Guest guest Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 PERIYAZVAR-S EXEMPLARY EXAMPLES Lotus-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 and 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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