Peep into periya thiru-mozhi 17-The CALF LOVE

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thadam parugu karu-mugil

 

CALF LOVENo, this is nothing about young love

and I presume all are past that stage. This is no infatuation. Yes.The Lord's

love for calf is real and deep. He feels extremely pleased when he takes care

of the calves. This is true love for calf.How is that? Well. thiru mangai

AzhwAr has mentioned in thiru nedun thAndagam "kanRu mEithu inidhugandha kALA

ennum" 16Is He happy with just being a saviour of nithya sUrigaL? No.Is He then

happy with being a saviour of sanakAdhigaL ?NOIs He then satisfied being a

saviour of innocent gOpikAs? NO.When He then satisfied?He is happy only after

taking care of the calves.swAmi periyavAchAn's piLLai's commentary is as

follows:".. kanRu mEitha pinbukANum sarva bhauman AyiRRu.sarva rakshavathvam

pushkalam AyiRRu kanRu mEitha pinbu iREA" The saving Grace of the Lord is only

after He takes care of the calves.Why is it that? It is well known that the

Lord is happy on taking care of the cows. Refer thiru voi mozhi"..thivathilum

pasu nirai mEppu vuvathi.."10-3-10He is extremely happy only after taking care

of the calves.That is why it is stated in this pAsuram "kanRu mEithu inidhu

vugandha .."Why? In that case, at lease there is a realisation that He is the

saviour. Here, the ignorance and innocence of the calves are so extreme that,

even the fact that He is the saviour is not known. Hence, He indeed feels happy

in taking care of these. In fact, thiru mangai AzhwAr in periya thiru

mozhi demonstrates how the Lord has taken care of the calves. It is generally

said that, one can take the horse to the pond but cannot make it drink water.

The Lord on seeing the calves being afraid of the water in the pond, simulates

how to drink water. He puts His band behind His back and drinkswater and

demonstrates to them the means of qenching their thirst and allaying their

fears." ....kanRu mEithu viLaiyAda vallAnai, varimE kAnil, thadam parugu karu

mugilai..." 2-5-3That is regarding simulating the nature of cows and calves.Is

it not the great calf love or shall we say love for calf?

Is it not the height of nErmai?

 

thadam parugu karu-mugilvanamamalai padmanabhan.