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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. : 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.
Further,

Text: "A. pai koL pAmbu pOlEa indhriya vruthi niyamamaRa B.pAda vandha 
kaviyanRikkEA padaithAn kavi slogakkruthAi............"

Summary: A. The Lord Almighty's bed is thiru ananthAzhwAn whose eyes also 
perform the role of ears. Likewise, AzhwAr also desires that these mixed roles 
to enable him to experience the Lord's beauty. AzhwAr wants to perform the role 
of deeds by his mind, role of hand by his mind, role of eyes by his hands, role 
of ears by his eyes thus overshooting the determined roles of the organs.
B. AzhwAr is not just creator of poems/psAlms to sing praise of mortals. He is 
the royal poet of the Lord Almighty. The Lord Almighty has created all this 
world. AzhwAr is His poet-padaithAn kavi.

pAsuram-s: A.Desire of AzhwAr to exprience the Lord
"pai kOL pAmbu yEaRi vuRai paranEa"----------> thiru voi mozhi 
3-8-4;-----------> The bed of the Lord is thiru ananthAzhwAn.
"nenjamE nEL nagarAga irundha en thanjanEA"---> thiru voi mozhi 3-8-2---> the 
role of mind is desired by the words.
"vAsagamEa yEatha aruL seiyyum vAnavar tham"----> thiru voi mozhi 3-8-3---> the 
role of words is desired by the hands.
"kaigaLAl ARA thozhudhu thozhudhu vunnai.."------> thiru voi mozhi 3-8=4----> 
the role of hands is desired by the eyes.
"kaNgaLAl kANa varungol enRAsaiyAl...." ---------> thiru voi mozhi 3-8-5----> 
the role of eyes is desired by the ears.
Thus each sensory organs desire the effect of others to experience the Lord 
Almighty.
B. Whose Poet is AzhwAr?
"vAi koNdu mAnidam pAda vandha kaviyEAn allEAn"---> thiru voi mozhi 3-9-9---> 
"I am not an ordinary poet singing praise of mortals. I sing in praise of the 
Lord" AzhwAr.

"onRi onRi vulagam padaithAn kavi"-------> thiru voi mozhi 3-9-10------> " I am 
the Royal Poet of the Lord Almighty who created this world repeatedly for the 
welfare of the souls" AzhwAr.

(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan
(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan




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