Deemed 7-DEEMED BIRTH -kulangaLAiya.-kulam tharum-nadhagOpan kumaran

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Dear Srevaishnavites,

 

It is well known that ones kulam comes up from ones birth. However,

thiru-mazhisaip pirAn deems himself to be of a lower birth different from the

one, in which he was actually born.

 

" kulangaLAya EriraNdil onRilum piRandhilEan, nalangaLAya narkalaigaL nAlilum

navinRilEan.. " thirucchandhavirutham

 

I am not born one of the 4 varNA-s - Hence, being ineligible I have not studied

the 4 vEdhAs.

 

It is well known that he was actually born in a higher varNA. However, he deems

himself the brought up clan.

Hence, this deemed birth.

 

Now, a question is raised? Can anybody deem himself to be in a brought up

'kulam' than that of the 'born' kulam.Yes, Lord krishNA deems himself to be

" nandhagOpan -kumaran " thiruppAvai 1. Thus the Lord Himself considers Himself

as one of the clan in which He is brought up. Hence, for both of them this

becomes Deemed kulam.

 

Is is possible that one's clan can change after birth? is a question often

asked. Be a good or bad varNA of brith, if one gets the nexus with

srevaishnavism- through thirumandhiram or otherwise-they beget a good

srevaishNavic clan and get themselves in an elevated pedestal.

 

That is what thriumangai mannan states that in the pAsuram " kulam tharum " periya

thiru-mozhi 1-9;

Is there a precedence? sri vibhEshanAzhwAn, sri mAranERi nambi, sri vidhurar

are some of such examples.

 

Deemed kulam indeed

vanamamalai padmanabhan