Guest guest Posted December 4, 2002 Report Share Posted December 4, 2002 thiruththoNDar purANam panniraNDAm thirumuRai thiruchchiRRambalam kEDum Akkamum keTTa thiruvinAr ODum cemponum okkavE n^OkkuvAr kUDum anbinil kumbiDalE anRi vIDum vENDA viRalin viLaN^ginAr thiruchchiRRambalam Meaning: Their wealth is devoid of ruining and prosperity ! They would regard both tile and true gold as the same ! Other than saluting in the increasing love, they stay in the valor of not even asking for liberation !! Notes: 1. Whatever be the wealth one is able to think of, there are cycles of its growth and dip, however be its magnitude. But the wealth these devotees have is ever unchanging ! That is the wealth called Lord shiva. Being the Perfect Being to what can It grow and to what It could diminish !! (c.f. celva parAyththuRai celvamE cidhaiyAdhana - cambandhar) What else could be more covetous than This wealth of the devotees, however rich or unprosperous in the eyes of the world they may be ! And when such an incomparable wealth is available, the glitters of gold as against a clay tile would not in any way alter their orientation. 2. The crown piece has been kept in the later two lines. Fine, having analyzed and realized, one sacrifices their belongings all sorts of attachments. For what ? In order to seek the great liberation. "The" thing being yearned for by the greatest of the great sages performing unexplainable austerities - in other words the whole point of life. These devotees do not seek even that liberation, but want to immerse themselves in the love for Lord shiva that is ever growing and growing beyond others' imaginations! No doubt, these are the people who see the liberation not at the end of their life, but right here !! (There is a story of a sage and common man who enquired nAradha to find out when they would get liberation. The sage in getting to know that one more birth is required to get to liberation became sad. On the other hand, the common man started dancing in joy when he heard it would take as many as the number of leaves in the tree ! He said, "God is so graceful, ultimately I am also eligible for liberation." God granted immediate liberation to Him !!) 3. thiru - wealth; okka - similar; vIDu - liberation/mukthi; viRal - valor. ===== --------------------------- Visit Shaivism Home Page at http://www.shaivam.org --------------------------- Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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