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SrI  UpakAra  Sangraham - III (2)
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niryANa adikAram
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 Section - 9: The Favours the Lord does to a MumukShu
after he leaves his body
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[9.1 Favours being done until the mumukShu reaches the
shore of River VirajA]
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        In the previous part (i) of this sub-section, Swami
Desikan narrated how the jIvAtma who had gone astray
after his separation from the Lord and lost himself in
the forest-like samsAra, and how, due to some good
persons, he was restored to the Lord Who was immensely
pleased to get him back, and how He put the jIva on
the archirAdi path where a number of devatas received
and hosted him when he passed through their respective
regions. This is the first favour the Lord does to the
mumukShu after he starts his journey from the gross
body through the Brahma-nAdi. 
Now, in this part (ii) of this sub-section, SwAmi
Desikan describes the favour the Lord does by way of
helping the mumukShu-jIva to cross the material world
so that he joins the muktas and nitya sooris in His
abode:     
(ii) appadi ?amararOduyarvil cenRu aRuvartham piRavi
am ciRaiyE? enkiRapadiyE, AtivAhika-raik koNdu
?coozhnthakanRu Azhnthuyarntha mudivil perum pAzhai?k
kadatthumathuvum; 
        AzhvArs have described the journey undertaken, with
the help of the Lord, by the mumukShu-jIva with his
subtle body, piercing the gross body, through the
Brahma-nAdi, the 101st vein pointing upwards from the
heart:
 ?mannum kadumkathirOn maNdalatthin nannaduvuL
  annathOrilliyin oodupOi?    (Periya Thirumadal)
(The liberated jIvAtma passes through a beautiful
opening in the centre of the solar system.)
 ?thErAr niRai-kathirOn maNdalatthaik keeNdu-pukku?   
(SiRiya Thirumadal)
(The liberated jIvAtma makes an opening in the solar
system.) 
 (Thirucchantha Viruttham - 67),
?iruLakaRRum erikathirOn maNdalatthoodu ERRivaitthu
ENivAngki?  (Thirucchantha Viruttham- 67)
(The Lord helps him to climb up by a ladder to
VaikuNTha through the system of the Sun whose hot rays
dispel the darkness and then removes the ladder.)
        As stated in these verses, the Lord sets the jIvAtma
on the path called dEvayAna and lets the gods to guide
him further. SwAmi Desikan refers to this favour done
by the Lord:   
 ?appadi ?amararOduyarvil cenRu aRuvartham piRavi am
ciRaiyE? enkiRapadiyE, AtivAhika-raik koNdu
?coozhnthakanRu Azhnthuyarntha mudivil perum pAzhai?k
kadatthumathuvum? --  
        Swami Desikan quotes a passage from a pAsuram of SrI
NammAzhvAr: 
 ?amararOduyarvil cenRu aRuvartham piRavi am ciRaiyE?.
Let us see the verse in full:
 ?amararkaL thozhuthezha alaikadal kadainthavan
thannai
 amarpozhil vaLangkurukoorc cadakOpan kuRREvalkaL
 amarcuvaiyAyiratthu avaRRinuL ivai-patthum vallAr
 amararOdu uyarvil cenRu aRuvartham piRaviyanciRaiyE.?
(ThiruvAimozhi, 1-3-11)
(These ten verses among the thousand verses have been
sung by SrI SaTakOpan in praise of the Lord Who
churned the ocean as requested by the Devas. Those who
recite these ten verses will be guided by the
immortals and attain SrI VaikuNtam, after casting off
this prison house of samsAra.) 
 ?enkiRapadiyE, AtivAhika-raik koNdu ?coozhnthakanRu
Azhnthuyarnftha mudivil perum pAzhai?k
kadatthumathuvum? -- As stated in this verse, the Lord
helps the mumukShu to cross the big prakruti with the
guidance of AtivAhikas. These guides are:
archis (fire), day, the bright half of the month
(shukla-pakSha), the six months of the year when the
sun is on the northern course (uttarAyaNa), the
year-god, VAyu, Soorya, Chandra and Lightning who is
known as amAnava, and his associates, VaruNa, Indra
and PrajApati. 
Again, Swami Desikan quotes a passage from a verse of
SrI NammAzhvAr, to indicate the nature of the prakruti
mandala:
 ?coozhnthakanRu Azhnthuyarntha mudivil perum pAzh?
(ThiruvAimozhi, 10-10-10).
(This prakruti is an endless vast area spread on all
the sides.) 
        The Lord helps the mumukShu-jiva to cross the samsAra
as vast as described by the AzhvAr. This is another
favour done by the Lord for the jIva, says SwAmi
Desikan.

(To continue)
dAsan
Anbil S.SrInivAsan
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