thiruvallikkENi - 8-C. (periya thirumozhi)

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The second interesting observation in thirumangai's pasuram is that

he followed the style of namaaazwwr in presenting the two contrasting

poruL or patham or vishayam that our Lord is present in. Nammazwaar

presented a oRRumai vERRumai on Lord Oppiliappan whereinhe says

"vidamum amuthumaay" and "vel pagaiyum natpumaay" and several other

such.

ie the lord is present as the antharyamim ineverything both good and

bad. As

per gOpala vimsathi, when he sucked her life, he also sucked both the

good

and bad of her totally. As per some explanations, it is said that when

boodanai was cremated a

pleasant odor (like burning the sandal wood) was present even though she

was a demon and it was not the case

generally for demon ! ie The Lord became both as the poison and as the

amirtham. The notable sequence in those ten pasurams of nammazwaar was

that he will present the "negative" attribute first and the positive

next. Same

way, here thirumanagi presented the episode of quenching the vidam of

boodanai first and then the episode of distributing the amirtham

next even though by chronology the avathArams of these two are reversed

in

order. This sequence is delivered in such a way that when bad things

are first taken care by the Lord, good things are to follow as well.

There are more insights available for this pasuram which can be dealt at

a later date. This is what i can offer as a follow up ex-tempore. I will

write from the vyAkyanam later if time permits.

Good job Sri Viji, keep it up, i will pick up the batton

from you and continue the thread after the pasurams are dealt.

Sri Rukminith thAyAr samEtha Sri Parthasarathy perumal thiruvadikaLE

charaNam

Sampath Rengarajan