Fwd: A Peep into Periya ThiruMozhi 239/aruL mari 15

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this week srivaishnavism magzin carries aruL mari-15

This has been lifted from adiyean s peep into periya thirumzoh.

 

Thanks for Sri Parthasarathy Srinivasan and Sri Govindarajan svami

for re-publishing this in their names.

 

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adiyean

dasan

vanamamalai padmanabhan

 

-- In Oppiliappan , " Padmanabhan " <aazhwar wrote:

 

A serene mind with clear Conviction

 

kalangal illAp-pugazhAn Kaliyan

 

The Lord being ' the be all and end all' is the cornerstone of our philosophy.

AzhwArs- have highlihted this fact and elucidated by pUrvAchAryAs.

 

The fact of AzhwAr-s longing for the Almighty ,yearning for Him and devising

dubious methods like taking up maDal and resorting unsavoury means like

threatening with following other means -refer the ninth pAsuram of the 9-3-9 of

Thriumozhi - and so on has to be seen in the light of their emotions. Does it

not speak volumes of their mis-understanding of the concept or does it

categorically point to the fact that their minds indeed are fluctuating?

 

Indeed not. Their faith in Him is strong.Their conviction is rock solid. Then,

one may ask, why should they resort to such undesirable ways of reaching Him,.

In fact, these are not method of reaching Him but methods of survival while

desiring Him and assuaging the agony during the period of painful separation

from EmperumAn.

 

Never, had they resorted to any other means as svAmi nAm AzhwAr incisively coins

this is a few words 'en nAn seigEan' ThriuvAiMozhi 5-8;

 

Thriumangai AzhwAr who meticulously follows the footsteps of mARan cannot but

follow the same tenets and if someone feels that the survival instincts of

Azhwar gets transformed into dastardly acts and words, they at best can be taken

as manifestation of longingness for His presence rather than means to attain

Him.

 

In fact, even this degree of depression of the mind in being away from the Lord,

is hihgly commendable as this emotion does not catch one and all like mortals

like me.The bakthi pAravyasyam indicates the exalted position they are in.This

itself gives them the special status and fame

'pugazh'

 

Thirumangai Mannan himself reiterates this point in the final pAsuram of the

thrid thirumozhi

 

'kalangal illA pugazhAn kaliyan' 9-3-10 of Periya thriumzohi

 

And that is again Kaliyan for you.

 

dAsan

vanamamalai padmanabhan