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 NEED FOR ACHARYAN

In the sixteenth pAsuram 'nAyakanAi' the need for celebrating and approaching 
the 'dhwAra pAlakargaL' is questioned. Those who show us the good path and help 
us in achieving big ends are celebrated. 'kadagarai sEshi enRu 
irukkumavargaLirE ivargaL'. 

Here the need for this is discussed. 'prapathi paNNugiravan ivanAgil, pERu 
avanAlE Agil,ivargaLai(adiyArgaLai/AchAryargaLai) munnidurigaradhu en 
ennil,sAbarAdhanAna ivan prapathi paNNugirAn enRu ivanudaiyaya pUrvAvasthaiyai 
ninaithu Eswaran sivitkenak kUdum. adhu seiAdhapadi maRukkavonnAdha 
manisariyittu poRuppikkaVENum' -ArAyirappadi.

If the total surrender to the Lord is to be done by us and the Lord is to 
bestow mercy on us, then what is the need for surrendering with the help of an 
AchAryan ? The Lord may,on analysisng the soul's earlier misdeeds reject the 
plea. However, the Lord will not be able to refuse the request when approached 
thorugh great souls like AchAryan. 
Further, the Lord may also feel a bit sad that all these years He has not done 
enough (made the soul to wait so long)for the soul (despite the fact that He 
has done a lot) for rescuing Him. The AchARyan's support will help in warding 
off the inhibition in the Lord. 

The Edu vyAkyAna avadhArikai for the thiru voi mozhi "thirumAl irunjOlai mali" 
10-8 throws further light in this regard.
The Lord has rescued us today.Why has he ignored us all along? What is the 
reason for rescuing us today?
AzhwAr finds no reason for this. He asks the Lord regarding this. 
"on the basis of adhVEsham from your side. There is no indifference towards me 
from your side now" is the Lord's response.
Even that indifference is given by the Lord and is also not a means and on 
further discussion and as the Lord has no response, becomes very shy and starts 
looking at the ground and scratches the ground with His legs. Right from the 
beginning, the Lord creating the World and strived for creating desire in the 
souls to attain Him and finally showered His unlimited mercy. 
Hence, it may be observed that the Lord may also feel shy on the question of 
being leaving the souls all along and AchAryan in-between will help to make the 
atmosphere informal for both the souls and the Lord.

vAnamAmalai padmanAbhan




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