AchArya Hrdhyam sUthram
225-3
The Seventh Ten
Contd.
Oh! Lord. Why are You still detaining
me in this world of torture?
"theLivuRRavaRku yEARRaRum vaikunthathai
aruLum prApagathvam, puRpa, eRumbu, pagaivanukkum Akka valla sakthi, bhAdhagam
illAdha thanmai..agaRRumavaRrin naduvEA iruthak kaNdu nalivAn, sumadu thandhAi,
'O' enRu, sAdhana palamAna AkrOshathOdEA, pazhiyittu...."
The sakthi of the Lord Almighty was seen in the
preceding posting. It is explained a little further. For the souls, who deem
that the Lord as the means and the end , and do not get confused after
seeing the other souls in the world, the Lord grants the higher pedestal by
giving Himself as means. He Graces His blesing by granting His divine feet
to even the plants, grass, enemies. This being so, AzwAr is really grieved that
despite his surrender unto the Lord, he is still being detained in this world.
AzhwAr did not only surrender to Him but reached a
state where he was not able to sustain himself away from the Lord even for a
brief period. What is wrong in being in this world? The five sensory
organs torment the souls. They moot the soul into pleasures and materialistic
ends and distance away from the Lord. Hence, AzhwAr calls Him vigourously
" Oh! Lord, why do you still keep me in this world of
torments?" and blames and accuses the Lord, which is akin to a
child blaming the mother for falling inadvertently, on the road.
pAsuram-s:
The Lord is a big force granting salvation to
plants,animals and enemies.
"theLivuRRu vEvinRi ninRavaRku
inbak gadhi seiyyum" 7-5-11-->For the souls who deem Him as the means
and end, the Lord grants them Himself.
"yEARRarum vaikunthathai aruLum
namakku" 7-6-10--> The Lord grants salavation to us, the high pedestal
.
"puRpA mudhalA pul, eRumbAdhi
onRinRiyEA"-->7-5-1--> The Lord is capable of blessing even plants
like grass, animals like ants etc.
"sEAt pAl pazham pagaivan
sisupAlan thiruvadi.."7-5-2-->The Lord Almighty is capable of even
gracing His blessing to enemies like sisupAlan.
"adiyEan vunapAdham agala
killEAn"-->6-10-10--> AzhwAr says" I am not able to sustain myself
without Your divine feet".
"agaRRa nE vaitha mAya val aim
pulangaL'--> 5-7-8--> YOu have kept these five sensory organs which
take us away from You.
The five sensory organs torment AzhwAr. This is
explained in the first thiru-voi-mozhi of seventh ten---"vuL
nilAviya aivaRAl kuamai thERRi"
--> "nalivAn iNNam
eNNugiNRAi'-7-1-1--> "Oh! Lord, You are still thinking of tormenting
me through these five organs.
"Ore aindhivaip peidhu ..vunnai
nAn anugA vagai"--7-1-2-> These five distance me from
YOU.
"..aivarAl vinayEAnai
mOdhuvithu.." 7-1-3--> You are making me confront these
five.
"...Ore aivaraik kAtti, vunn adip
pOdhu nAn anugAvagai.."-->7-1-4-> You have shown me these five and
made me non approachable towards YOu.
"sekkil ittum thirikkum aivarai "
7-1-5--> These five torture me.
"viNNuLAr perumARku adimai
seivaRAiyum seRum aim pulan ivai"7-1-6--These five sensory organs torture
even those who serve the Lord Almighty.
"Ore aivar vaN kayavarai enRu yAn
velgiRpan, vun thiru aruL illayEAl"7-1-7--> When can I conquer these
unless You grant me Your grace?
"innamudhenath thOnRi Oraivar
yAvaraiyum mayakka" 7-1-8--> These five appear to be sweet and
deceive one and all.
"kodu van kuzhinil vEzhkum
aivarai"--7-1-9--> These five push one into deep
gorge.
"aivar dhisai dhisai valithu
eRRuginRAnar"7-1-10--> these five torment from all
directions.
AzhwAr thus laments the torture of five sensory
organs and loudly calls the Lord
"viNNuLAr
perumAnEAyO!"--7-1-5 and "mun paravai kadaindhu
amudham koNda mUrthE O!" 7-1-10;
Actually the soul has over years and years of being
involved but blame the Lord for having kept here for long, long time. This is
likened to a child falling on the road and accusing the mother for
that.
Oh! Lord. Why are You still detaining
me in this world of torture
(to be continued)
vanamamalia padmanabhan
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