AchArya Hrdhayam SUthram
226-6
THE EIGHTH TEN
'The Three Great
Hurdles
"mUnRuthathukkup pizhaithu aruvinai nOi
maRuval idAmal, siriyEan enRadhan perumaiyaik kAtta'
The Three Great
Hurdles: The Three great hurdles of AzhwAr are listed as
hereunder:
What is the nature of the hurlde mentioned here? The
feeling of AzhwAr that Such a great Lord is showering His compassion whereas
AzhwAr is a very ordinary person and is not fit to inter-act with the Lord
Almighty. This feeling makes AzhwAr to distance himself. These feelings are
removed by the Lord Himself.
1. one in the "vaLavEzh"
thiru voi mozhi where AzhwAr expressed the term 'aruvinaiyEan" conveying the fact that he is a person full
of 'sins'-aruvinaiyEan.
2. one in the 'porumA nEL
padai' thiru voi mozhi where he states that "sindhaiyuL vaippan solluvan pAviyEan" -- mentioning that
he not only thinks of the Lord but also speaks about Him but he is not fit even
for that.
3. one in the "andhAmathu
anbu" thiru voi mozhi by mentioning "allAviyuL
kalandha" and ' en mudivu kANAdhEa ennuL
kalandhAnai" AzhwAr expresses the same feeling of being unfit for Lord's
nearness.
This feeling again emanates in the thiru-voi-mozhi
"iruthum viyandhu" when AzhwAr says "siriyEanudai sindhaiyuL" mentioning that the great
Lord has settled in such a small person/s mind.
The Lord Almighty wanted to put an end to this feeling
once and for all. AzhwAr tried to distance considering the smallness of
himself. The Lord explained the very nature of the soul. The soul is adorned by
the Lord where the Lord considers the soul as an ornament and enjoys the
togetherness. This elucidation of the nature of the soul by the Lord to
remove the hurdles once and for all is the crux of this .
pAsuram-s:
"aruviniyEan"
---1-5-1---> AzhwAr expressing his inferiority.
"sindhayuL vaippan solluvan
pAviyEan"--1-10-7---> where AzhwAr expresses the feeling that he is
not fit even to speak about the Lord Almighty.
" al AviyuL
kalandha" ------------------------------->
2-5-5}Without considering my lowness the Lord
Almighty has interacted and mixed freely
with me
"en mudivu kANAdhEa ennuL
kalandhAnai" 2-5-8 }
The hurdle-inferior feeling shows up again
in
"siriyEanudiach sindhaiyuL
"--8-7-8-- > the Lord has settled in my mind . I am a very
small person.
The nature and the pride of AtmA-soul is shown by the
Lord:
"yAnum thAnAi
vozhindhAn'--- 8-8-4 and
"thEanum,palum, kannalum,
amudhumAgith thithithu' 8-8-4 thus the Lord unequivocally displaying the
fact that
this soul which is perceived as small by AzhwAr is
desired by the Lord and is one which will give happiness to Him and hence, the
soul is not small but a desired one to be always with the Lord
Almgihty.
Thus the three hurdles are removed not to be repeated
again.
(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan
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