A Peep into Periy Thiru-mozhi 47

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Eggs or Pearls?

 

The pearls are born out of its chanku or nathai. These are ready to

be born any time. The bullocks which go front and back on the fields

for cultivation, brush on these and the perals are born which are

spred hither and thither.

 

The kurugu-the nArai variety of bird- on spotting these bright white

pearls mistake these for their eggs and fly everywhere,only to

realise that these are not their eggs but rich pearls.

 

AzhwAr, thus describes the richness of the divya-dEsam, in the second

part of the second pAsuram of 'kAzhich sErAma viNNagaram'. In the

first pAsuram the meticulous following of scriptures and practices

was described. In this pAsuram, the cultivation and wealth is

described.

 

"... vuzhusEaivOda, sUl mugamAr vaLai aLaivAi vugutha muthai,

thol kurugu sinaienna sUzhndhiyanga..." 3-2-2;

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan