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TIRUVIRUTTAM  
And 
THE AUSPICIOUS QUALITIES OF THE LORD 
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INTRODUCTION

            Tiruvaimozhi is a treatise on NammAzhvAr's
enjoyment of the auspicious qualities of the Lord,
SrIman nArAyaNa. SwAmi Desikan has shown the quality
of the Lord as revealed in every verse in this work,
in his dramidopanishad tAtparya ratnAvaLi and
dramidOpanishad sAram. Those who have studied
Tiruvaimozhi along with these two Sanskrit works of
SwAmi Desikan, would have had a glimpse of the depth
of the AzhvAr's enjoyment of the Lord's guNa's.  
        NammAzhvAr's works include Tiruviruttam. When one
tried to find out how the AzhvAr would have enjoyed
the Lord's attributes in this work, he had a wonderful
insight. SwAmi Desikan was able to record the
revelation he had in regard to Tiruvaimozhi in
beautiful Sanskrit verses. Whether he had done a
similar work on Tiruviruttam is not known. 
        When this author ventured to go into the verses of
Tiruviruttam with help of commentaries available, he
got some clues about the Lord's guNa dealt with in
each of them.  That discovery developed into this
write-up which is before you. According to the
author's finding, while many of the verses directly
throw light on the Lord's qualities, some, however, do
so indirectly. 
        Like Tiruvaimozhi, Tiruviruttam is also set in a
sequence known as 'antAti' in Tamil prosody in which
every verse begins with the last word or expression of
the preceding verse. It is reflected in the order of
the Lord's qualities dealt in each verse. There
appears a link between the one qulity and the next
that follows.  This makes our regard for the AzhvAr to
multiply several times.
        The author humbly presents this contribution with a
view to sharing his experience with all.  It has been
arranged in the order of the verses of Tiruviruttam,
giving the particular qulity of the Lord highlighted
in the verse, followed by the relevant passage from
the original verse, within quotes. 
        To help those not familiar with the Tamil language, a
gist in English is given in brackets.

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The Lord's auspicious quality or His graceful action
as shown in the Verses of Tiruviruttam of Sri
NammAzhvAr
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1.  The Lord's compassion for His devotees makes Him
to take births in the mundane world to wipe out the
birth-cycle of the devotees. 
 
"poininRa jn~namum pollA ozhukkum azhukkudambum
inniRa nIrmai iniyAm uRAmai, utiraLippAn
enninRa yOniyumAip piRantAi"
(The AzhvAr addresses the Lord, "Oh the Lord of the
devA-s, You took births in all kinds of wombs, in
order to prevent us from undergoing hereafter the
meanest life in the dirtiest bodies, with wrongful
conduct and perverted knowledge.") 

2.   The Lord has the Lotus Feet to which any one from
this world as well as the higher worlds is bound by
devotion. 
                                        
                                                      
  "viNNAttavar mootuvarAm
tozhuneer iNaiyadikkE anbucooddiya coozhkuzhal"

(Besides us, the humans, even the senior most members
of the highest worls, adorn Your Feet lovingly with
their heads)

3.  The Lord is pleasant to His devotees, while being
destructive to the evil-minded.
"taNNantuzhAi azhaRpOl adum cakkattaNNal"
{The Lord holding in hand the wheel, which is
refresing like TuLasi, (a herb, ocymum sanctum) for
His devotees, while fierceful to te evil-doers.}

4.   He has the VedA-s as the best authority to know
Him )
"tani nencam munnavar puLLE kavarnttu"
(puL-garudan-vEdavadivan)
(My heart has been taken away by Garuda, His vehicle.)
{Garuda is the incarnation of Scriptures.)

5.  He is of  such  kindness as to rush to help
without expecting anything in return. 
"panippuyal vaNNan" 
(He is of the nature of dark rainy cloud)

(To continue)
dAsan 
Anbil S.SrinivAsan
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