A Peep into Periya ThiruMozhi 166

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Brightness eclipesed by Sparkling splendour?

 

pagaR karandha sudar Azhip padaiyAn

 

 

If you keep a tube light in front of a bulb, the light from the bulb

recedes but the brightness of the tube-light pervades. A flash light

and mercury lamp eclipses the effect of the tube light but the light

from the flash-light and mercury lamp sprays the light.

 

This being so, sudharsanAzhwAn who is thousands of time brighter than

the sun can definitey completely eclipse the light emanating from the

sun. However, should not the brightness and light emanating from the

SudhrasanAzhwAn spread light everywhere is the question/

 

This question is raised in the context of Sri krshNA making Sri

SudhrarsanAzhwAn as a disc which completes hides the surface of the

sun facing the earth. Thus the sun's light goes off completely but

why darkness should emanate? Why should everybody perceive that dusk

has arrived and it is advent of night? Should not the brightness and

light of the SudharsanAzhwAn spread throughout the world making it

brighter?

 

Sri maNavALa mAmunikAL who has given commentary for periyAzhwAr

thirumozhi has talked of this very point :

The pAsuram:

 

"'Azhi koNdu anRiravi maRaippa " 4-1-8;

 

vyAkyAnam: niravadhika thEjO rUpamAna thiru-AzhiyAlEa Adhithyanai

maRaithAl lOkathukku veLichiRappu migavum vuNdAgum ithanai anRoA!

.....kaNgaLukku iruNdu thORRumO ennil- indha Adhithyanudaiya thEjassu

kaNNAlEa mugakkalAm padi aLavu pattirukkaiyAlEa thamassu pOm padi

irukkum; angan anRikkEa thiruvAzhiyAzhwAnudaiya nEar kodu nEar

kaNkoNdu pArka voNNAdhapadiyA irukkaiyAlEa -iruLap paNNiRru -- idhu

thAn -- pUrvargaL aruLich seidhArgaL iRea.-Sri maNavALa mAmunikaL.

 

The limitless radiance of the sudharsanazhwAn's cannot be faced by our

naked eyes. Hence, the eyes closes automatically to one and all and

therefore it appears as if there is darkness unlike the sun's light

which can be seen by the eyes.

 

This point is explained by periya jEyar as explained by pUrvAchAryAs.

 

Sri periyavAchAn piLLai gives the same explanation for the periya thirumozhi pAsuram

 

"pagaR karandha sudar Azhip padaiyAn" 6-9-5;

 

The Lord hid the daylight by using Sri SudhrasanAzhwAn

"Adhithyanudaiya thEjassu kaN koNdu mugakkalAm; thiruvAzhiAzhwAnudaiya

thEjassu kaN koNdu mugakka voNNAdhapadi irukkaiyAlEa iruNDu

kATTiRRaithu"

that is why the brightness is eclipsed by Spaekling spelendour.- Sri periyavAchAn piLLai.

 

 

thirumangai AzhwAr thiruvadigaLEa charaNam

periyavAchAn piLLai thiruvadigaLEA charaNam.

jEyar thiruvadigaLEa charaNam.

 

dAsan

vanamamalai padmanabhan