In his hymn Amalanadipiran, Tiruppanazhwar hails the Lord as ‘amalan,’ ‘vimalan,’ ‘nimalan’ and ‘ninmalan,’ adjectives that emphasise total purity that has no contact with any doshas whatsoever. This is his spontaneous outburst when he enters the sanctum sanctorum of the Srirangam temple and beholds the captivating form of the Lord. Why else should He, who is ever free from any blemish, choose to enter the hearts of jivatmas who are full of faults, and always tormented and harassed by evil thoughts? While the jivatma gets affected by samsara, the Paramatma is unaffected. How can there be such disparity in reaction to the pulls of samsara?

Source: The Hindu October 20, 2019 17:03 UTC