| 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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