Chapter 28

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KURAI ONDRUM ILLAI

BY

MUKKOOR LAKSHMINARASIMHACHARIAR

CHAPTER 28.

 

 

At One time, manas (heart) and vakku (speech) had a huge

quarrel. Vakku said, " just think for once-if it wasn't for me, would

you have any use? You can express yourself only because of me…

right? " We can have a thousand different feelings or thoughts running

through us. For example, adiyen sits here until nine at night and if

I don't open my mouth all day, will a person sitting across from me

have any clue as to what I'm thinking or feeling? Vedas say that if

the vakdevathai is not present in the manas, there is no use. The

Vedas also say, people get Menmai(??) through vakku alone, because

they can communicate with each other. In this world, people develop

their relationships through speech. Now, let's get back to speech's

question…manas replied : " If it wasn't for me, can you speak for

yourself? Only if I give the information can you talk… " The debate

continued—it became a huge ordeal! At the end both decided to go to

Brahma and see what he says. Vathi and Prathivathi both stood in

front of Brahma and asked which one was better. We have to pity

Brahma! He doesn't know lowkeekam! Even though he participates in the

creation of the world, he doesn't know lowkeekam! So he described how

the vakku and manas came about, but he asked them not to fight

afterwards. So, he said that he created manas first and vakku

afterwards. Pranan was created first and `apaanan' was created

afterwards. Hence, the manas is greater, and vakku is smaller and he

advised vakku not to pick on manas. So now vakku became furious that

he wasn't supported by Brahma and cursed Brahma instead! Because of

this curse, any mantra said for Brahma is said in a very low tone; if

the mantra is said in a loud tone, it will never reach Brahma.

 

Afterwards, vakku sat in a corner and cried because it

lost. But manas had to interfere! Manas patted vakku's back and

then said, " Did you see what Brahma said? And you still don't have it

straight…you still worry and sit here…? What is so difficult in

accepting me being higher than you? " So manas now said , " Ok, leave

what Brahma said alone. Let's have a race now. I'm going to run to

see Parabrahmam, if you have the strength try to run… " and then manas

started running really fast. So now vakku was rejuvenated and

started running to keep up with manas. Manas went really really

fast, but vakku could not do that, it ran to it's capability.

Although, both ran their best, they still could not find

Parabrahmam! Vakku finally caught up with manas and asked if manas

saw Parabrahmam, but manas didn't! Vakku became immensely happy! It

jumped on manas' shoulders and sat there. And says, " You and I are

on the same team; You and I are the same…come on! " . In claiming

equality, some are `samarthargal'. One man said, " I and the Chatur

mukha Brahma are the same! "

" How "

" In one way… "

" which way? " ,

" That chatur mukha Brahma does not know parabrahmam through

authority, neither do I… "

The same way, even though manas ran more than vakku, the end result

is the same. Brahma was extremely happy that, the Thiruvadi that

could not be reached by manas and vakku, could not even be found,

came to him. In Sathya lokam, Bhagavan's Thiruvadi can be seen next

to Brahma and Brahma washes it using his kamandalam. That Thiruvadi

Theertham, the theertham which flowed when Bhagavan's Feet ripped

the " aavaranam " , and the theertham from Bali Chakravarthy's hand

flowed in one single stream! If it flowed like that, just imagine on

how fast Perumal measured the world! The speed is unimaginable! One

can see Bhagavan in Seergazhi with His Feet raised to the sky.

Thirumangai Azhwar has sung about this in front of Jnanasambhanda

Perumal.

 

He came in a small form. He asked three measures of land in this two

land(?? Iru nilathil). After taking two steps He asked, " Where

shall I take the third step? " . After Azhwar sung this,

Jnanasambhandar gave his `vel' to Thirumangai. Only a vidhvan can

know about the difficulty of another vidvan! Seergazhi Perumal not

only has His Foot raised to the sky, but He also has one finger

raised asking us, " where shall I keep the third step? " But we might

ask in return on how Mahabali gave his head as the third step, why

does Perumal still ask? The answer to that question is that we have

to be like Mahabali and bow our heads to Perumal also!

 

Alavandar asked the same wish to Bhagavan: Hey Prabhu!

Narayana! Thrivikrama! Please keep Your Feet on my head again…!

 

We have to pay special attention to the last sentence cause

Alavandar says, " again " . Alavandar is just amazing, his explanation

is: " At first when You were Thrivikraman and measured the three

worlds, I could have been any thing in this world , I don't know

what…At that time, You would have measured me also right? Hence can

You place Your Feet again on my head….?

So, Vamana avatharam is the one where Bhagavan measured

everything equally . Paramathma who is visvam, asked for Himself and

got it! He was just testing Bali Chakravarthy to see if he would

give the land or not. The same way, our athma is also His. He is

just testing us to see if we give our athma to Him. Our athma is His

property….He will always try to get it from us! That's what the

visva sapdam conveys to us through Vamana avatharam.

One man is wearing a gold ring(one savaran) on his finger,

and the ring disappears. The owner is worried very much. But, is

the ring worried that it is separated from the finger…? We are in

the state of the ring. Bhagavan worries about us. But we, like the

ring fallen on the ground, are not worried about anything! But will

Paramathma leave us…? His mission is to take us ashore.