
"VAN THIGAZHUM SOLAI MADILARANGAR VANPUGAZH MEL AANRA TAMIZH MARAIHAL AAYIRAMUM" - SHRI PARASARA BHATTARADIYEN HAS BEEN MADE TO PRESENT THIS GRANTHA IN TRANSLATED-ENGLISH FORMAT.ĪDIYEN AM GRATEFUL TO SHRI U.VE. ACHARYA HRUDAYAM BEING A RAHASYA GRANTHA IS RECOMMENDED ONLY FOR SRIVAISHNAVITES AS OTHERS WOULD FIND IT DIFFICULT TO COMPREHEND.īY THE GRACE OF LORD THIRUVARANGANATHA ABOUT WHOM IS THE ENTIRE THIRUVOYMOZHI, IN THIS "IRUL THARUMA GNALAM" THE SOULS MUST STRIVE TO ATTAIN KNOWLEDGE OF THE DRAVIDA VEDA WHICH WOULD GUIDE THEM TO "THERUL VISUMBU THIRUNAADU". BUT NOW, UNDERSTANDING THE MISERABLE PLIGHT OF KALI YUGA THE LORD THROUGH THE AAZHWARS RELEASED THE DRAVIDA VEDA. IT IS "AADI" AND AS ANCIENT AS THE LORD HIMSELF.THE DRAVIDA VEDA WAS NOT GIVEN TO THE SOULS EARLIER BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF THE KRITHA, THRETHA AND DWAPARYA YUGAS WERE CAPABLE OF COMPREHENDING THE SANSKRIT VEDAS. IT ALSO HAS THE PROPERTY OF THE VEDAS THAT IT WAS NOT WRITTEN OR CREATED BY ANYBODY. THE DRAVIDA VEDA IS AS OLD AS THE SANSKRIT VEDA. WHILE WE HAVE BEEN REFERRING TO THESE PRABHANDAS AS COMPOSITIONS OF SWAMI NAMMAZHWAR ,WE SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE WERE MERELY TOLD BY SWAMI NAMMAZHWAR BUT NOT NEWLY CREATED BY HIM.

THE FOUR COMPOSITIONS OF SWAMI SATAKOPAR ARE EQUIVALENT TO THE FOUR VEDAS.THE EQUIVALENCE IS AS FOLLOWS:Ĥ.THE FOURTH PART PRESENTS THE SARAARTHAAS OF ALL THE COMPOSITIONS OF SWAMI NAMMAZHWAR AND EXPLAINS THE VAIBHAVAM OF THE REMAINING DIVYA DESAMS. "EVEN IF THE LORD DOES NOT SAVE US HIS PADUKA WILL."SRI NARAYANA PADUKA- SWAMI NAMMAZHWAR IN ORDER TO SAVE US HAS SHOWERED US WITH HIS GRACE IN THE FORM OF THE THIRUVOYMOZHI. SWAMI NAMMAZHWAR IS THE EMBODIMENT OF THE THIRUVADI OR PADUKA AND THAT IS WHY EVEN IN TEMPLES PERUMAL PADHUKA IS CALLED SHATARI FROM THE DIVINE NAME SRISATAKOPA. THE MEANS TO REACH GOD IS HIS OWN THIRUVADI (LOTUS FEET) OR THE PADUKA. A COLLECTION OF 234 SUTRAS WITH DEEP RASA AND ARTHA VISHESHA THE SUTRAKAARAKAR ESTABLISHES THE AUTHENTIC RAHASYAARTHAAS AND GLORY OF THE NAMMAZHWAR'S SREESUKTHIS.ĪNOTHER ASPECT OF THIS GRANTHA IS THAT THIS IS COMPLETELY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE IDEALS OF BHAGAVATH RAMANUJA AND OTHER POORVAACHARYAS AND NOT MERELY OF ONE'S OWN THINKING OR IMAGINATION THEREBY INCREASING ITS AUTHENTICITY.

"AACHAARYA HRUDAYA"- A TREATISE ON SWAMI NAMMAZHWAR'S THIRUVOYMOZHI AS WELL AS HIS OTHER COMPOSITIONS, IS A MUST READ FOR EVERY SRIVAISHNAVA.
