Thiruvaimozi-1-3-2

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2. eLivarum iyalvinan nilai varambila palapirappaay

oLivaru muzunalam mudhal ila kEdila veedaam

theLi tharu nilaimai adhu ozivilan muzuvadhum iRaiyon

aLivarum aruLinOduagatthanan puRatthan amarndhE

 

 

The Lord , IRaiyOn, is by nature easy to attain, and he is not conditioned by His various incarnations. He is the, beginningless and endless self illumined absolute bliss, oLivarumuzunalam mudhal ila kEdila, and always bestows moksha by His grace that is infinitely generous, muzuvadhum ozvilan. He is close to His devotees but distant to others.

 

In the first centum azvar said that the Lord is the Supreme and in the second centum mentions that He is the one to be worshipped because He is the Supreme.In this centum azvar explains His soulabhya. In the last pasuram azvar went into a trance on uttering the words 'etthiRam' and in this pasuram he elaborates on the soulabhya after regaining his consciousness.

 

The Lord is no doubt beyond the grasp of all who think of Him as the one who churned the ocean with His 1000 arms and got the amrtha for the devas, which was indicated in the last pasuram as matthurukadai when taken with vitthagan, which includes all His superhuman exploits in the Krishnavathara in particular. So He was termed as piRargaLukkariyavan. But He is patthudai adiyavarkkeLiyavan, which is made clear by His being bound to the mortar and acting as the charioteer to Arjuna and messenger of pandavas etc.

 

Azvar says that the Lord is easily available by nature, eLivarum iyalvinan, to all in His incarnations but He is not limited by the conditions pertaining to the birth, nilai varambu ila palapiRappaay, He takes. Even though He acts according to the costume He dons in the particular incarnation it is only acting and not real. To the devotees who know this He is easily attainable, agatthanan, and they get moksha by experiencing Him, veedu aam thelI tharu nilaimai . But to others who do not know His real nature he is unattainable, puRatthanan, because they are delude into believing that He is the character itself instead of the actor who plays the character.

 

The lord is compared to an elephant which bends down to help those it would like to carry on its back but terrifying to those who are against it. Even the children are able to climb the elephant and it bends low to allow them to do so. Similarly the Lord comes down to our level to elevate us to His level if we are like children and love Him and have absolute faith in Him