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THE NATURE OF MEANS-UPAYA SWARUPAM In the previous posts, we dealt with iRai
nilai, vuyir nilai and thadai. That is,
the nature of the Lord, the nature of the soul and the hassles in attaining Him.
The means of attaining Him are spelt out by AzhwAr in "nORRA nAlum" ààààà àààààà 1.nORRa nOnbu ilEan:
the thiru voi mozhi "nORRa nOnbilEan"-ààààà
àààààààààà à-à detailing on the means of attaining Him culminating in the
pAsuram "ARenakku nin pAdhamE charaN Agath
thandhozhindhAi"-"àààààààà àààà ààààà ààààààà
àààààààààààààà" and
the three thiru voi mozhi-s following this: 2.
ARA amudhEA: 5-8 ;mentioning "kaLaivAi thunbam kaLaiyAdhozhivAi" and 'kazhalgaL avaiyE charaNAgath thandhozhindha"
3. mAnEi nOkku nallEr: 5-9; mentioning nam-perumAn adimEal shEmam koL then kurughUrch -ààà àààààààà ààà àààà ààààààà-satakOpan, reflecting AzhwAr taking refuge in the Lord's divine feet.-àààààà àààààà ààààààà 4.
piRandhavARum:
5-10; declaring nAganai misai nampirAn charanE charaN
namakku" thus in the aformentioned four successive thiru voi mozhi-s AzhwAr lists out the only means - the Lord - His feet - HIs causeless Mercy.
NOw we will move on to the upEya svAruPam or the nature of the end
dasan vanamamalai padmanabhan
Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org
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