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From: TCA Venkatesan (vtca_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Tue May 08 2001 - 12:46:36 PDT
Dear BhaktAs,
I came across this recently and wanted to share it
with everyone and also get your additional insights.
In presenting dvayArttham, Sri PiLLailOkAchAryar
talks about six kalyANa guNAs of emperumAn that rise
to save a devotee. They are vAtsalyam, swAmitvam,
sauseelyam, saulabhyam, gnyAnam and Sakti. These are
included by SwAmi NammAzhvAr in his SaranAgati
pasuram "agalakillEn".
agala killEn iRaiyumenRalarmEl mangai
uRaimaar_paa
nigaril pugazhaay ulagamoonRudaiyaay
ennai aaLvaanE
nigaril amarar munikkaNangaL virumpum
thiruvENGkadaththaanE
pugalon Rillaa adiyEnun adikkeezhamarndhu
pugundhEnE
AzhvAr has included the six guNAs as follows.
nigaril pugazhaay = vAtsalyam
ulagamoonRudaiyaay = swAmitvam
ennai aaLvaanE = sauseelyam
thiruvENGkadaththaanE = saulabhyam
amarar virumpum = Sakti
muni virumpum = gnyAnam
Yet again, I was amazed! What tremedous information
AzhvAr has given us in such simple and elegant words.
As our AchAryAs state, the gem that is AzhvAr's Sri
Sookthi, presents a different light every time it is
looked at and every angle that it is looked at. Of
course, it takes an expert jeweller (our AchAryAs)
to show them to us (and to show us the light).
adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan
T.C.A. Venkatesan
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