Great Wall-2-The Wall of lankA

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Great Wall of lankA

mum-madhiL ilangai

 

When siRiya thiruvadi visited lankA, he was greatly surprised by the

three protections lankA had and this is mentioned by sri vAlmiki;

sri thiru-mangai mannan in

thiru-ezhu-kURRirukkai 1= talks of this aspect;

"mum-madhiL ilangai"

Here three walls are mentioned.

 

a. The wall of water ; b. The wall of mountains and c; The wall of forests.

 

sri lankA was surrounded by water. the inner circle is mountains and

forests. Then the great grand wall built around the city.

 

rAvanA however was thinking that this wall was His security. This was pierced by sri rAma's arrows.

 

" madhiL ilangai kOvai vEya-siali kunithAi" 4-3-1 of thiru-voi-mozhi;

EDU: "sarva rakshaganAna perumALai vittu, madhilai 'rakshagam'

enRirundhAnAyiRRu; idhiREA, thAn thanakku paNNikkoLLum 'rakshai'"

Class indeed.

 

Ignoring the saviour of the whole worlds, rAvanA considered the wall

as his security. This is ones own man-made protection.

'I am the king of the lankA =the lankA protected by walls" were his

egoistic thoughts which was vanquished alongwith him.

 

 

This is again mentioned by kaliyan in periya thiru-mozhi 6-8-5

"kal Ar madhiL sUzh kadi ilangai.."

The lankA surrounded by strong stone walls.

 

Again AzhwAr reiterates the wall of water. "madhiL nEr ilangaiAr kOvai

allal seidhu.." periya thiru-mozhi 8-6-3;

 

And further,

"shEma madhiL sUzh then-ilangai" 8-6-5;

The lankA which was surrounded by walls of safety and ruled by rAvanA

whose heads and arms were cut off by sri rAmA.

 

The Moral of the story: He is our protector. Any other man made

protection/self protection may not shelter us in the long-run and in

the ultimate analysis.

Though, vAlmiki and AzhwAr-s have talked high of the Great walls of

lankA, ultimately the message is He is the saviour.

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan

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SrI:

 

Dear SrI.Pamanabhan,

 

As SrI.Sadagopan svami rightly said, your articles apart from showing

your in-depth knowledge in dramiDa vedAs, show your dedication to our

sampradAyam, AchAryAs, AzhvArs and perumAL.

 

aDiyOngaL are eagerly awaiting for your next posting.

 

(Interestingly, the 'vAl' of the great bhAgavatA, SrI.AnchaneyA,

could damage the great 'wall'(ego?) of the bhagavath-dvEshi, rAvaNA.)

 

dAsan