Peep into Periya Thriu-mozhi 1

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Peep into Periya-Thiru-mozhi

 

People often ask me why I relish periya-thiru-mozhi ghOshti/sEvai in a

special manner. Even very learned devotees think that

Periya-thiru-mozhi is a vast expanse of description of the natural

resources of dhivya-dhEsam. As recently as last month, one of the

srEvaishNavites questioned me why I chose to attend particularly

periya-thiru-mozhi in the "Eka dhina nAlAyira" ghOshti. In fact, the

reason was the timing suited me well. Nothing more and nothing less.

The question hiowever was why thiru-mozhi in particular.

 

While nobody doubts the greatness of kaliyan in his poetic profess and

there is no second opinion in his great srEvaishNavic faith, due to

extensive coverage of dhivya-dhEsam-s perhaps, a misleading thought

is prevalent that thiru-mozhi by and large touches the dhivya-dhEsam

aspect alone, especially the third and fourth line of the pAsuram.

 

Can anybody deny that? After all, thiurmangai mannan sunk himself

fully-not just knee deep into dhivya-dhEsa anubhavam . Hence, one

cannot refute this fact. Nevertheless, the secrets embedded in these

anubhavam-s, the philosophies conveyed in these verses, the deep

poetic quality prevalent, the great narration, the correlation of the

nature with the Lord is the aspects that need to be underlined.

 

Shall we try to do so?

 

rAmAnuja dAsan

vanamamalai padmanabhan