Means and The
End
prApya-prApakam
It was seen that the final pAsuram of
thiruvoimozhi and the first of periya thirumozhi of Oppiliappan divya-dEsam
talking of vulagaLandha perumAL. It is pertinent to observe that in the final
thirumozhi pAsuram 6-1-10 thirumangai AzhwAr signs off with a grant that one and
all will reach the divine feet of Sri vAmanan -vAmanan
aDiyiNai maruvuvarEa.
The EDu pravEsam for 'nalguravum selvum' thiruvoimozhi 6-3 categorically
mentions that AzhwAr considers The Lord as the ultimate
refuge.
Usually we find that means to attain an
end is different from the end. However, Here, to attain the Lord, the Almighty
Himself is considered as the means.
EDu " ini nATTil
prApakam thAn prApyam Aga mATTadhu;prApyamAnadhu prApagam AgamATTAdhu; inganE
irukka prApya prApagangaL iraNDum thAnEa AyirukkiRa padiyaiyum.."
--
We observe in the World that, the means
cannot be the end. The end cannot be the means. Being so, the Lord
Oppiliappan is both, is being underlined by AzhwAr.
Coming to Periya ThiruMozhi we see the
same idea. Thirumangai Mannan looks upon the Lord's Grace to reach the
Almighty. In fact this is observed by AzhwAr in each and every pAsuram
--aruL enakku aruLudhiyEal.
dAsan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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