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srImathE SaTakOpAya namah
srImathE rAmAnujAya namah
srImathE anantArya mahAguravE namah
srImathE vara vara munayE namah


AzhvAr is enjoying, and exposing to others like us, one of the 
Lord's auspicious qualities in each thiruvAymozhi. In the first
thiruvAymozhi, he talked about the Lord's parathvam (supremeness). 
In the second thiruvAymozhi, he talked about the Lord's 
quality of being the One to worship (bhajaneeyathvam). In the third 
thiruvAymozhi, he talked about the Lord's sowlabhyam. In 
the fourth thiruvAymozhi, he talks about the LOrd's quality of 
tolerance for sins committed by bhaktAs (aparAdha sahathvam). In 
this thiruvAymozhi, he talks about the LOrd's Seelathvam.

Of all the auspicious qualities that the Lord has, Seelathvam is one
of the most magnificient. Seelathvam is the quality of
the LOrd in which even thouh He is the all-supreme, and we are very 
unqualified and very low, He stoops Himself to come to us, 
and move with us just as one of us (purai aRa-k kalakkum thanmai). 
This is also called SowSeelyam. In samskrit, seelathvam is 
described as "mahatho mandhai: saha nirantarENa samslEsha: 
sowseelyam" - i.e. the quality by which mahAns move closely with 
idiots (mandhai:) is seelam. AzhvAr describes that magnificient 
quality of the Lord through his anubhavam in this 
thiruvaymozhi.


thiruvAymozhi nURRandhadhi - 5.
vaLAm mikka maal perumai  mannuyiruin thanmai
uLamuRRu angu ooduruva Orndhu * thaLarvuRRu
neenganinai maaRanai maal needilagu seelaththaal
paangudanE sErththaan parindhu.

The LOrd, through His seela guNa, blessed (and included in His 
group? - sErththaan) nammAzhvAr who had tried to move himself 
farther from the LOrd after he thought in depth about the greatness 
of the LOrd, and the lowly nature of the soul and became 
tired (thaLarvuRRu - can also say he became weak at the thought of 
the gap between the greatness of the LOrd and the lowliness 
of the soul).


AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam,
adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan,
thirumalai anandAnpiLLai varadhan

(Source of the material: Translation of the pravESas of the simple
version of divyArtha deepikai, found in the book "aNNa svAmiyin
amudha mozhi aayiram, 401st - 500th mozhigaL)




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