Thiruvaimozi 1.5.2

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1.5.2

 

 

 

ninaindhu naindhuL karaindhurugi imaiyor palarum munivarum

 

punaindha kaNNi neer sanndham pugaiyodEndhi vananginaal

 

ninaindha ellapporuLgaLukkum vitthaaimudhaliR sidhayaamE

 

mananchey jnaanatthunperumai maasooNaadhO maayonE

 

 

 

When the devas and sages, with their hearts and body melting on

thinking about Your qualities, offer garlands, water, sandal paste

and fume-sticks to worship You, is it not decrying the glory of You,

who has Maya in Your control and who is the material cause of the

universe through Your will alone.

 

Azvar , in this pasuram says that not only he but even the devas and

the sages whose hearts melt thinking of the glory of the Lord and

approach Him with materials of worship , are not fit to do so. It is

because He was far above their status and they worshipping Him is

like small insects praising the elephant. The glory of the Lord is

inconceivable even to them because He created the Universe with His

will and thus He is the material and only cause of all beings.

 

 

 

The Upanishad says, ` thath aikshatha bahu syaam prjaayeya, it

willed to become many.' Hence there is no material or any other

cause of the universe except Him which He created by His will.

 

 

 

Ninaindhu naindhu uL karaindhu urugi- mind and body melting on

thinking of the Lord and His qualities like souseelya and soulabhya.

 

 

 

punaindha kaNNi- flower garlands

 

 

 

neer- water for washing His feet

 

 

 

sandham- sandal paste as inguent.

 

 

 

Pugai- incense

 

 

 

Endhi vaNanginaal- when they come and worship You thus.

 

 

 

maasooNaadhO- Is it not decrying Your glory? Because

 

 

 

maayOn- You wield Maya as your power and all beings including he

devas and sages are under the influence of maya and hence do not

understand You as such.

 

 

 

ninaindha ellaa poruLgaLukkum- for all beings created by Your will

 

 

 

vitthaai mudhalil sidhaiyaamE- You are the material cause but

without undergoing any change in You.

 

 

 

manam sei jnaanatthu un perumai- such is Your glory that You create

all by Your mind alone.

 

 

 

The Lord is the cause of all which are created by His will. For

anything that is created there are three causes , namely, material

cause, efficient cause and auxiliary cause. For a pot , the clay is

the material cause, upaadhaana kaarana, the potter is the efficient

cause, nimittha kaarana and the potter's wheel is the auxiliary

cause, sahakaari kaarana. Since the Lord alone existed in the

beginning as sath, He is the only cause, material , efficient and

auxiliary. Now the material cause undergoes a transformation when

it becomes an effect like the clay becoming the pot, with a change

in form . colour etc. But the Lord remains as He is even after the

creation of the world as the Upanishad says, poornam adhaH pornam

idham poorNaath poornam udhachyathe; poornasya poornam aadhaaya

poorNameva avaSishyathe.

 

 

 

` That is whole;. this is whole; what has come out of the whole is

also whole. When the whole is taken out of the whole, the whole

still remains whole.'

 

We know that the Lord is everywhere. Does it mean that He fragments

himself and is present in all beings? No. He is present everywhere

in His complete form only.. For example it is not possible to cut

the AkAsa into parts because it is one whole. But the space inside

the pot is seen as ghatAkAsa while the space outside is mahAkAsa.

But both are the same and forms one whole. Similarly the Brahman

being one whole is present everywhere as one whole.. This is what is

meant by vitthaai mudhalil sidhaiyaamE

 

 

 

 

 

 

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