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AchArya Hrdhyam sUthram 225-6

The Seventh Ten Contd.

Why Am I kept in this World still? ivai enna visithirangaLEA!


"pazhaiya thanimaik kUppEdu thalai eduthu, sUzhavum pagai mugamseiyya, eduppum 
sAippumAna klESam nadakka, upAyAdhikArOshamoyiya mAyangaL seidhu vaitha 
vaichithriyaik kEatka.."


The longing and yearning which started in the beginning of this ten -vuL 
nilAviya- relapsed to AzhwAr. AzhwAr started pining for the Lord Almighty. 
AzhwAr invoked the Lord Almighty vociferously and conspicuously by recalling 
Him as the creator of the world, meauring the world, the Lord worshipped all 
the deities, the Lord who picked up gOvardhanA hill and stalled the rainstorm 
etc.etc.
All these adjectives and adverbes became handy for AzhwAr in these ten 
pAsuram-s "pAmaru mU vulagam" 7-6;

The features and image of the Lord Almighty surfaced in AzhwAr' mind distinctly 
and vividly. Did it make AzhwAr happy? NO. Since, it again remainded of the 
Almighty, the pain multiplied in geometric progression. The divine eyes, nose, 
ears, mouth, eyebrows etc., all surrounded AzhwAr and aggressively attacked his 
mind. These tormented him -killing effect. Thus, the divine countenance of the 
Lord whcih was subject to AzhwAr's vision now became a subject of his memory 
and as a result of the intense longing, accentuated the yearning for the God. 

Thus, the experience of pain which commenced in the first thriu-voi-mozhi of 
this ten, aggravated in the second and third but was assuaged by the Lord in 
the 4th-Azhi ezha and 5th kaRpAr. However, the problem relapsed in "pAmaru" and 
"yEAzhair Avi vUNNum". The pain and pleasure fluctuated like a pendulum.

AzhwAr went into an intorspection. He had clasped the Lord as the means. The 
Lord has immense knowledge and shakthi-which was seen earlier also- to grant 
the salvation. Similarly, Azhwar had declared the Lord as the only refuge- 
ananya gadhithvam and empty handedness-Akinchanyam. Both of them did not have 
any deficiency on their part. To sum up, The Lord Almighty has all the 
knowledge and power and AzhwAr had deemed and followed the Lord as the only 
refuge and declared his emptiness. The salvation should have ensued 
automatically. Hence, AzhwAr asked the Lord " Despite the aforementioned facts, 
why am I kept in this horrid world of births and deaths resulting in pain and 
despair?What is this paradox? 'ivai enna visithirangaLEA!

pAsuram-s

A.The relapseof the Longingness of AzhwAr for the Lord made him call for Him:
the thiru-voi-mozhi "pAmaru mUvulagam" elaborates on this aspect.

'pAmaru mUvulagum padaitha-aLandha' 7-6-1---> Calling the Lord who created and 
measured the World.
'malai yEandhi kal mAri thannai'7-5-3--> The rescue of one and all from the 
hailstorm/rainstorm -gOvardhana giri.
'..anRu ilangai kadandhu pilambu koLippa' --7-6-8--> the Lord who had conqured 
lankA.
'.. Ayar kulathu ERRiLam piLLai onRAi pukku, mAyangaLE iyaRRi'-7-6-10--> The 
Lord krishNA's deeds are recalled.

B. The beauty and the form of the Lord and His features surfaced in AzhwAr's 
mind.
' yEzhaiyar Avi vuNNum iNaik kURRam kolO' thiru voi mozhi.

'yEzhaiyar Avi vuNNum iNaik kURRam kolO-Azhi am kaNNa pirAn thirukkaNgaL 
kolO-sUzhavum nAnmarai thAmarai pOle vandhu thOndRum kaNdEr'---> The features 
of the Lord Almighty and the countenance tortures AzhwAr like missiles--7-7-1;
'..vENNai vuNdAn thiru mUkku'--> 7-7-2-The divine nose of AzhwAr fills up the 
mind of AzhwAr.
'..ammAn thondai vAi'--7-7-3---Divine mouth of the Lord.
'paividath pAmbaNaiyAn thirukkundalak kAdhugaLEa'-7-7-5-->the divine ears of 
the Almighty.

C. AzhwAr should have collapsed in the longing for the Almighty. Intrspection 
revealed that there was no problem with the saviour - either in knowledge or 
power- nor deficiency with Azhwar.The surprise then was AzhwAr still in this 
world. The Lord's wonderful acts and the questions follow.
Wonderful Acts. 
'mAyA -vAmananEa-madhu sUdhA'-7-8-1;
"thingaLum gnAyirumAi, sezhum pal sudarAi irulAi...iva enna visithirAmEA?' You 
are all . what a wonder -7-8-2;
"enna iyaRkaigaLAl enganEa ninRittAi? en kaNNA? thunnu kara saraNam mudhalAga 
ellA vuruppum---7-8-10-->What a wonder You have granted everything for the soul.

Why Am I kept in this World still? ivai enna visithirangaLEA

(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan


















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