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THE IDENTITY CONUNDRUM

The mother of parakAla nAyaki was reporting parakAla nAyaki's situation to the 
Lord of thiru-idavendhai. The Lord appeared in front of parakAla nAyaki. The 
appearance was wonderful. The person who destroyed thirupuram-shiva and brahmA 
were indeed awed and surprised to see the appearence. The splendour with which 
the Lord emerged was indeed amazing.

The looks and attributes all the likes of sriman nArAyaNA. The look was like 
narasimhA. the hair was like burning fire. The appearance  was like vAmanA. the 
eyes were like the ones actually written by great artists. The divine hands had 
eight divine weapons. All the world worshipped the immaculate Lord. 
mudhAlAzhwArgaL had sung in praise of HIm. This is the one who had out of mercy 
voluntarily handed over the vEdhAs for our retrieval. He had all the likes of 
the one who had vanquished the kuvalayApEta elephant. the looks had the power 
to voluntarily conquer's ones composure and possessions and make it His. Indeed 
He is like my soul.

These are the thoughts of parakAla nAyaki on seeing the divine form. However, 
the greatness and the lustre also created one doubt in her mind. Can He be the 
Lord, who has been slipping my vision all these days? Can I be so fortunate to 
ultimately  view Him?
'Yes, He does have the attributes and the looks of the Great one. Still I am 
not able to determine that it is Him definitely' are the thoughts of parakAla 
nAyaki. She also felt delicately to ask Him directly. Hence, she posed this 
question to a third person- as if asking to somebody else. The Lord declared " 
I am the Lord of atta-puyakaram"

The gaze and the appearance is described in the first few lines and pat comes 
the reply from the Almighty comes sharp
"I am the Lord of atta-puya-karam".

AzhwAr's experience with the Lord's presence in the femine form is indeed a 
rare one. It is unique. this is thalaivip pAsuram and the preceding thAip 
pAsuram.

These divine experiences are all narrated in the eighth thirumozhi of the 
second ten -attapuyakaram dhivya dhEsam.
What a way to expereince the Lord!
The question and answers go on like this:
"..eri ana kEsara vAL eiRROdu, ari-vuruvAm ivarAr? kol enna,
atta pukarathEan enRAREA"2-8-1;
'...vandhu kuRaL vuruvAi nimirndhu 
mAvali vEALviyil man alandha
andhanar pOnRu ivarAr? kol enna
atta puyakarathEan! enRAREA" 2-8-2;
"ambudham pOnRu ivarAr? kol enna,
atta puyakarathEan enRArEa" 2-8-3;
"...alai kadal pOnRu ivarAr? kol enna
atta pukarathEan ennArEa" 2-8-5;
"...azhagiyadhAm ivarAr?kol enna.
atta puyakarathEan ennArEa" 2-8-7;
"..pongu karum kadal, pUvai kAyA punaindha mEagam
anganam pOnRu ivarAr? kol enna
atta puyakarathEan enRAREA" 2-8-9

vanamamalai padmanabhan


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