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thAnEA vaikuntham tharum

 

srEvachanabhUshaNam 14 " aRiyAdha arthangaLai adiayia aRivithu, AchArya

kruthyathaiyum, purushakArathaiyum, upAya kruthyathaiyum thAnEa yEARittuk

koLLUgaiyAlEa, mahAbhAradhathil upAya vaibhavavam solliRRu "

 

Lord sri krshNA took upon Himself voluntarily the purushakAram of pirAtti and

delivered the sacred bhagavth gEthA.

 

Thus it may be observed that, the Lord showers His blessings on us voluntarily

the purushakAra and upAya vaibhavam. This again reiterates the fact that The

Almighty is " swAthanthriyan " and has got every prerogative to accept, reject or

voluntarily bless taking upon Himself even the 'purushakAra' role.

 

However, how does one ensures this in a fail-proof and foolproof manner, is the

whole subject matter of srEvachana bhUshaNam and this aspect is summed up in the

upadhEsa rethinamAlai pAsuram

" gnAnam anuttAnam ivai nanRAgavEa udaiyanAna, guruvai adaindhakkAl,manilathEr,

thEAnAr kamalath thirumA-magaL kozhunan,

thAnEA vaikuntham tharum " 61;

 

The soul on surrendering at the feet of ones AchAryA -who is full of knowledge

and practice- is blesssed by sriman nArAyaNA voluntarily.

 

The term " thAnEA " is significant. The Lord as seen in the 14th sUthram of

srEvachanabhUshaNam hereinabove, blesses the soul voluntarily by taking upon

Himself the role of purushakAram and upAyam, once we surrender at our AchAryAs

divine feet.

 

Does it not then highlight that, each and every term periya jEyar uses-prayOgam-

is with a purpose?

 

 

thAnEA vaikuntham tharum

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan