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Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 9:48
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Subject: [Oppiliappan] SrI UpakAra
Sangraham Part - 20
srI:
SrI
upakAra sangraham ?
20
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adikAram ? 1
poorva
upakAra paramparai
(The
Foremost Series of Favours)
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SECTION ? 2
(The
Four basic favours provided by the Lord to the JivAthmA
since
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3) (continued)
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After completing the previous posting (Part ? 19), a Bhagavthar who
called on me went through the text. While explaining to him, adiyEn made
certain clarifications to bring out the intention of SwAmi Desikan to use this
phrase:-
?nammaip pRRa avyaaja-krupaiyaalE
avasara-prateekShanaay ninRatuvum;?
SwAmi Desikan says that the Lord is waiting for the moment to receive
the jIvA when he makes a round-about turn towards Him. This was the case with
SrI Tirumangai AzhvAr, as he himself expressed in his verse quoted earlier.
The Lord?s anxiety can not be realized without an illustration from our
daily life. When we want to go to a place, we reach the nearest bus stop to
catch the particular bus going to that place. We wait there, expecting the
particular route bus will come for us to get in. But we are not aware when it
will arrive at the bus stop. Still, we have no choice but to wait till it
appears there. No one can tell us when it will come there, as it does not keep
up the time schedule. Even then, we wait for it as we must go to that place
without fail.
In a similar situation, the Lord is. This is indicated by the
_expression_, ?avasara-prateekShanaay ninRatuvum?. Here, ?avasaram? indicates the ?restless-ness? that is
normally there in a person waiting for the bus. The appointed time for
reaching the place is fast nearing, but there is no sight of the bus. SwAmi Desikan?s intention is to stress
this point that the Lord is in a restless situation. In our case, we may even
cancel the programe of going to that destination. But, the Lord can not do so,
as a jIvA?s fate is involved. That is expressed by the term, ?prateekShanaay?. This
indicates the Lord?s anxiety about the arrival that moment of arrival of the
jIvA for whom He is waiting. It is similar to our anxiety about the arrival of
the bus if our programme can not be cancelled.
However, in our case, we would be cursing ourselves or the person
concerned who had given that appointed time. It is a common experience for us. But,
the Lord is not like us. That is why He is great. He is full of compassion and
determined to help the jIvA who is in distress. He can not be abandoned, just as we
cancel our appointment. We do not bother about the consequences. But, the Lord
can not, because of His compassion. It can not be explained why He is like
that. That is the intention of SwAmi Desikan to convey in using this phrase:-
?avyaaja-krupai?. For His ?krupa?, we can not find the
reason.
If the bus does not turn up in a reasonable time, we are in the habit
of abandoning our programme. But, The Lord does not do so.
That is the greatness of the Lord, who deserves all the praise. But, we
don?t have words. So are the Vedas!
(to continue)
dAsan
Anbil SrInivAsan
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