Dear Swamy Desika BhakthAs : Today , adiyEn will cover the Four Pasurams associated with the Third step of the sOpAnam , Virakthi paravam and the Fourth step in the ladder to Parama Padham , Bheethi Parvam . 138) SamsAra Virakthi ( detatchment & disinterest in SamsAram ) ************************************************** ulahatthil uyarnthavar onRum payanil uRum thuyaRum alahil padAtha abbhOgam kavarnthu yzezhum ambhuyatthOn kalahat-thozhil Madhu KaiDabarAl padum kattam yeNNil pala kaRRa meyyadiyAr padiyAr ikkaDum bahavatthE (Meaning): On this karma bhUmi, the pleasures enjoyed by those , whom we think highly off , are never of the unalloyed sukham. The sorrow is at the middle of these so called Sukhams. We think that Brahma Devan in his Sathya lOkam is the enjoyer of limitless bliss. The pain and anxiety that Brahma Devan experienced from the attack of the two asurAs , Madhu and KaiDabhan intent always in engaging in Yuddham , is immeasurable. When the VivEkis reflect on these alpa and asTira Sukhams tinged always with inauspicopusness , they do not develop any attachment to SamsAram and reject it as a manifestation of their virakthi . The Key passage of this Paasuram is : " Pala kaRRa meyyadiAr ikkaDum bhavatthu padiyAr " ( True BhAgavathAs conversant with the SaasthrAs of the Lord will not opt for the terrible SamsAric way of life ). 139) Svargam becoming like Narakam for VivEkis ***************************************** tanthirangaL aLavilarAi dhanatthAl mikka taarvEnthar thozha vyaam aaNDAr mANDAr chandiranum sooriyanum veeyum kaalam tArahayin vaDamum aRRu tani vann aaLum Indiranum yERu uyarttha Isan thAnum yeer iraNDu muhatthAnum illaa annannAL namm ThirumAlaik-kaNDAr naaham yellAm narahu yenRu naRRpadhamE nAduvArE (Meaning ): Where are those mighty emperors (Manu, MaandhAthA et al) surrounded by many kings who ruled the universe with their vast armies today ? All of them are dead and gone. Similarly , there will be a time , when there will be no Moon, Sun, Stars, Indhran , Sivan , Brahma DEvan and others . That time is known as MahA PraLayam. At that time , the only abode that stays without demise is the Supreme abode of SrIman NaarAyaNan. When knowledgable and insightful scholars analyze these facts, they will equate the sukhams of Svargam to the sufferings in hell (narakam ) and will utterly reject SamsAra Sukhams. This feeling state is recognized as the third step in the ladder to Parama Padham (MOksham ). The key passage in this Paasuram is : " Namm ThirumAl nilai kaNDAr naakam yellAm narahu yenRu , nall padhamE nAduvAr ". 140) Fear about the fruits of KarmAs ******************************* thuRavaRamE thuNivAr thuNukku aRRa iLam thuNivOr uRavu ilar aathalinAm uyarnthArudan onRi ninROm maRa vazhi mARRi yemm mayyalai theertthavar mann aruLAl kaRavai uhantha PirAn kazhal soodum karutthinamE (Meaning ): The superior dharmams associated with gaining freedom from SamsAric shackles areknown as Nivrutthi dharmams. Those who adopt them will not mix with the ignoramus , who do not fear the terrors of SamsAram . Therefore , we minglerd only with those , who desire Moksham ( MUmukshus). We gained the firmness of purpose to serve the Lord , who engages joyously to graze the cattles even in SrI Vaikuntam as KaNNan . This was made possible through the glances (KadAksham ) of our AchAryAs , who pull us away from travelling in the pathof sin and banish our ajn~Anam . The key section of this Paasuram is: " MaRa vazhi mARRi yemm myyalai theertthavar mann aruLAl kaRavai uhantha PirAn kazhal soodum karutthinam " ( Our Most Merciful SadAchAryas removed our ajn~Anam and pulled us out of engaging in sinful acts by casting their auspicious glances on us . Their anugraham led to our determination to perform nithya Kaimkaryam to GopAlan in His Supreme abode . 141) UpAya anushtAnam driven by the fear about the KarmAs ************************************************* vanthana pOlvaruvanavum ananthamAhi mALAtha thyur taru valvinai neruppukku intanamAi yeNNirantha kAlamellAm innamum ibbhavak-kuzhikkE izhiyA vaNNam venthathu oru kuzhaviyai naRRk-kumaraNAkkum veRit-tuLava VittakanAr vithiyE koNDAr pandhanamAm avai anaitthum pARuhaikkup- pazha maRayin parama neRi payiluvArE (Meaning ): There has been no limit to the sorrows experienced by the SamsAris. There is also no limit to what they are going to experience in the future. This immense fire of karmAs (vinaikaL) burns the jeevans by treatign them as firewood. The SamsAris keep on churning in this deep pit of SamsAram undergoing all these sufferings . The people with sharp intellect reinforced by their viEkam and virakthi develop a fear fro these samsAric sorrows that would hold them under their control. They follow the command of the Lord to practise Bhakthi or Prapatthi yOgam to chase away all their karmAs and place the burden of their protection at the Lord's sacred feet . The key passage of this Paasuram is : " PandhanamAm avai anaitthum piNikkum paaRukaikku pazha maRayin Parama neRi payiluvAr " ( The wise ones break the handcuffs that tie them to SamsAram by performing the supremely auspicious act of Prapathti recommended in the VedAs ). The power of the Lord to intervene and transform the embryo in the womb of Uttarai , which was turned in to a piece of charcoal by the apANDavAsthram used by AsvatthAma , the son of DhrONAchArya during the mighty battle at KurukshEthram . Our Lord with the fragrant TuLasi Maalai transformed that totally burnt child existing as a piece of charcoal in to a handsome prince known as ParIkshith through His matchless anugraha sakthi . BhagavAn is saluted as the powerful one performing mysterious deeds of anugraham for His dear ones ( venthathu oru kuzhaviyai naRRk-KuamranAkkum veRit-tuLava VitthahanAr ). The third and the fourth steps of the ladder to Moksham (Parama Padha sOpAanam ) are covered throught hese four Paasurams . Next , we will study the PrasAdhana parvam dealing with the UpAya anushtAnam by the Jeevan ( The Fifth Step in the Ladder ). 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