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AchArya Hrdhayam 
sUthram 227-6
The ninth Ten.
THE TRYST WITH THE LORD ALMIGHTY after
THE TEN STAGES 

It was seen that Love is a waiting game. Can it go on endlessly? what is the 
final scene are the questions which may raise? What is this waiting? What are 
its nature and the evolution and what happens in the final stages are explaine 
herein.


"inipathil onRu dhasama dhasaiyilEA pEAr enRu nAt kadalAga thambik 
kittAdhAgAmal, nALai vadhuvai pOlEa nALidap peRRavar.."

The Ten stages of Love: 
1. First -sight and the resultant love and desire;
2. Second - thinking of that ;
3. Third- the same thinking;
4. Fourth- Sleeplessness;
5.Fifth- physical dilution;
6. Sixth- indifference towards other things;
7. Seventh- shylessness;
8. Eighth- behaving like one afflicted by madness;
9. Ninth- fainting and 
10. Tenth- death
are the ten stages of love. 

Similar to this, AzhwAr is reaching the final stage in the pathAm pathu - the 
tenth ten. Hence, there is no delay but the time is ripening for the meet. The 
final stage has come near, unlike in bharadhAzhwAn's case where it was fourteen 
long years away. This is akin to the Lord fixing date for sri ANdAL's union 
-tomorrow is the d-day- "nALai vadhuvai" -- and the Lord Almighty assures 
AzhwAr,"your great devotion will be fulfilled on your release from this body". 
The Tryst with the Lord was thus fixed by the Lord Himself. After all the Lord 
is also waiting eagerly hence, like the final stage mentioned hereinabove, the 
physical release is the triggerfing point of AzhwAr's union with the Lord and 
that is

The tryst with the Lord Almighty which is explicitly and categorically 
expressed in thirukkaNNapuram thiru voi mohzi 9-10-5

"maraNamAnAl vaikuntham " 

(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan



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