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OH. XVI. SAVIOUR'S GUEATNESS. 105
" The Guru is Parabrahman Himself; is one's real Wealth;
is the Object of love, and our Befuge. He is our Wisdom and the
Way. "niio preaches such a Saviour, is tlie Saviour of Saviours." ^
" Know that God asleep is the Garu awake ; God invisible is the
Guru visible and moving. The Gurus bring messages of God.
They are God's mouthpieces. Through them, God chooses (o
teach mankind. Look upon the Guru (Saviour) then as God
Himself on earth. Look upon him as St. Madhurakavi ' looked
upon St. Nammazhvar, as Laksbmana upon RS;ma and
Satrughna on Bharata'. This is called the Pauchamopuya,' or
the fifth and ultimate means of reaching God." Thus did
Araiyar descant on the greatness and virtue of Saviours, as
the constituted channels through which God becomes most
accessible to mankind. " They are appointed and sent by God
to perform the functions of salvation. They are empowered
mediators between man and God. Who reject them reject God,
and their salvation is imperilled thereby. This truth is hard to
be realized by mankind, which is apt to deny the Saviour by
the very fact of
His moving with them, living with them and
sharing with them all their joys and sorrows. The very intimacy
breeds contempt. Those only steer clear of this danger
of denial, who can pierce through the veil of the visible symbol
of the Guru. Ri.m£inuja ! seriously reflect over this truth
and be blessed." Obtaining this truth, RamEinuja became
supremely happy.*
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[Panclmratra'].
[Ka xyapa -Sam hitd]
^ Eead his life in our Lives of Azhvdrs. [See No. 10 in the Table,
76»"d].
other four Means being Karma, Jndim, Bliakti and Prapatti.
It is also called the GItaruma-parva. See Table of Soteriology, pp.
573-574, our Bhagavad-gttd,
* I and my Father are one, said Christ. Our Upanishads eay :
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