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AchArya Hrhdayam
pathAm pathu
'TAKING VARIOUS ATTRACTIVE FORMS
LORD SATISFIES THE LONGINGS OF DEVOTEES'

sUthram 228-1 "suri kuzhal, anjanam punal mai ninRa pollAp punakkAya ennum 
abathil koLLum kandha rUpathAlEa prabanna Arthiharan Anavan..." 

The Lord takes various graceful forms and various appearances which are equally 
and more and more attractive. These spring up from the basic and divine 
thirumEani. These forms are taken up by the Lord Almighty to rescue the souls 
according to the various requirements and crisis. 

The dangers engulfing the devotees are removed by adapting these forms. This is 
what AzhwAr precisely mentions as
"kAma rUpam koNdu ezhundhu aLippAn-thirumOghUr" 10-1-10;

The nature of removing their obstacles is -Abath sagathvam. The nature of 
fulfilling theri desires and yearnings is 
"Arthi harathvam" which is the prime quality of this tenth-ten.

What can be their desire? The ultimate desire to be away from this miserable 
kArmic world of brith and death. The Lord Almighty blesses these devotees and 
satisfies their desire.

The forms the Lord takes are attractive. 

The divine hair is curly and attacrtive; the eyes are like lotus; the divine 
mouth is like lotus;

the thiru-voi-mozhip pAsuram-s indicate this exactly

"thOLu nAnguadi , suri kuzhal kamalak kaN kani vAi" 10-1-1 -- > The Lord with 
four shoulders has beautiful locks and lotus like eyes and mouth is very 
attractive;

"kani vAi, thAmaraik kaN karu mANikkam" 10--10-6- > The divine mouth is like 
fruit, the eyes lotus and precious gem and stones.


Thus it is seen from aboe that the Lord takes up various attractive forms to 
rescue the devotees and fulfills their ultimate wish by quenching their 
longings i.e

Arthi harathvam

(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan


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