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