Guest guest Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 Dear srEvaishNavites, nAdORum virundhOmbuvAr sri periyAzhwAr talks high about hospitality again, elsewhere in the same prabhandham. " nA-akAriayam sol ilAdhavar, nAL dhORum virundhOmbuvAr' peiriAzhwAr thirumozhi 4-4-1; The attributes and greatness of the devotees of thiruk-kOshtiyUr dhivya-dhEsam is appreciated by periAzhwAr. The quality of receiving the guests and taking care of them day in and day out is highlighted here. Another great thing is those who are regularly residing there are also taken the same care as if they have just arrived for taking food. There is a saying =faimiliarity breeds contempt. Similarly, if a srEvaishNavite is residing on a regular basis they are tend to be sidelined or given a secondary importance. An attitude 'after all they are here regularly' creeps in. This attitude is avoided by the thiru-k-kOshtiyUr devotees, is the observation of swAmi periAzhwAr. The vyAkyAnam highlights this fact: " nithya vAsam seiyyum srEvaishNavargaLai, appOdhu amudhu seiyya ezhundharuLina srEvaishNavargaLaip pOlEA, AdharippArgaL " " vithum ida vENdum kollOa, virundhOmbi michil migaivAn pulam " thiruk-kuRaL virundhOmbal 5; He who feeds the guests before himself, should he think of sowing. Incidentally the first four words underlined and in red is similar to nAn-mugan thiruvandhAdhi 'vithum ida vENdum koLLoA, vidai adartha bakthi vuzhavan pazham punathu.. " nAn mugan thiruvandhAdhi 23. (to be continued) vanamamalai padmanabhan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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