A Peep into Periya ThriuMozhi 80

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Stepping into the shoes of...

 

thAn pOlum enRezhundhAn tharaNi ALan...

 

To describe and narrate is difficlut. To convey ones feelings is

complicate. Expressing in Direct voice is complex. Mono-Acting and

conveying the feelings of others is most difficult. Stepping into the

shoes of others and think from their angle is rare and tough,

 

Not only it is strange to one's own nature but it is not natural.

Thinking of the Lord comes naturally. Thinking of the arakkan who

opposes the Lord and going into his mind and conveying his mind is

extremely difficlut To add to all this is summarising all this in a

pAsuram.

 

Even to gauge that AzhwAr is expressing the feeling from rAvanAs'

view-point is difficult but for sri bhattar.

 

sri bhaTTar as a child made easy the understanding of the pAsuram if

we think of the pAsuram as voicing of rAvanAs views.

 

" I am Governing this world. This ordinary mortal called rAmA is

planning to attack me as if He is the king of the whole world. As the

king of asuras does anybody think that this will be endured?" were his

egoistinc thoughts. What happened later on is known to one and all.

 

This

"He is thinking as if He is the biggest king of the world ---thAn pOlum enRezhundhAn tharaNi ALan

Can it be endured by the king of arakkan-------------adhu kaNDu

tharithiruppAn arakkar thangaL kOne pOlum"

rAvanAs words voiced aloud.

These thoughts are just put in a couple of lines:

 

"thAn pOlum enRezhundhAn tharaNi ALan, adhu kaNDu tharithiruppAn

arakkar thangaL kOne pOlum" enruzhandha kunRam anna

irupadhu thOLudan thuNitha oruvan kaNdEr" 4-4-6;

 

We have seen AzhwAr swithing roles as that of thAyar, thOzhi or

thalaivi. This thirumangai AzhwAr's thinking from the angle of rAvanA

himself is a great and unique poetic prowess.

 

Hats off to thirumangai mannan.

 

irupadhu thOLudan thuNitha oruvan kaNDEr

 

vanamamalai padmanabhan