anya DevathA worship for a SrI VaishNavan- 4

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inip pOi oruvan thankkup paNindhu

 

Dear SrevaishNavites:

 

crudely putting, if a housewifes goes begging or seeking refuge at

somebody else's house, it is not only bad name to her but an insult

and disgrace to her husband. This is more so after the marriage of a

girl. This is what periAzhwAr states when he says :"inip pOi oruvan

thankkup paNindhu"

 

'unakkup paNi seidhirukkum thavamudiayEAn, inip pOi oruvan thanakkup

paNIndhu kadaith thalai niRkai nin sAyai azhivu kaNdAi... '

periAzhwAr thiru mozhi 5-3-3;

 

'I am blessed to serve YOu. If I go and stand at the doorsteps of

somebody else, it is disgrace to You Oh! Lord" is the appeal by

periyAzhwAr.

 

Here the commentary is wonderful.

Here the vyAkyAnam for "oruvan" runs as follows:

'brahmA mudhalaga... adhishUdhraRiREA' . When this applies to brahmA

it applies equally if not worse,to others including saraswathi.

 

The vyAkyAnam for inip pOI is excellent:

 

"the past may not be much significant but after having realised the

nature of the soul that we are subservient only to HIm and serve only

unto Him, this stage of going to another doorsteps is big disgrace to

Him"

 

Though periAzhwAr speaks this matter in a differnet context, the fact

that a srevaishNavan should not approach anya DevathA is enunciated

here.

 

Hence, as seen earlier and also according to this, it is better to

avoid saraswathi or others equating to the Lord - not out of

disresepect but to act according to oru faith and philosophy.

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan