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AchArya Hrdhayam 
sUthram 224
The Sixth Ten -Introduction
AzhwAr practising what he had preached- The Lord as the means

In the fifth ten Lord's immense Grace was highlighted by swAmi nam-AzhwAr. Due 
to this Grace Lord becomes approachable by one and all and is subject of 
surrender by them. AzhwAr who had no other refuge, had the divine feet of the 
Lord as given out by the Lord Almighty. However, the Lord did not show Himself 
in person which made AzhwAr to send emissaries. Still the Lord did not show His 
vision forthwith. AzhwAr became very frustrated and angry and turned his 
countenance the other way akin to a 'thalaivi' being temporarily indifferent 
(vUdal-praNaya rOsham) towards her ' thalaivan'.The Lord removed this 
indifference by showing His greatness, strength . AzhwAr, who was not able to 
cherish the tenth thiru voi mozhi in the fifth ten=being piRandhavARum= which 
talks about the deeds of the Lord, as AzhwAr melted on contemplating them, 
enjoyed thoroughly the deeds which are narrated in the thiru voi mozhi "kuravai 
Achiyar" 6-4.

While surrendering, AzhwAr withered off the unwanted things (mAlukku vaiyam 
aLandha maNALaRku-6-6).
The Lord blessed one and all with His divine feet when He measured all the 
worlds. 
AzhwAr completely surrendered himslef to this "Lord with the divine consort" 
exhibiting the first sentence of dhvyam, in the 'thirumalai' dhivya dhEsam. ( 
agala killEan iRaiyum enRu ---6-10-10)

Thus, AzhwAr who had counselled, advised and preached the nature of means, 
exhibited it here in this great divine feet of the Lord, practising what one 
preaches.

(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan


(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan


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