The Benefits of
Nurturing the body.
As we all know that the sAsthram-s
prescribe nurturing the AthmA and not the physical structure mixed with flesh
and bones.
However, thirumanai AzhwAr mentions that
there is indeed benefit he has derived from harbouring this
structure.
In the final thirumozhi of the sixth ten,
AzhwAr talks of thirunAmam of the Lord and rejoices. In the first thirumozhi of
the seventh ten -"kaRavA maDa nAgu'' he calls the Almighty yearning for
kainkarya prApthi. ThirunaRaiyUr nambi hihglights the fact that He resides in
divya-dESam-s only to give this kainkarya prApthi to one and
all.
Kaliyan rejoices on this. However, this
leads him to introspection. He has been all along thinking of something else,
earlier. His pursuits were different. He has been nurturing his body of flesh
and bones. Genreally, this should have led to doom for ever. What has happened,
he has been immensely blessed with the Lord's immense Grace. Going for the
reason thirumangai mannan realises that this is all due to thirunaRaiyUr nambi's
Grace and he reiterates in the 9th pAsuram of the second thriumozhi of the
second ten.
'vUN yEAr Akkai
thannai vuzhandhu Ombai vaithAmaiyAl,
yAnAi en-thanakkAi aDiyEan
manam pugundha thEnEa,
thEm karumbin theLivEA, en
sindhai thannAl nAnEa eidhap peRREAn , naRaiyUr nambEyOA"
7-2-9;
Having understood the causeless mercy of
thirunaRaiyUr nambE, AzhwAr terms Him as
thEAnEA-thEnkarumbin
theLivE
dAsan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
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