A Peep into Periya-Thiru-Mozhi 51

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THE TEARS OF THE MOON

'thingaL mugam pani padiakkum azhagAr..'

 

We have heard of crocodile tears, the tears from the eyes. The happy

tears, the tears of sorrow.

 

What is this? tears from the moon?

 

 

The maidens of the dhivya-dhEsam 'kAzi-sErAma viNNagaram' are

beautiful.The pretty women stand on the top storey, with their

mid-portion -which is like vudukkai- their faces are raidant, bright

and sparkling. It is customary and commonplace to observe poets

comparing girls with flowers and moon. Here, however, the moon became

crestfallen on seeing the radiance and the beauty of their faces. It

introspected itself " What a life we are leading. Despite the fact

that we are compared for beauty, we cannot match their countenance"

and the tears start falling.

 

swAmi peirya vAchAn piLLai's vyAkyAnam is a class.

 

The moon thinks as said above ' "nAm enna jEvanam jEvikkiRoam,

ivargaLoAdu, oppuch sollach seidhEa, oppup pOrAdha padi iruppadhEa"

enRu dhukkap padA niRkum AyiRru. chandhranukkuch chandran ivargaL" '

 

thingal mugam pani padaikkum azhagAr

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan

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