A Peep into Periya Thirumozhi 94

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puLLup piLLaikku irai thEADum

 

Sri thriumangai AzhwAr narrates the richness and wealth of the divya dhEsam

puLLa-pUdhamkuDi, apart from other things, in the first thirumozhi of the fifth

ten.

 

The third line of the second pAsuram

 

"paLLach cheruvil kayal vugaLa, pazhanak kazhani adhanuL pOi,

puLLu piLLaikku irai thEADum puLLampUdham kuDi thAnEA" 5-1-2;

 

The fishes are abundunt in the ponds and in the running water, in and around

this dhivya dhEsam. The birds go in and look and search for food for their

kids.

 

A tamil scholar questioned bhaTTar. When the fishes are abundant, why should the

bird search for the food? Is it not contradictory?

 

The reply " The bird is not looking food for itself but for its little ones. The

little ones cannot devour big fishes. Due to the richness even the fishes are

stout and the little ones will find it difficult to eat. Therefore, the birds

have to look for a relatively small sized fish suitable for their kids to

eat.Such is the wealth of the divya-dhEsam".

 

That is bhaTTar again.

 

puLLup piLLaikku irAi thEADum.

 

dAsan

vanamamalai padmanabhan