Guest guest Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Seedling to the Farmer PArathanthriyam to Emperuman The tiller tills the land and sows the seed at a single spot for sometime. Later on after the seed sprouts, he orgnaises the seedling to his liking and spaces and organises them at a different place. If he does not like a particular seedling or if he feels so, he may discard it or he may pay special attention to certain ones. The fact remains that the seedling gets to be used as per the desire of the farmer. Sri PeriyAzvhar throws up an example in the case of his daughter. He says, 'Seith thlai ezhu nAthup pOle avan seivana seidhu kOLLa maitthada mugil vaNNan pakkal ivaLai vaLara vidumingaLEA" PeriyAzvAr Thirumozhi 3-7-9; Superficially this would mean that PeriyAzvAr desires His daughter to be left to the care of the Lord. This is an example more than that meets the eye The nature of soul is subserivence to EmperumAn. Though the Atma is sentinet, the Atma should be like an insentient, to be used by Him to His will and wish. AzvAr, thus declares that the Atma has to be placed like a seedling at the hands of the farmer and submit itself to His desires. Going a bit deep, we can realise that it is not just subservience but the state of Atman to be malleable and ductile, to enable Him to use to His wishes. The 'namas' sabdhArtham, thus is succinctly brought out by PeriyAzvAr in this wondeful example. dasan vanamamalai padmanabhan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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