AchArya Hrdhayam SUthram
226-7
THE EIGHTH TEN
The Nature of the Soul-adiyAr em
kOkkaL-nalla kOtpAdEa
"dhEhAdhigaLil parmAi, ninRu ninaikkil
lakshmE thulyamAi, avarkEA kudigaLAm parathanthra swarUpathai,
anusandhithavar"
It was seen in the preceding posting the Lord Almighty
had explained the true nature of AnmA-soul. It is further elucidated here,
as seen by AzhwAr.
a. The soul is different from the physiqe, body
and related organs.
b. It is full of knowledge.
c. It is capable of being happy. --This is all seen in
the thiru voi mozhi "kaNgaL
sivandhu"8-8.
d. The soul is likened to Lordess Lakshmi in the sense
that, as pirAtti is always with the Lord only for the Lord and for none
else, the soul is also so to the Lord Almigty.This aspect is elaborately and
explicitly spelt out in the thiru voi mozhi 8-9 " karu
mANikka malai mEal"--ananyArha shEshathvam.
e. The soul is also subservient to the devotees of the
Lord-adiyArku adiyAr.--This aspect is incisively dealt in the thiru voi mozhi
8-10 "nedu mARku adimai seivEan pOal'. -'dhadhEya
shEshathvam'.
thus AzhwAr logically digests the nature of the soul
as enlightened by the Lord Almighty.
pAsuram-s:
The soul is different from that of
the body; It is full of knowledge and happiness.
"senRu senRu param paramAi"
---> ninRa onRai vuNarhEanukku--The
soul is different from the body and is the prime mover of the body.Even if the
body collapses the soul is eternal. Since, this has been shown by the
Lord , AzhwAr has relaised this, lest this is not understood so easily-- onRum oruvarkku vuNaral
AgAdhu.
senRu senRu param paramAi - a sepathe body, the sensory organs on the body, the mind vis-a-vis
the sensory organs, the soul vis-a-vis the mind. The soul is a distinct
entity. Thiru voi mozhi 8-8-5.--Edu.
The soul is to be dedicated only to Him and
none else---ananyArha shEshathvam.
'karu mANikka malai mEal' 8-9;
Like pirAtti the AthmA is always to be for Him and none else.
"ninayum nERmaiyadhu anRi ivatkidhu ninRu
ninaikkap pukkAl" 8-9-2- if really anlaysed and thought
seriously, the soul is exclusively to be dedicated for Him.
" arumAyan pEAr anRip
pEachilal" 8-9-1 ---> AzhwAr does not speak but
about the Lord.
"maRRoAr upAyam en, ivaL anthan thuzhAi
kamazhdhal' 8-9-10 ---> Do we need any
other evidence that AzhwAr has dedicated herself to the Lord. She is smelling
with thiruthuzhAi.
dhadhEyas
shEshathvam
The devotion and subservience towards srEvaishNavites is also to be desired
is the hallmark of the soul's nature which is detailed in the thriu-voi-mozhi
8-10-'nedumARku adimai"
The soul is not just subservient to the Lord but also devoted towards His
disciples. This basic good postulate is indispensable for the AthmA. This
is the main focus of this thriu-voi-mozhi whcih has the final punch as
"nEkkamillA adiyAr , tham adiyAr, adiyAr em
kOkkaL, avarkkEa kudigaLAi sellum nalla kOtpAdEa"8-10-10 The
devotees who are always with the Lord, whose devotees, whose disciples are my
Lord, is the good grammar which is to be followed is the moral of the
story.
'adiyAr em kOkkaL
nalla-kOtpAdEa"
(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan
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