SrI UpakAra Sangraham Part - 20

December 17, 2007

srI: SrI upakAra sangraham – 20 --- adikAram – 1 poorva upakAra paramparai (The Foremost Series of Favours) --- SECTION – 2 (The Four basic favours provided by the Lord to the JivAthmA since time immemorial ---- 3) (continued) --- After completing the previous posting (Part – 19), a Bhagavthar who called on me went through the text. While explaining to him, adiyEn made certain clarifications to bring out the intention of SwAmi Desikan to use this phrase:- “nammaip pRRa avyaaja-krupaiyaalE avasara-prateekShanaay ninRatuvum;” SwAmi Desikan says that the Lord is waiting for the moment to receive the jIvA when he makes a round-about turn towards Him. This was the case with SrI Tirumangai AzhvAr, as he himself expressed in his verse quoted earlier. The Lord’s anxiety can not be realized without an illustration from our daily life. When we want to go to a place, we reach the nearest bus stop to catch the particular bus going to that place. We wait there, expecting the particular route bus will come for us to get in. But we are not aware when it will arrive at the bus stop. Still, we have no choice but to wait till it appears there. No one can tell us when it will come there, as it does not keep up the time schedule. Even then, we wait for it as we must go to that place without fail. In a similar situation, the Lord is. This is indicated by the expression, “avasara-prateekShanaay ninRatuvum”. Here, “avasaram” indicates the “restless-ness” that is normally there in a person waiting for the bus. The appointed time for reaching the place is fast nearing, but there is no sight of the bus. SwAmi Desikan’s intention is to stress this point that the Lord is in a restless situation. In our case, we may even cancel the programe of going to that destination. But, the Lord can not do so, as a jIvA’s fate is involved. That is expressed by the term, “prateekShanaay”. This indicates the Lord’s anxiety about the arrival that moment of arrival of the jIvA for whom He is waiting. It is similar to our anxiety about the arrival of

the bus if our programme can not be cancelled. However, in our case, we would be cursing ourselves or the person concerned who had given that appointed time. It is a common experience for us. But, the Lord is not like us. That is why He is great. He is full of compassion and determined to help the jIvA who is in distress. He can not be abandoned, just as we cancel our appointment. We do not bother about the consequences. But, the Lord can not, because of His compassion. It can not be explained why He is like that. That is the intention of SwAmi Desikan to convey in using this phrase:- “avyaaja-krupai”. For His “krupa”, we can not find the reason. If the bus does not turn up in a reasonable time, we are in the habit of abandoning our programme. But, The Lord does not do so. That is the greatness of the Lord, who deserves all the praise. But, we don’t have words. So are the Vedas! (to continue) dAsan Anbil SrInivAsan ------

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December 17, 2007

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srinivasan sowmianarayanan

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Sunday, December 16, 2007 9:48 PM

SrI UpakAra Sangraham Part - 20

srI:

SrI upakAra sangraham – 20

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adikAram – 1

poorva upakAra paramparai

(The Foremost Series of Favours)

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SECTION – 2

(The Four basic favours provided by the Lord to the JivAthmA

since time immemorial ---- 3) (continued)

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After completing the previous posting (Part – 19), a Bhagavthar who called on me went through the text. While explaining to him, adiyEn made certain clarifications to bring out the intention of SwAmi Desikan to use this phrase:-

“nammaip pRRa avyaaja-krupaiyaalE avasara-prateekShanaay ninRatuvum;”

SwAmi Desikan says that the Lord is waiting for the moment to receive the jIvA when he makes a round-about turn towards Him. This was the case with SrI Tirumangai AzhvAr, as he himself expressed in his verse quoted earlier.

The Lord’s anxiety can not be realized without an illustration from our daily life. When we want to go to a place, we reach the nearest bus stop to catch the particular bus going to that place. We wait there, expecting the particular route bus will come for us to get in. But we are not aware when it will arrive at the bus stop. Still, we have no choice but to wait till it appears there. No one can tell us when it will come there, as it does not keep up the time schedule. Even then, we wait for it as we must go to that place without fail.

In a similar situation, the Lord is. This is indicated by the expression, “avasara-prateekShanaay ninRatuvum”. Here, “avasaram” indicates the “restless-ness” that is normally there in a person waiting for the bus. The appointed time for reaching the place is fast nearing, but there is no sight of the bus. SwAmi Desikan’s intention is to stress this point that the Lord is in a restless situation. In our case, we may even cancel the programe of going to that destination. But, the Lord can not do so, as a jIvA’s fate is involved. That is expressed by the term, “prateekShanaay”. This indicates the Lord’s anxiety about the arrival that moment of arrival of the jIvA for whom He is waiting. It is similar to our anxiety about the arrival of the bus if our programme can not be cancelled.

However, in our case, we would be cursing ourselves or the person concerned who had given that appointed time. It is a common experience for us. But, the Lord is not like us. That is why He is great. He is full of compassion and determined to help the jIvA who is in distress. He can not be abandoned, just as we cancel our appointment. We do not bother about the consequences. But, the Lord can not, because of His compassion. It can not be explained why He is like that. That is the intention of SwAmi Desikan to convey in using this phrase:- “avyaaja-krupai”. For His “krupa”, we can not find the reason.

If the bus does not turn up in a reasonable time, we are in the habit of abandoning our programme. But, The Lord does not do so. That is the greatness of the Lord, who deserves all the praise. But, we don’t have words. So are the Vedas!

(to continue)

dAsan

Anbil SrInivAsan

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