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AchArya Hrdhayam
pathAm pathu

sUthram 228-16

SCRATCHING THE FLOOR-BOWING THE HEAD COYLY


AzhwAr is not an ordinary person. He is a sarvanjgyar, having realised the 
incomprehensible, the abstruse.
He has understood the fact that the hurdles and attractions in this world 
distance one from the Lord. However, the making of the world, the creation, 
sustenance and decimation all rests with the Lord. The Lord is independent. He 
takes efforts to reclaim the soul. He thinks of ways and means to make them 
reach Him. The relationship between the soul and the Lord is eternal.

The train of thought of the Almighty thus goes on in this fashion and finally 
reaches a conclusion that AzhwAr is a person who understands the facts and 
hollow response to his question will not do. 

Already once in "periya-thiruvandhAdhi" earlier AzhwAr had questioned that 
"Oh! Lord what are You trying to do. Are You trying to distance me away from 
You by showing other means?

Or are You trying to attract me by blessing me with the vision of Your divine 
form-thiru-mEani - and bequeath me with lasting experience. All along I have 
been without knowledge. What are Your thoughts regarding me?

"neRi kAtti nEkkudhiyO --- > Are you trying to distance me away from You by 
showing other means?
nin pAl karu-mA muRi mEani kAttudhiyO?-- Are you attracting me with Your divine 
vision and bestwoing me with divine experience.
mEal-nAL, aRiyOmai, en seivAn eNNinAi, kaNNanE, EdhuraiyAi..I have been 
ignorant all these days. What are thinking of doing to me" periya 
thiruvandhAdhi 6; 

and again in the eighth pAsuram AzhwAr mentions that he does not know when he 
is getting nearer the Lord or getting to know about the Lord. But the love and 
affection towards HIm is progressing. How is this?

"arugum suvadum, theri-vuNarOam, anbEa perugum miga, idhu en , pEAsEr.." periya 
thiruvandhAdhi 8;

The Lord did not reply to those questions. Similarly, the Lord having 
comprehended that there is no point in giving hollow responses, puts His head 
down and scratches the floor with His legs.

(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan
















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