nityaklinnaa

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The word klinna means wet , moist or melting. Here it denotes

compassion. SHE is ever-compassionate. SHE melts in compassion.

 

The figure of speech denoting compassion as moistness of heart is in

usage till today. For instance, Tamil uasge "nenjilE konjam kuuTa

iiram illama naTakkiRaan" tying a close connection between iiram

(wetness) with irakkam (compassion) which means that he acts with no

moistness in his heart. That is he has no compassion or love.

 

The wetness and compassion are also revealed by wetness of eyes --

that is in the form of tears. vaLLuvar puts it superbly (there is

none equal to vaLLuvar in combining brevity with poetry) --

"anbiRkkum uNDO aDaikkum thaazh aarvalar puNkaNiir puusal tharum".

In this verse vaLLuvar wonders whether there is any lock which could

bottle up the love of one towards his/her beloved. Just at the

thought of the loved one suffering, the eyes will well up with tears.

Then how can one hide it*.

 

Coming back to subject, there are names indicate that waves of

compassion arise from HER eyes. Probably it is a literal karuNa rasa

saagara from HER tears of compassion which has never ceasing waves

(karuNa tarangitaakxi, kaaTaxasyanti karuNaa).

 

 

Human compassion and love is based on pre-conditions. When those

conditions are not met or when they are violated, the feelings of

love and compassion may even turn into hatred and anger. HER

compassion is unlike human compassion -- it has no preconditions and

it is ever present. Combining it with the next name, one could say

that there is no comparison or example to understand HER compassion.

 

 

--

ambaaL daasan

 

Ravi

 

www.ambaa.org

 

*My translation can never do justice to the wonderful words of

vaLLuvar. If you ask me for one reason to learn Tamil --I would say

vaLLuvar. In my opinion, he is nirupama in the field of poetry and

dharma shaastra.