AchArya Hrdhyam sUthram
225-6
The Seventh Ten
Contd.
Why Am I kept in this World still?
ivai enna visithirangaLEA!
"pazhaiya thanimaik kUppEdu thalai
eduthu, sUzhavum pagai mugamseiyya, eduppum sAippumAna klESam nadakka,
upAyAdhikArOshamoyiya mAyangaL seidhu vaitha vaichithriyaik
kEatka.."
The longing and yearning which started in the
beginning of this ten -vuL nilAviya- relapsed to
AzhwAr. AzhwAr started pining for the Lord Almighty. AzhwAr invoked the Lord
Almighty vociferously and conspicuously by recalling Him as the creator of the
world, meauring the world, the Lord worshipped all the deities, the Lord
who picked up gOvardhanA hill and stalled the rainstorm
etc.etc.
All these adjectives and adverbes became handy for
AzhwAr in these ten pAsuram-s "pAmaru mU vulagam"
7-6;
The features and image of the Lord Almighty surfaced
in AzhwAr' mind distinctly and vividly. Did it make AzhwAr happy? NO. Since, it
again remainded of the Almighty, the pain multiplied in geometric
progression. The divine eyes, nose, ears, mouth, eyebrows etc., all surrounded
AzhwAr and aggressively attacked his mind. These tormented him -killing
effect. Thus, the divine countenance of the Lord whcih was subject to AzhwAr's
vision now became a subject of his memory and as a result of the intense
longing, accentuated the yearning for the God.
Thus, the experience of pain which commenced in the
first thriu-voi-mozhi of this ten, aggravated in the second and third but was
assuaged by the Lord in the 4th-Azhi ezha and 5th kaRpAr. However, the problem
relapsed in "pAmaru" and "yEAzhair Avi vUNNum". The pain and pleasure fluctuated like
a pendulum.
AzhwAr went into an intorspection. He had clasped the
Lord as the means. The Lord has immense knowledge and shakthi-which was seen
earlier also- to grant the salvation. Similarly, Azhwar had declared the Lord as
the only refuge- ananya gadhithvam and empty handedness-Akinchanyam. Both of
them did not have any deficiency on their part. To sum up, The Lord Almighty has
all the knowledge and power and AzhwAr had deemed and followed the Lord as the
only refuge and declared his emptiness. The salvation should have ensued
automatically. Hence, AzhwAr asked the Lord " Despite the aforementioned facts,
why am I kept in this horrid world of births and deaths resulting in pain and
despair?What is this paradox? 'ivai enna
visithirangaLEA!
pAsuram-s
A.The relapseof the Longingness of AzhwAr for the Lord made
him call for Him:
the thiru-voi-mozhi "pAmaru
mUvulagam" elaborates on this aspect.
'pAmaru mUvulagum padaitha-aLandha'
7-6-1---> Calling the Lord who created and measured the
World.
'malai yEandhi kal mAri
thannai'7-5-3--> The rescue of one and all from the
hailstorm/rainstorm -gOvardhana giri.
'..anRu ilangai kadandhu pilambu koLippa'
--7-6-8--> the Lord who had conqured lankA.
'.. Ayar kulathu ERRiLam piLLai onRAi
pukku, mAyangaLE iyaRRi'-7-6-10--> The Lord krishNA's deeds are
recalled.
B. The beauty and the form of the Lord and His features
surfaced in AzhwAr's mind.
' yEzhaiyar Avi vuNNum iNaik kURRam kolO'
thiru voi mozhi.
'yEzhaiyar Avi vuNNum iNaik kURRam
kolO-Azhi am kaNNa pirAn thirukkaNgaL kolO-sUzhavum nAnmarai thAmarai pOle
vandhu thOndRum kaNdEr'---> The features of the Lord Almighty and the
countenance tortures AzhwAr like missiles--7-7-1;
'..vENNai vuNdAn thiru mUkku'-->
7-7-2-The divine nose of AzhwAr fills up the mind of AzhwAr.
'..ammAn thondai
vAi'--7-7-3---Divine mouth of the Lord.
'paividath pAmbaNaiyAn thirukkundalak
kAdhugaLEa'-7-7-5-->the divine ears of the Almighty.
C. AzhwAr should have collapsed in the longing for the
Almighty. Intrspection revealed that there was no problem with the saviour -
either in knowledge or power- nor deficiency with Azhwar.The surprise then was
AzhwAr still in this world. The Lord's wonderful acts and the questions
follow.
Wonderful Acts.
'mAyA -vAmananEa-madhu
sUdhA'-7-8-1;
"thingaLum gnAyirumAi, sezhum pal sudarAi
irulAi...iva enna visithirAmEA?' You are all . what a wonder
-7-8-2;
"enna iyaRkaigaLAl enganEa ninRittAi? en
kaNNA? thunnu kara saraNam mudhalAga ellA vuruppum---7-8-10-->What a
wonder You have granted everything for the soul.
Why Am I kept in this World still?
ivai enna visithirangaLEA
(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan
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