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 (continued from Part 6)
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NammAzhwAr was the foremost among the mystical saints
of South India, the AzhwArs. He rendered the essence
of meditative passages, or "brahma-kAnda", in the body
of all the 4 Vedas in an outpouring of 1000 verses in
exquisite Tamil called the "tiruvoimOzhi". In another
work of 100 verses, called "tiru-viruttam", he
captured the essence of the "karma-kAnda", or
sacramental aspects of the 4 Vedas. Together, these
two works of NammAzhwAr constitute the Tamil Veda.

It is significant that in the very opening verse of
the "tiru-viruttam" -- a wonderful verse indeed! --
NammAzhwAr prays to God for salvation not in terms of
Bliss, Enlightment or Knowledge, but in terms of
deliverance from what he calls "poi-ninra gnyAnam..",
meaning "false or perverted knowledge" - the
"vipareeta-gnyAna" of Ramanuja and the exact Tamil
equivalent of the "mAyaya-apahruta-gnyAna" the
Bhagavath-Gita speaks about: 

"poi-ninra gnyAnamUm, pollA-ozhukkUm,
azhukk-udambammUm,
in-ninra neermai ini yAm uravAmai uyir aLippAn,
en-ninra yOniyUmaay pirandhaay! imaiyOr talaivA
mEyy-ninru kEttarULaay, adiyane seyyUm vinnappamE!"

(NammAzhwAr's "tiru-viruttam" - Verse#1)


O Lord of the Celestials, 
You that willed your
many births in the wombs of the world --

Pray hear this petition of your humble servant:

Grant me re-birth never again --
Not another filth-ridden body, please,
Nor more of earthly misdeeds,

And, Lord! please above all
Save me forever 
from the false-knowledge of this world!

************

(to be continued)

Regards,

dAsan,
Sudarshan


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