'Or' or
'And'
adiyEan's elementary education on our
philosophy veered around the two epics and the fundamental principles that were
embedded in the mind was The Lord is easily accessible to those who are
affectionate towards Him and He conceals Himself to those who are not
so.This cropped up from the logical reasoning that EmperumAn is Good towards
good people and indifferent to others.
Only later did i realise the great
auspicious qualities of our Almighty that He gives a helping hand to all but it
is for them to take the opportunity of His offer.
There may be devotees who may not be
affectionate towards Him but may be thinking of Him in negative terms. The Lord
thinks of them also. In an old movie 'mAya bajAr'
Sri KrshNA looks into a magical mirror
which is supposed to show who is uppermost in their mind and the mirror does not
show arjunA but sakuni. Sakuni always thinks of the Lord -scheming. Similarly,
SisupAlan always thinks of EmperumAn accumulating abused on Him. That is what
svAmi Nam AzvAr menitons in periya thiruvandhAdhi
'yEasiyEa Ayinum En thuzhAi
mAyanai pEAsiyEa pOkkAi pizhai' 38;
At least by abusing Him try to decmiate
your sins.
Coming to the topic of discussion, it
became clear that the Lord does not require nexus or impose condition that
'thinking of Him and affinity towards Him' should go
together.
If you are affectionate towards Him, good.
If you think Him without bakthi - abuse, even then He blessses. Did He not
show Himself to Hiranyan who was always asking "where is Hari?'
This is what thirumangai AzvAr highlights
in the 5th pAsuram of the ninth thirmozhi in the ninth ten
'nEsam illAdhavarkkum
ninaiAdhavarkkum ariyAn'
This is clearly interpreterd by Sri
PeriyavAchAn piLLai as 'nEasam illAdhavarkku ariyAn or ninaiyAdhavarkku
ariyAn'
He is unattainable for those who are not
affectionate or
He is unattainabale for those who do not
think of Him.
The vyAkyAnam lines go like this: 'para bakthikkum-adhEshathukkum vAsi vaiyAdhEa thannai koduppAn
engai'
The Lord does not link great devotion
and lack of apathy but gives Himself.
The arumpadhavurai refers to the Lord
giving Himself to GanTa karNan.
Apparently, the Lord gives Himself to
those who are affectionate or think of Him.
the link is or and not
and
dAsan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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