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