A Peep into Periya Thiru-Mozhi 20

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GREAT SOULS AND THEIR FEAR PSYCHOSIS FOR THE LORD WHO IS A GREAT

PHILANTHROPHIST Cowardice is to be discouraged and bravery

encouraged. It is said that cowards die a hundred times. However,

some great souls are great due to their fear. How is that? Having

known that the Lord is the Greatest and nobody can do any harm to

Him, they are afraid that any ill may occur to the Lord from the

demons/rAkshasAs. Who are they? Great devotees like sri vidhurar. He

was so concerned about the welfare of the Lord that he inspected his

own bed with the sole aimed at the welfare of Lord krshNA. piLLai

vuRangA-villi dhAsar scouted around Lord nam-perumaL with a knife in

his hands. They do know that the Lord is omni-potent. Their

overwhelming concern and anxiety and affection towards the Lord

instill a fear psychosis in them that they take extra precautions.

Hence, they are great souls-mahA-madhigaL. When the Lord entered

amidst the demons, this fear emerged. This is explained in the first

pAsuram of the sixth thiru-mozhi in the second ten. "naNNAdha vAL

avuNar idaip-pukku...." The Lord who helped even those who did not

want Him but desired for the 'amudham'.Salt Essence: This amudham

when comared to Him is only salt essence. That is why our

pUrvAchAryAs alwyas term this as 'vuppuch sARu' . The Lord is so

flexible and philanthrophic. He grants the desire to the devotees who

do not want Him. Persons who do not think of such a great Lord , do

not desreve to be thought at all-even for an instance. Thus

thirumangai mannan starts this thiru-mozhi with proscription- do not

even think of those who do not think of the Lord-The Lord whose

welfare should be uppermost-The Lord who lowers Himself for us-The

Lord who helps even for those who desire things other than Him-great

philanthrophist. vanamamalai padmanabhan