Guest guest Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 MESSAGE FROM THE CROW 'Today we will have guests' declared my uncle. This was,when i was a schoolboy. Those days thee were no emails, telephone etc. There was no personal communication, either. I was really wonderstruck when actually the guests turned up. It may be coincidence but i was really amazed by the prediction. I enquired my uncle regarding his ability and he replied that it was no magic but he just read the message from the crow. He used to say 'one for sorrow, 'two for guests' and three for joy' and pointed at the black necked crow 'aNDam kAkkA'. It is really surprising even today, the random crowing of the crow is deciphered as some messages and signals the probability of guests arriving. The crow, as we all know, is a creature which does not originates sound, based on such kind of logic. Thirumangai AzvAr requests the wall lizard to sound, portending the arrival of EmprumAn. 'kottAi pallik kuTTi.maTTAr PUNkuzhal mAdhavani vara..koTTAi pallik kuTti.' he would say in Thirumozhi 10-10-4; Even the sound of lizard is taken as sacrosanct by our ancestors, says svAmi Nam Azvar in Thiruvirutham 48 'thiurmAl avan kavi yAdhu kaTREAn palliyil sollum sollAi koLLuvadhuNdu paNdu paNDEa' kAkkai pADiniyAr was a famous poet in old days who used to read from the sounds of crows and encourage the wives of warriors who had gone to the battlefield. PeriyAzvAr reasons out thus 'Though my tongue may not utter the right noises -vAkkuth ThUimayilAmainAlEa..' I chant your name and You should give weight to that My Lord. 'If you are not going to utter right things, why should i give weight?' asks EmperumAn. Pat comes the reply ' Our ancestors give weight even to the sounds of crow and believe its random cries. Why not You EmperumAn, reckon my cries,in that context. Going by that logic, EmperumAn, You have to consider my ramblings' argues our AzvAr and further points out that since He is the cause and protector, should He not do this? kAraNA! kAkkai vAyilum kaTTuRai koLvar-kAraNA! 5-1-1. dasan vanamamalai padmanabhan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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