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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. 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 of the one and all displayed His presence in all states, all 
places which AzhwAr apprecaited greatly. 
Further,

Text: " sollippAdi yEathip pidhaRri ezhundhum paRandhum, thuLLIk kudhithu, 
thadukkuttakkumbidu, nattamittuch sirikka kuzhaindhu naiyum prEthiugaLath tham 
adiyArenna vudan kUdum sAthyam vaLara..............."


Summary: After having enjoyed the Almighty's prsence in everything, AzhwAr 
became very mirthful which trsnposed into AzhwAr appreciating the LOrd through 
deeds, words, mind and so on. This led to a state where AzhwAr subservience did 
not just stop with the Lord but extended towards His devotees. The service not 
just to Him but to His devotees, the shEshathvam not just to Him but to His 
devotees is the ultimate, which AzhwAr's mind culminated into.
pAsuram-s:
"emmAnai sollip pAdi'-----------> thiru voi mozhi ] The extreme mirth makes 
AzhwAr
"paNgaL thalaik koLLap pAdi"--------> thiru voi mozhi ] appreciate the Lord and 
His devotees
"pEar pala sollip pidhaRRi"------------>thiru voi mozhi ]
"yEathik kuNippAr"----------------> thiru voi mozhi ] thiru voi mozhi 3-5; 
through mind, words and deeds in
"thadu kuttamAi paRavAdhAr"------thiru voi mozhi ] various forms.
"kumbidu nattam ittu Adi, gOgu kattuNdu vuzhalAdhAr"--->thiru voi mozhi ]
"nenjam kuzhaindhu naiyAdhEa " thiru voi mozhi ]

"tham adiyAr thamakku, adiyAr , adiyAr, tham adityAr adiyOngaLE" thiru voimozhi 
3-7; The subservicence/shEshathavam did 
stop just with the Lord but went on to the extreme border of
devotees, their devotees and their devotees.


(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan


(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan
















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