AchArya Hrdhyam -sUthram 222
Contd.
It was seen that the Lord Almighty is present
everywhere. Is it a great thing. Even the sky encompasses everything. The great
thing is the Lord is not just omni-present. He is not merely inside and outside
the souls and things. He is the Governing factor of one and all in the whole
scheme of things. The omni-presence sparkles because of this factor.
Moreover, AzhwAr desired service to the
Almighty at all sates, all places and all times. The Lord displayed His great
deeds in the past as if it is present period to AzhwAr. AzhwAr's present
period and pAst of the Lord became equated. This enabled AzhwAr to exprience the
great deeds, pranks and other activites and events of the Lord
.
AzhwAr felt very much that he was not able to serve
the Lord with flowers and worship during the Lord's great deeds like vanquish of
lankA or the conquer of the seven bulls and so on. The Lord removed this
grievance by accepting AzhwAr's nenjam as an adornment- pUsum sAndhu, AzhwAr's
soul as a garland- puNayum kanni enadhu vuyir, AzhwAr's song as silk robe-
vAsagam sei mAlaiyEa vAn pattAdai and so on. AzhwAr became so fulfilled on His
activieties soul and body being accepted as desired ones by the Lord Almighty.
This reflected the Lord's immeasurable affection and Love towards AzhwAr. This
led ot ecstasy and pangs of separation.
The pang transposed into search for Him which
culminated into seeing all the things around as Him.-yEaRia pithu. Further, The Fourth Ten
"dhEsa dhUrathukkuk kUviung
koLLAi EnRadhu thErak kaNda sadhiraiyum oru nilamAgak kAtta, vEvil inbam
kUttinai enRu muktha bhOga mAnasa prApthi palamAna dhEvadhAndhra AthmAthmEya
Loka yAthra aiswaryAksharangaLil vairAgyam, vunnithu vuyirudambinAl, kodu
vulagam vEtkai ellAm vozhindhEn enna vudaiyar
Anavar......"
Summary: AzhwAr desired the Lord as He
would be in the nithya-vibhUthi. The Lord granted this to AzhwAr in this world.
AzhwAr got the vision of the "Lord with peirya pirAtti". The vision enjoyed by
the souls there is granted to AzhwAr here. The time restriciton, place
restriciton are all removed. The unparallel joy , eternal mirth is expressed by
AzhwAr as "vEvil inbam", thus. The matchless divine feet granted to AzhwAr by
the Lord is appreciated time and again by swAmi
nam-AzhwAr.
This automatically culminated into a. Indifference towards
other deities. b. Indifference towards ones' body and soul and c. Indifference
towards worldly pleasures including materialistic ends.
These convictions are expressed in a. thErpArai yAm ini thiru voi mozhi 4-6- indifference towards
other deities--dhEvathAnthra vairAgyam. b. yERALum iRaiyOnum
thiru voi mozhi 4-8- indifference towards ones' body and souls
and
c. indifference towards joyless world -worldly
pleasures-materialstic ends but painful earth in 'nannAdhAr
muRuvalippa" thiru voi mozhi 4-9.
pAsuram-s: AzhwAr had the vision of the 'Lord with
periya pirAtti'--> "ondodiyAl thirumagaLum nEyumEa nilA
niRpa" thiru voi mozhi -4-9-10;
AzhwAr attained matchless and eternall joy--> "vEvil inbam miga ellai nigazhndhanan
mEaviyEA" 4-5-3;
AzhwAr had the blessing of the divine feet.--> "kUttariyA thiruvadikkaL kUttinai nAn kaNdEanEa" thiru voi
mozhi 4-9-8.
The indifference towards other deities - He is the only
one to be approached and none else- is elaborately expressed in the thiru voi
mozhi 4-6 "thErpArai yAm ini" in which AzhwAr
declares that nobody else is to be worshipped except Him
"vunnithu maRRoru dheivam thozhAL avanai
allAl" 4-6-10;
The indifference towards ones souls and the associated ones is
expressed in the thiru voi mozhi "yEArALum iRaiyOnum"
4-8
where AzhwAr mentiones "vudambinAl
kuRaivilamEA" 4-8-9 shunning the phsique and finally even spurning the
soul "vuyirinAl kuRaivilamEA" 4-8-10.
The indifference towards the world is expressed in the
thiru voi mozhi 'nannAdhAr muRuvalippa" 4-9.
" kodu vulagam kAttEAlEA" -- do not show
me this bad world-- 4-9-7 and
"vEAtkai ellAm viduthu' --- No desire
towards the materials associated witht the world-- 4-9-9
"siRRinbam ozhindhEAn" 4-9-10 --the
worldly pleasures are also shunned by AzhwAr.
(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan
(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan
pAsuram-s:
The thiru voi mozhi "kOvai
vAyaL poruttu" 4-3 lists out the Lord's acceptance AzhwAr's
soul and body as His dress and adornments.
"nin pUvai vEyAm mEanikku pUsum sAndhu en
nenjame"-->4-3-1---> AzhwAr's nenjam is accepted as pUsum
sAndhu.
"puNaiyum kanni enadhu vuyirEa"
---> 4-3-4------> AzhwAr's soul is accepted as garland by the
LOrd.
"vAsagam sei mAlaiyEA vAn pattAdaiyum
AkdhEa"-->4-3-2 -> AzhwAr's pAsuram is accepted silk
robe.
"dhEsamAna aNikalanum, en kai kUppuch
seigaiyEa"--> 4-3-2 --->
AzhwAr's folded hands are deemed as ornaments.
The pangs of separation culminated in AzhwAr seeing all the
things around as the Lord. This is expressed in the
"maNNai irundhu thuzhAvi"
4-4.
"maNNai irundhu thuzhAvi, vAmanan maN idhu
ennum"-->4-4-1--> This soil is the soil measured by
vAmanan.
" viNNaith thozhudhu avan mEavu
vaikuntham.."---> 4-4-1---> The sky is worshipped and pointed to as
the abode of the Lord-vaikuNtam.
"seiyadhOr gnAyiRRaik kAtti sirEdharan
mUrhty Edhu ennum"--> 4-4-2--> The sun is pointed out as the icon
of the Lord.
"aRiyum sendhEyaith thazhuvi achudhan enRu
.."---> 4-4-3--> AzhwAr embraces the fire as he deems it as the
Lord.
"ninRa kuNrathinai nOkki nedumAlEa..."
4-4-4--> The standing mountain is likened to the
Lord.
"pOm iLa nAgathin pin pOi avan kidakkai
Edhu ennum" 4-4-5--> The little snake is followed as it is considered
as the bed of the Lord.
"Achiyar vennaikaL kANil avan vuNda veNNai
Edhu ennum" --> 4-4-6-->When the butter is seen it is recalled with
Lord KrishNa.
"nERu sevvEa idak kANil nedumAl adiyAr enRu
vOdum"--> 4-4-7--> When somebody has a vertical mark on the
forehead immeadiate conclusion is that they are the devotees of the
LOrd.
"thiruvudai mannaraik kANil thirumAlaik
kaNdEAnEa ennum"--4-4-8--> When the king is seen AzhwAr considers
himself as having seen the Lord Almighty.
"karum perum mEAgangaL kANIil kaNNan
enREARap paRAkkum"--4-4-9--> When black clouds are seen they are seen
as Lord krishNA.
Thus all things around as seen as Lord and His
connexions.
(to be
continued)
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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