ThAmarai -3-A Symbol of Pride and Ego

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ThAmarai

 

A Symbol of Pride and Ego

 

We see people possessed with fame,name , wealth and position are also

full of ego. If we are so, what will happen to one who is having the

real wealth. The nearness to the God. Being a symbol of comparison

-even though notional, being a symbol of creation and supremacy is

definitely fame, name, wealth and position.

 

Sri PeriyAzhwAr sees this very flower in two different perspectives.

One angle makes this 'lotus' really proud , the other full of ego.

 

Pride: As we know AzhwAr-s do not have a knack of seeing the Lord in

all natural phenomenon. It is in their blood. PeiryAzhwAr is

observing the rich lush fields of thriruvarangam. He sees the lotus

in full bloom with its richness and colour, it is flying high rising

and springs up waving here and there. What does he say/

 

He compares this with that of the thrivikramA whose divine feet sprung

up in a jiffy towards the skies. Here you see, this lotus goes up on

the air, like the divine feet of vulagaLandha perumAL who measured

all the worlds and the sagging weight of the paddy is bowing down

towards the towering lotus similar to srEvaishNavites falling at the

feet of the Lord.

 

' vuram peRRa malar kamalam vulagaLandha sEavadi pOle vuyarndhu kATTa,

varam peRRa kadhir sennel thAL saiyndhu thalai vaNangum thaN

arangamEa" PeriyAzhwAr Thirumzohi 4-9-8;

 

Ego: It is but natural will make anybody proud for having been

compared to that of the towering Almighty. It is also not unnatural

to understand the particular lotus springing up from the divine naval

having a nexus with creation and supremacy. The field effect however

spreads like plague. The euphoria catches up and blossoms into ego.

It makes the fresh lotus raise its collar with pride and ego. The new

lotus in the vicinity which has just come up,also mimes itself to be

from the golden stomach of EmprumAn and feigns Supremacy with bloated

ego and deems itself as beatuy than other thAmarai-s. This is also

PeriyAzhwAr

 

'pudhu nAN malar kamalam-emperumAn pon vayiRRil pUvEA pOlvAn, podhu

nAyakam bhAvithu irumAndhu pon sAikkum punal arangamEa' 4-9-4;

 

 

These thoughts are simply superb and can only emanate from mayaRvara

mathi nalam aruLappeRRa AzhwArgaL.

 

Sri PeriyazhwAr ThriuvadigaLEa charaNam.

 

dAsan

vanamamalai padmanabhan