Periyazhvar Fearless and Armed

பட்டினம் காப்பே 

For a long time, in this life, one is caught in the deep pit of attachment and struggle through as if caught in a deep dark cave and helplessly remaining there not knowing how to come out.

Reach out to God through Prayers and Selfless Service - Be freed from the prison of stomach, from mortal fetters of birth and loosen the shackles on the legs, nerves and bones

(5.2)

Periyazhvar began the final canto of the Periyazhvar Thirumozhi pleading for help in making him surrender to the Lord after announcing that he has been guilty of many mistakes in life.

In the 2^nd decad, Periyazhvar turns positive and supremely confident. He says he has had the much needed conversation with the Lord and he is now in safe hands knowing that he is being protected by the Lord. Hence he claims to have no fear now.

The old fearful stories of what might happen to life have changed and that fear has been removed and clarity has now been obtained. And he is now well guarded.

He compares the opportunity before us in this life to ants.

What Bondage does

Just like a swarm of ant that enters pure ghee that is to the brim, there is a sickness of bondage in different parts of the body parts. But there is an opportunity for us to flee and save ourselves.

நெய் குடத்தைப் பற்றி ஏறும் எறும்புகள் போல் நிரந்து எங்கும்

கைகொண்டு நிற்கின்ற நோய்கள்

Periyazhvar says he has seized on the opportunities to surrender to the Lord and is now well protected with nothing to worry. Now he is happy that the old insecure feelings of what will happen are all gone. He says he has received that enlightenment and the Lord has entered his soul and is inclined to stay in him.

Even Yama runs away!!!!!!!

He says with great delight that the verdict of Chitragupta, with Yama’s stamp has now been quashed. That team has now fled far away from him as the God himself has embraced him and he is assured of his protection ( In the last decade of the fourth canto, Periyazhvar had dedicated almost an entire decad describing Yama and his actions http://prtraveller.blogspot.in/2015/10/srirangam-ranganatha-advance-prayer.html).

சித்திரகுப்தன் எழுந்தால் தென்புலக் கொண் பொறி ஒற்றி

வாய்த்த இலச்சினை மாற்றித் தூதுவர் ஓடி யொளிந்தார் 

Brilliant Description of Freedom from Bondage

The Lord has provided us with the opportunity to read about him and to understand him through the many historical works and to practise austerities and restraint. Having undertaken that, Periyazhvar says he has now accepted the Lord in his service. He has been freed from the prison of stomach, from mortal fetters of birth, loosened the shackles on his legs, nerves and bones.

கயிற்றும் அக்கு ஆணி கழித்துக் காலிடப் பாசம் கழற்றி

Evil thoughts Go Away from here

Because of earlier karmas, diseases have been inflicted on him. But now, it is not so. He once again says he has found a new protection and no one can inflict evil thoughts in him anymore. No more can evil rogues affect him for he now has the treasure house of rubies. With the Lord now residing in his heart through the day and night, he directs the evil to find their way elsewhere to some weaker soul!!!

A NEW REVELATION

Periyazhvar now confidently utters that his body is no more filled with miseries of life as the key to that has been his understanding of this life and the importance of having the Lord in his mind all the time. And he repeatedly says that all the negative forces of life to go and find other weak beings who will succumb to the temptations of life.

Life bound in a Deep Dark Cave

For a long time, in this life, one is caught in the deep pit of attachment and struggle through as if caught in a deep dark cave and helplessly remaining there not knowing how to come out. Periyazhvar says he has finally got the grace of God and has now got the feeling that he has been ridden from his karmas of the past and present.

கொங்கைச் சிறுவரை யென்னும் பொதும்பினில் வீழ்ந்து வழக்கி

அங்கோர் முழையினில் புக்கிட்டு அழந்திக்கிடந்து உழல் வேனை

Having been ignorant with many doubtful claims and knowledge that was contrary, he says that like a typical human being, he failed to capture the right and wrong. But the opportune time has now arrived. And he has penetrated the Lord’s heart and stamped his feet on his forehead as a sacred symbol in his head. He feels sanctified now with no fear for anything.

He asks us to keep a vigil over his body, the sanctum sanctorum of lord. Towards the end of this decad, Periyazhvar communicates as if he has merged with the Lord.