A Peep into Periya Thriumozhi 75

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thiDa visumbu

 

The Strong AkAsam

 

We have seen earlire that AzhwArs thrive in the adverbs and adjectives. Here is again one.

 

Of the pancha-bhUtham which is the longest and strongest. The Lord

creates the AkAsam first. The others follow. The others are destroyed

first and the final turn is that of the AkAsam.

 

That is why sri nam-AzhwAr in the first thiru-voi-mozhi states "thiDa visumbu..."

 

Sri thirumangai mannan also speaks of this in sem-pon sei kOil, thiru-mozhi

 

"thiDA visumbu eri nEr thingaLum sudarum.." 4-3-3;

Here, sri periya-vAchAn piLLai's vyAkyanam is wonderful

 

'lOkAyAdhigaL AkAsam enRoru thathvamillai enRAn. avanudaiya madathai

nirasikkaikkAga vaidhEga prakraiyinpaDiyEa "AkAsath vAyuhU:"

 

 

The lOkayAdhigaL mentioned that there is no such thathvam as AkAsam.

To demolish their theory sri thirumangai mannan not onlymentions

AkAsam but mentions that as the strongest by mentioning

 

"thiDa visumbu"

 

vanamamalai padmanabhan

 

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