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AchArya Hrdhayam sUthram 221 Contd.

The Third Ten
It was seen that the prime quality of the Lord highlighted in this ten is 
omni-presence. It was also noted that though He is spread everywhere, He is not 
easily pereceptible due to our limited nature of sensory organs. He is not 
affected by the defects of the souls or insentients where He is present.The 
Lord grants release from cycle of births to those souls who consider Him as 
means and end. The initial grant of physical body was wasted and it distanced 
one from the Lord Almighty. This led to a situation where the soul knew only to 
enter various births but did not understand how to get release. The yearning 
grew for AzhwAr towards the Lord which culminated in the Lord showing Him His 
abode and granting it to AzhwAr. 
Further,

Text: " vUnamil mOksha palamAna mudichOdhi anubhavathAlEA nithya vasthu nEdu 
peRRu avachEdhamaRRa adimai seiyya vENdumpadi sarvAthma bhAvathai 
pugazhndhu........"


Summary: In the previous ten AzhwAr desired the brightest mOksham. What is it 
actually? Service unto the Lord. AzhwAr cherished the beauty of the Lord with 
His divine ornaments. The service mentioned above was desired by AzhwAr at all 
places, at all times and at all states. The Lord who is the Lord displayed His 
presence in all states, all places which AzhwAr apprecaited greatly. 

pAsuram-s:
What is mOksha palam?
To expreince the Lord and do kainkaryam to Him.

The Lord is exprienced by AzhwAr by swallowing His adornments etc. in the first 
thiru-voi-mozhi of this ten "mudich chOdhi".-- thiru voi mozhi 3-1.
However, AzhwAr felt that he was not able to do this completely probably due to 
the reason that his sensory perceptions etc. were restricted. The Lord 
responded that even the nithya sUrigaL were having this handicap vis-a-vis 
perceiving the beauty of the Lord.
AzhwAr got consoled to a certain extent which we understand from the term ---> 
"nilai pERRu en nenjam pERRadhu nEduyirEA" thiru voi mozhi 3-2-10;

The purpose of the soul getting consoled and becoming stabilised is to do 
kainkaryam and AzhwAr desired to perform this kainkaryam at all places, at all 
times and at all times -blemishless kainkaryam.
"vozhivil kAlam ellAm vudanAi manni vazhuvilA adimai seiyya vENdum nAm" thiru 
voi mozhi 3-3-1;

The Lord displayed His presence in all the states ---the pancha bUdhangaL, 
other things, bright and gem stones, demi-gods and other deities and all other 
states and things. AzhwAr became ecstasic and greatly apprecaited Lord 
Almighty's nature of being perevaded at all the souls and things. This is 
described in the thiru voi mozhi "pugazhu nal oruvan enkO' thiru voi mozhi 3-4.




(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan

















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