiru voi mohzi 9-10-5

 

" maraNamAnAl vaikuntham "

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan