AchArya Hrdhyam sUthram
225-4
The Seventh Ten
Contd.
muRai ketta
kEALvi
"kangulum pagalum adaivaRRa Arthiyai
kOyil thiru vAsalilEA muRai ketta kEALvi Akki..."
In the earlier posting it was seen that AzhwAr had
become very emotional and loudly called at the Lord for having
still being detained in the world. The emotion culminated into extreme
devotion, emotion and ecstasy and the pangs of separation
transformed AzhwAr into a state of not comprehending the difference
between day and night, a state of crying, sleeplessness,
worshpping, mOhippadhu--> love becoming madness for the Lord,
lamenting, stillness, mumbling and so on and so forth. These are
but various explicit display of love and affection . "Asai, sindhai, ninaivu, mayakkam, pEAsudhal, azhudhal,
mOham, vyAdhi, pithupidathirukkum thanami, sAdhal" are various facets of
extreme love-kamathin nilaigaL.
Since, AzhwAr was not in normal self, these
several state of affairs was spelt out by thAyAr -=AzhwAr's mother.
Where? At the SriRangam kOil. Told to whom? To the Lord Himslef. What did
she say? What are YOu thinking of doing this girl? What have You done
to this girl? What are You doing to this girl? What shall I do about my
girl? Are the questions addressed to the Lord
Himself.
These questions addressed towards the Lord are termed
as "improper". What is improper-muRai ketta
kEALvi? The Lord has to come and rescue us. This is the nature of the
soul. However, the soul's extreme yearnings for Him make this basic
postulate to be relegated and the questioning of the Lord in this reagard
is titled as "muRai ketta ". The soul is
the Lord's asset. Hence, it is His look out to safeguard and rescue this. This
being so, the asset itself calling for rescue is a paradox and hence termed as
"muRai ketta".
This is also deemed as an exact simile to
the thiru virutham 62nd pAsuram -which is supposed to have blossomed into
this 10 pAsuram-s."iRaiO irakkinum EngOr pEn pAl....muRaiyO,
aravaNai mEAle paLLi koNda mugilvaNNanEA".
Oh!Lord, it is Your wont to rescue
people out of Your grace, You approaching them and saving them.
Here, it is topsy turvy. Even after AzhwAr has surrendered You have not turned
eyes on him and lO! see her state of affairs. Is it fair? Is it
appropriate? You seemed to be enjoying Your rest on Your bed when AzhwAr is
being tormented. Is it correct. muRaiyO?
pAsuram-s:
The emotional state of AzhwAr is described in the
thiru voi mozhi 'kangulum pagalum'7-2.
"kangulum pagalum kaN thuyil
aRiyAL.."--7-2-1-->She does not know the difference between day and
night nor she sleeps.
"sindhikkum
dhisaikkum"--7-2--->She thinks and stares.
"ittakAl itta kaigaLAi
irukkum"-7-2--> She remains still.
"azhum,thozhum..."
7-2-->She cries, worships etc.
All such acts of extreme love are elaborated in this
thiru-voi-mozhi 'kangulum pagalum'.
Mother of AzhwAr quetions the
Lord
" ivaL thiRathu en sindithAyE?"
-What have You thought about
her?
"ivaL thiRathu en seidhittAyEa?
What have You done to
her?
"ivaL thiRAthu en
seiginRAyEa?What are YOu doing to her?
muRai ketta
kEALvi
(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan
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