AchArya Hrdhayam 118 SUthram 219
Contd. It was seen that the Lord out of His grace graced AzhwAr and settled down in Him. Further, TEXT: “a.……sudar adi, empirAnai vidAdhu
kaNdAi nEyum nAnum engiRa
sahrudhayAnubhavam samsArikkumpadi..” b.’..vEdumin enRu thyAjyOpAdhEya, dhOsha
guNa parithyAga samarpaNa kramathai salampana mandhramAga
upadhEsithu’ Summary:a. Realising the great grant from the Lord, AzhwAr becomes ecstasic and appreciates his mind for having heeded to the Lord’s beckoning, for having turned against the world’s materialistic and other compelling factors, for attracting AzhwAr’s into the Lord’s vision even when AzhwAr wanted to drift off –considering that he is not fit enough to receive the Lord’s mercy. Hence, the aim should be to do service unto His divine feet and thrive. b. Having said this, AzhwAr noticed that fellow souls in the world were revolving in the cycle of births. Hence, out of sympathy he prescribed the do s and don ts for them. He underlined the temporary aspects of the life and the eternal and the greatness of the Lord thus highlighting that these materialistic aspects of the life have to be withered off and the Lord has to be approached /surrender to Him is the prescription. The pAsuram-s which point to these events. a. ‘sudar adi thozhudhEzhEn mananEa’ --à Surrender unto His feet and serve Him (1-3-10) ‘em pirAnai thozhAi mada nenjamEa’ à Worhsip the Lord who has helped us ( 1-7-3) ‘nenjamEa! nallai,nallai, -malarAL maNavALanai thunjum pOdhu vidAdhu thodar kaNdAi’àOh! Mind it is good that you did not leave the Lord even when there was hesitation on my part.(1-10-4) ‘kaNdAyEa nenjamE karumangaL vAikkinRu’à ‘Oh! mind Lo! The Grace has surrounded us, without any reason whatsoever. What an occurrence.( 1-10-5); ‘nEyum nAnum innEAr niRkil maRRor, nOyum sAr kodAn nenjamEa sonnEan’( 1-10-6). Having reached this postion, oh! mind, the Lord will never allow us to even contemplate on any other materialstic ends or any other means of attaining Him. This disease will not afflict us. b. ‘vEdumin muRRavum’ –1-2-1à
‘oh!the people of this world, leave everything and surrender unto
Him… The ten pAsuram-s including ‘minnin nilaiyila’ informing
that this life is temporary like a bubble, ‘nEr numadhu ‘ the ego-s have to be shed off- detail the
defects in this world and the aspects surrounded. Hence, surrender unto Him. He has great auspicious qualities
–ellaiyil annalam-saulabhyam- Thus AzhwAr prescribes the samsAri-s to leave off
everything –as they have inherent defects- and lay themselves unto the divine
feet of the Lord who has auspicious qualities by preaching them
thirumandhiram. “van-pugazh nAraNan thiNkazhal sEArEa” is the
ultimate punch. (to be continued) vanamamalai padmanabhan
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