AchArya Hrdhayam
sUthram 227-9
The ninth Ten
"neRi ellAm
eduthuraitha"
The term 'neRi ellAm eduthuraitha'
has been used by AzhwAr in the fouth ten to describe the divine action of
Lord krishNA in blessing us with srimadh bhagwadh gEtha comprising of various
ways of attaining Him.
In the context of this sUthram vis-a-vis ninth ten,
the same term is used by sri azhagia maNavALap perumAL nAyanAr and
succinctly explained by swAmi maNavALa mAmunikaL,that akin to sri bhagwadh
gEthA, AzhwAr also prescribes the various ways of reaching Him, in this onbadhAm
pathu.
"adhil dhurpala budhigaLukku,
mAlai nanni, kAlai mAlai viNdu, thEanai vAdA malar ittu, anbarAm sAnga
bakthi,
adhil asaktharku thAL adaiyum
prabhakthi, adhil asaktharku vuchAraNa mAthram, sarvOpAya sUnyarku ippathum pAdi
idum thoNdan, enRu, gEthAchAryanaip pOlEa, adhikAra anuguNam neRi ellAm
vuraikkinRAr onbadhAm pathilEA"
It was seen that just thinking of the Lord is enough
and we need not worry ourselves about anything else."sindhippEA amaiyum-siRRa vENdA manamEA"
.9-1-7;
Will all have this conviction and confidence? Are
everybody is blessed with this attitude?For the people who are not so
blessed, what shall be done? They can take the path of bhakthi-devotion, is
AzhwAr's prescription. Thus sithhOpAyam may not be liked by one and all. For
them path of devotion is an option. Worship Him with devotion and flowers.Do
this morning and evenings.
People may not even like or may be incapable of doing
this - adhil asaktharkku- For them the deed is small but the yiled is great.
What is the deed spelt out? Let them tell about thirukkaNNa puram. Their kArmic
effects will wither off and they will attain a good place.
For those who think even this is big? --adhil
asaktharkku. Well even for those AzhwAr has prescribed a
way.
Let them tell this thiruvoi mozhi with devotion, they
will attain the Lord' s abode.
Thus , like in sri bhagwadh gEthA, AzhwAr prescribes
different methods of following. These are given in accordance with the interests
and tastes of various categories of souls. "neRi ellAm
eduthuraitha" thiru voi mozhi 4-8-6- All the ways have been explained in
sri bhagwadh gEthA by Lord krishNA. Similarly, AzhwAr also has counselled in
this ninth ten -onbadhAm pathilEa. What has been attributed by AzhwAr about
srimad bhagwadh gEthA is aptly suitable for AzhwAr himself in this ninth ten of
thiru voi mozhi as AzhwAr also prescribed ways and means for variety of
people.
pAsuram-s
What is prescribed for those who who are not
blessed with conviction on just thinking of the Lord.?
Follow the path of devotion
'mAlai nanni thozhudhu ezhuminO vinai
keda,
kAlai mAlai kamala malar ittu
nEr" 9-10-1---> Approach the Lord and worship Him with flowers in the
morning and evenings.
"thEani vAdA malar ittu nEr
irainjumin" 9-10-4-> Worship Him with fresh
flowers.
For those who think this is much for them, let them
surrender Him as prabhakthi.
" charaNam Agum thana thAL
adianthARkku ellAm" 9-10-5;surrender unto His
feet.
For those even if this is
much
" thirukkaNNa puram solla, nALum
thuyar pAdu sArAvEA"9-10-10; Spell out thirukkaNNapuram . All your
problems will vanish.
For those even if this is
much
"thirukkaNNapuram pAdi Ada paNimin
avan thALgaLEa" 9-10-11;--> Just spell out this thriuvoizhozhi and
achieve the desired end.
The sithOpAyam -just
thinking of HIm/sindhippEa
amiayum
The sAthyOpAyam-bhakthi
--malar ittu;
The surrender -prabhakthi-charaNam
Agum;
the vuchAraNam-spelling out
His name/place-thirukkaNnapuram
solla
the thiru voi mozhi - thirukkaNNapuram pAdi Ada - are the several prescriptions
of AzhwAr in consonance
with the desire, capabablity and tastes of the
people.
Hence, this is drawn as similar to that of gEthA
sAsthram where this has been done by Lord krishNA and described by AzhwAr
himself as
'neRi ellAm eduthu vuraitha'
which is the essence of
onbadhAm
pathu.
(ninth ten concluded)
vanamamalai padmanabhan
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