Guest guest Posted August 27, 2004 Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 Great Wall of lankA mum-madhiL ilangai When siRiya thiruvadi visited lankA, he was greatly surprised by the three protections lankA had and this is mentioned by sri vAlmiki; sri thiru-mangai mannan in thiru-ezhu-kURRirukkai 1= talks of this aspect; "mum-madhiL ilangai" Here three walls are mentioned. a. The wall of water ; b. The wall of mountains and c; The wall of forests. sri lankA was surrounded by water. the inner circle is mountains and forests. Then the great grand wall built around the city. rAvanA however was thinking that this wall was His security. This was pierced by sri rAma's arrows. " madhiL ilangai kOvai vEya-siali kunithAi" 4-3-1 of thiru-voi-mozhi; EDU: "sarva rakshaganAna perumALai vittu, madhilai 'rakshagam' enRirundhAnAyiRRu; idhiREA, thAn thanakku paNNikkoLLum 'rakshai'" Class indeed. Ignoring the saviour of the whole worlds, rAvanA considered the wall as his security. This is ones own man-made protection. 'I am the king of the lankA =the lankA protected by walls" were his egoistic thoughts which was vanquished alongwith him. This is again mentioned by kaliyan in periya thiru-mozhi 6-8-5 "kal Ar madhiL sUzh kadi ilangai.." The lankA surrounded by strong stone walls. Again AzhwAr reiterates the wall of water. "madhiL nEr ilangaiAr kOvai allal seidhu.." periya thiru-mozhi 8-6-3; And further, "shEma madhiL sUzh then-ilangai" 8-6-5; The lankA which was surrounded by walls of safety and ruled by rAvanA whose heads and arms were cut off by sri rAmA. The Moral of the story: He is our protector. Any other man made protection/self protection may not shelter us in the long-run and in the ultimate analysis. Though, vAlmiki and AzhwAr-s have talked high of the Great walls of lankA, ultimately the message is He is the saviour. (to be continued) vanamamalai padmanabhan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2004 Report Share Posted September 5, 2004 Great Wall of lankA mum-madhiL ilangai When siRiya thiruvadi visited lankA, he was greatly surprised by the three protections lankA had and this is mentioned by sri vAlmiki; sri thiru-mangai mannan in thiru-ezhu-kURRirukkai 1= talks of this aspect; "mum-madhiL ilangai" Here three walls are mentioned. a. The wall of water ; b. The wall of mountains and c; The wall of forests. sri lankA was surrounded by water. the inner circle is mountains and forests. Then the great grand wall built around the city. rAvanA however was thinking that this wall was His security. This was pierced by sri rAma's arrows. " madhiL ilangai kOvai vEya-siali kunithAi" 4-3-1 of thiru-voi-mozhi; EDU: "sarva rakshaganAna perumALai vittu, madhilai 'rakshagam' enRirundhAnAyiRRu; idhiREA, thAn thanakku paNNikkoLLum 'rakshai'" Class indeed. Ignoring the saviour of the whole worlds, rAvanA considered the wall as his security. This is ones own man-made protection. 'I am the king of the lankA =the lankA protected by walls" were his egoistic thoughts which was vanquished alongwith him. This is again mentioned by kaliyan in periya thiru-mozhi 6-8-5 "kal Ar madhiL sUzh kadi ilangai.." The lankA surrounded by strong stone walls. Again AzhwAr reiterates the wall of water. "madhiL nEr ilangaiAr kOvai allal seidhu.." periya thiru-mozhi 8-6-3; And further, "shEma madhiL sUzh then-ilangai" 8-6-5; The lankA which was surrounded by walls of safety and ruled by rAvanA whose heads and arms were cut off by sri rAmA. The Moral of the story: He is our protector. Any other man made protection/self protection may not shelter us in the long-run and in the ultimate analysis. Though, vAlmiki and AzhwAr-s have talked high of the Great walls of lankA, ultimately the message is He is the saviour. (to be continued) vanamamalai padmanabhan India Matrimony: Find your life partner online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2004 Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 Dear Shri narasimhan padmanabhan, ( I presume this to be your name from your mail id) Once, when I was attending the discourse by Shri GomaTam sampathkumArAchAryar swAmi, he referred to AnjanEyA as 'siRiya thiruvadi' and immediately mentioned that as per sampradhAyam he should have expressed only 'thiruvadi' and not 'siRiya thiruvadi' and did it only for the sake of understanding. I think I should take resort to that excuse now. Anyhow, thanks for pointing out. I shall refer to AnjAnEyA in future as 'thiruvadi', Thank You and regards rAmAnuja dAsan vanamamalai padmanabhan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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