THE IDENTITY
CONUNDRUM
The mother of parakAla nAyaki was
reporting parakAla nAyaki's situation to the Lord of thiru-idavendhai. The Lord appeared in front of
parakAla nAyaki. The appearance was wonderful. The person who destroyed
thirupuram-shiva and brahmA were indeed awed and surprised to see the
appearence. The splendour with which the Lord emerged was indeed
amazing.
The looks and attributes all the likes of
sriman nArAyaNA. The look was like narasimhA. the hair was like burning
fire. The appearance was like vAmanA. the eyes were like the ones actually
written by great artists. The divine hands had eight divine weapons. All the
world worshipped the immaculate Lord. mudhAlAzhwArgaL had sung in praise of HIm.
This is the one who had out of mercy voluntarily handed over the vEdhAs for our
retrieval. He had all the likes of the one who had vanquished the kuvalayApEta
elephant. the looks had the power to voluntarily conquer's ones composure and
possessions and make it His. Indeed He is like my soul.
These are the thoughts of parakAla nAyaki
on seeing the divine form. However, the greatness and the lustre also created
one doubt in her mind. Can He be the Lord, who has been slipping my vision all
these days? Can I be so fortunate to ultimately view
Him?
'Yes, He does have the attributes and the
looks of the Great one. Still I am not able to determine that it is Him
definitely' are the thoughts of parakAla nAyaki. She also felt delicately to ask
Him directly. Hence, she posed this question to a third person- as if asking to
somebody else. The Lord declared " I am the Lord
of atta-puyakaram"
The gaze and the appearance is described
in the first few lines and pat comes the reply from the Almighty comes
sharp
"I am the Lord of
atta-puya-karam".
AzhwAr's experience with the Lord's
presence in the femine form is indeed a rare one. It is unique. this is thalaivip pAsuram and the preceding thAip pAsuram.
These divine experiences are all narrated
in the eighth thirumozhi of the second ten -attapuyakaram dhivya
dhEsam.
What a way to expereince the
Lord!
The
question and answers go on like
this:
"..eri ana kEsara vAL eiRROdu,
ari-vuruvAm ivarAr? kol enna,
atta pukarathEan
enRAREA"2-8-1;
'...vandhu kuRaL vuruvAi
nimirndhu
mAvali vEALviyil man
alandha
andhanar pOnRu ivarAr? kol
enna
atta puyakarathEan!
enRAREA" 2-8-2;
"ambudham pOnRu ivarAr?
kol enna,
atta puyakarathEan
enRArEa" 2-8-3;
"...alai kadal pOnRu
ivarAr? kol enna
atta pukarathEan
ennArEa" 2-8-5;
"...azhagiyadhAm
ivarAr?kol enna.
atta puyakarathEan
ennArEa" 2-8-7;
"..pongu karum kadal, pUvai kAyA
punaindha mEagam
anganam pOnRu ivarAr? kol
enna
atta puyakarathEan
enRAREA" 2-8-9
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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