AchArya
Hrdhayam
pathAm
pathu
sUthram
228-16
SCRATCHING THE FLOOR-BOWING THE HEAD
COYLY
AzhwAr is
not an ordinary person. He is a sarvanjgyar, having realised the
incomprehensible, the abstruse.
He has understood
the fact that the hurdles and attractions in this world distance one from the
Lord. However, the making of the world, the creation, sustenance and decimation
all rests with the Lord. The Lord is independent. He takes efforts to reclaim
the soul. He thinks of ways and means to make them reach Him. The relationship
between the soul and the Lord is eternal.
The train of
thought of the Almighty thus goes on in this fashion and finally reaches a
conclusion that AzhwAr is a person who understands the facts and hollow response
to his question will not do.
Already once in
"periya-thiruvandhAdhi" earlier AzhwAr had questioned that
"Oh! Lord what
are You trying to do. Are You trying to distance me away from You by showing
other means?
Or are You trying to attract me by blessing me with
the vision of Your divine form-thiru-mEani - and bequeath me with lasting
experience. All along I have been without knowledge. What are Your thoughts
regarding me?
"neRi kAtti nEkkudhiyO
--- > Are you trying to distance me away from You by showing other
means?
nin pAl karu-mA muRi mEani
kAttudhiyO?-- Are you attracting me with Your divine vision and bestwoing
me with divine experience.
mEal-nAL, aRiyOmai, en seivAn
eNNinAi, kaNNanE, EdhuraiyAi..I have been ignorant all these days. What
are thinking of doing to me" periya thiruvandhAdhi 6;
and again in the eighth pAsuram AzhwAr mentions that
he does not know when he is getting nearer the Lord or getting to know about the
Lord. But the love and affection towards HIm is progressing. How is
this?
"arugum suvadum, theri-vuNarOam,
anbEa perugum miga, idhu en , pEAsEr.." periya thiruvandhAdhi
8;
The Lord did not reply to those questions. Similarly,
the Lord having comprehended that there is no point in giving hollow
responses, puts His head down and scratches the floor with His
legs.
(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan
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