AchArya Hrdhayam
sUthram 227-5
The ninth Ten.
LOVE IS BUT A GAME OF
WAITING
".padhinAlANdu, pathu mAsam, oru pagal,
poRuthavargaL, oru mAsadhina sandhyailEa padumadhu shaNathilEa Aga irangugiRa
thwaraikku EdAga.."
It is commonplace to see, hear, that love for one makes waiting
plesant, necessary, but at the same time painful. We hear of stories and also
see in movies that one of the couples wait for the other interminably, which in
fact aggravates the longing for the other. Why does one wait? Why dont they just
walk off, without waiting? It is matter of expectation. It is the
reflection of love and affection. It is the immense love for one another and it
is a matter of faith. Love is but a game of
waiting.
That waiting is not new, is an established one. There are several
precedents which go to prove this point.
Sri bharadhAzhwAn waited for fourteen years for sri rAma pirAn to
return to ayOdhyA.
sEthA pirAtti had to have an agonising ten months to achieve this
end.
The gOpikAs had to bear the separation of Lord krfishNA for one
full day when the Lord went on the mission-cow-herd as a daily
routine.
What has AzhwAr got to do with this? is a question that may arise.
AzhwAr's desire and longing for the Lord Almighty is second to none. In fact,
the form of the desire towards Lord KrishNA is 'AzhwAr'
krishNa thrishNA
thathvam.
AzhwAr's experiences with the Lord day in and day out all spring
out from this desire.The joy of union and pangs of separation are fluctuating.
AzhwAr waits for the smile of the Lord, the grace of Him, the vision and so on.
The waiting seems to be never ending, but for some bouts of intermittent
respites in the form of divine expriences. The longing grows on and on. The pain
accumulates. The agony aggravates. The pain of sri bharadhAzhwAn who was not
able to wait on the final day, the pain of the sEthA pirAti who was patient lost
the balance in the final month and in fact expressed that she may not like to
live after one month thence. This one month was a very tormenting
period.
What happened to the gOpikAs who were without the Lord when He left
with the cows during the daytime? They endured the separation for the whole day
but had to bear the unendurable agony in the dusk-sandhyai.
The pain of bharadhAzhwAn ------- Fourteen years culminating
into one day agony.
The pain of sEthA pirAtti--------one month --ten months becoming a
tormenting one month.
The pain of gOpikAs--------dusk --one day climaxing into a
undesirable dusk.
all such pains are experienced by AzhwAr in oru nodip pOdhu --- in
an instant.
All the pangs of AzhwAr is described in the thiru voi mohzi
"malligai kamazh" 9-9;
" avanai vittu aganRu vuyir ARRa gillA,
aNiyizhai Aichiyar mAlaip pUsal, avanai vittu
agalvadhARkEa irangi, aNi kurugUr satakOpan
mARAn" thiru voi mohzi 9-9-11.
That is a painful period-- in fact
LOVE IS BUT A GAME OF
WAITING
(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan
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