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THE NATURE OF OBSTACLES-VIRODHI SWARUPAM
The
nature of the Lord - iRai nilai - and the soul- vuyir nilai - were discussed in the earlier postings. In
this posting the four padhigam-s dealing with hassles or virOdhi swarupam/nature
of the obstacles that may occur in the path of salvation is
discussed. The
four padhigam-s are a. vEdu b. sonnAl c.
oru and d. koNda. àààà, àààààààà, ààà, àààààà a. vEdu: "vEdu min muRRavum"-àààà àààà
àààààààààà -à-à thiru voi mozhi 1-2 preaches that ego and the
egotist feelings should be removed from oneself. b.
sonnAl:" sonnAl virOdham idhu" "àààààààà
ààààààà ààà" à-àthiru voi mozhi 3-8 teaches that subservience
should be dedicated only to HIm and not to those who do not
deserve. c.
oru:
"
oru nAyakamAi'âààà àààààààà" à-à thiru
voi mozhi 4-1 discusses the temporary nature of materialistic aspects and the
Lord's divine feet is the permanent one is emphasised. d. koNda" koNda peNdir, makkaL,
vuRRAR"" ààààà àààààààà àààààà àààààààâ
à-à thiru voi mozhi 9-1 highlights that relatives and friends are not to be
desired and explains that with several instances. Only the Lord is the relative
of all kind is underlined. Thus, egoism/egotism (in vEdumin muRRavum-àààà àààà àààààààààà ), subservience to others ( in sonnAl virOdham-àààààààà àààààà), temporary nature of material aspects ( in oru nAyakamAi- oru nAyakamAi'âààà àààààààà) and relatives and friends are not actually to be considered so( in koNda peNdir-ààààà àààààààà àààààà àààààààâ ) are categorically listed out as the obstacles and their nature - virOdhi swarUpam-àààààà ààààààààà
Let us further move on to the aspect of means of four tiruvAimozhi
dasan vanamamalai padmanabhan Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org
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