AchArya Hrdhayam sUthram 222
contd.
The Fourth Ten
-Contd.
A."Adu kaL iRaichi
karunchenjORAgiRa nindhyangaLAlEa iLan dheivathukku izhaithAdum
nahinEnadhaiaiyum.."
B. " pEAsa ninRa dhEvathA angnAna asakthi
sAbEshathvAdhigaLaiyum.."
Summary:A. The nature of worshipping
smaller deities with lower practices like offering these with undesied
things, liquour, meat etc. is strongly denounced by AzhwAr. The practice,
practising methods and practising though these priests are discouraged. This is
explained in the "thErpArai yAm ini" thiru voi
mozhi 4-6;
B. The deities like brahmA and shivA do not understand the
misery which befall them but have to approach the Lord Almightty to get relief
from their miseries. These highlight the fact that they are not capable to ward
off their evils and are also subject to kArmic effects. This is elaborated in
detail in the "onRum dhEAvum" thiru voi mozhi
4-10.
pAsuram-s: A. In the thErpArai thiru voi mozhi (4-6) the practice of appeasing
other deities is denounced.
"angu Or Adum kaLLum"----> thiru voi
mozhi 4-6-7---> Approaching deities with undesired things, liquour etc. is
denounced.
"angu Or kaLLum iRaichiyum---> thiru
voi mozhi 4-6-3---> Appeasing these with liquor and meat is a thing which is
to be abhorred.
"karunjORum maRRai senjORum"--->
thiru voi mozhi 4-6-4--> Offering food which are rAjasic and thAmasic
nature to these is strictly to be avoided.
"nEr aNangAdu iLandheivam"--> thiru
voi mozhi 4-6-2-->Approaching these deities with sacrifices
is..
"nEraNangAdudhal
kEzhmaiyEa"---> thiru voi mozhi 4-6-8--> Approaching these
deities is in itself is a lower nature is declared by swAmi
nam-AzhwAr.
Then How should one be.
"vunnithu maRRoru
dheivam thozhAL"--thiru voi mozhi 4-6-10--> The only one
to be worshipped is the Lord Almighty.
B. In the "onRum dhEavum" thiru voi
mozhi (4-10) the Lord being the creator of one and all is
emphasised.
"The deities whom are approached by you are themselves created by
The Lord Almighty. How can they solve your problems, when they approach the Lord
to get their problems resolved?"
"pEasa ninRa sivanukkum,biraman thanakkum,piRarkum nAyakan avanEA-kabAla mOkkathuk
kaNdu koNmin"-->thiru voi mozhi 4-10-4---> When brahamA's head was
plucked by shivA -bhramhA could not ward off this untoward incident. The plucked
head stuck in shivA's hand and only Lord Almighty was able to remove it. This
event is described to stress on the fact that these deities cannot ward off
their problems and they also have to approach Lord Almighty.
Thus, the futility of approaching these and the welfare of
approaching the supreme is reiterated.
(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan
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