A Peep into Periya Thriu-mozhi 12

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adimaith thozhil pUNdAyEa

 

swAmi nam-AzhwAr has celebrated for having got the opportunity to serve the

Lord-'vuRREAn vugandhu paNi seidhu " .

 

Similarly, thiurmangai AzhwAr greatly appreciates his mind for having involved

himself in service to the Lord.

 

thirumangai AzhWar sees around. Several souls think in contrast to vEdhic

truths. They end themselves in doom.

 

Sri kaliyan thinks aloud that all this interest and involvement in this great

bhagavath vishayam, interst-ruchi are all because of the Lord.

 

This makes him happy and he celebrates this fact along with his mind.- tham

thiru-vuLLathOdEa kUdi iniyar AgiRAr.

 

Who are those who think in contrast to vEdhic truths?

 

This can be seen from the 5th, 6th and seventh pAsuram

-buddhists: 'pongu bhOdhiyum, piNdiyumudai budhhar nONbiyar, paLLi-vuLLuRai.. "

2-1-5;

These buddhists and samaNar-s attribute prime importance to asOkA and arasA

trees;

 

-The samaNar-s/amaNars- who shave off their head-hair and who pamper their

physical body by earting full; Oh!my mind fortunately you have attained the

service of the Lord.

" thuvari Adaiyar mattaiyar samaN thoNdargaL maNdi vuNdu pinnarum " 2-1-6;

 

-The people who determine things by only logic without vEdhic basis and push

curd rice disproprotinate to their size and devour with great difficulty and

breed their physique.

" tharukkinAl samaN seidhu sORu thaN thayirinAl thiraLai.. " 2-1-7;

 

'Unlike these souls,(thaRkar, samaNar, buddhar and the likes) Oh! mind, It is

very fortunate that we have ended up in serving the Lord. What a great thing?'

This is the essence of the first thiru-mozhi of the second ten, where AzhwAr

again and again proclaims that he embarks on service to the Lord with full

interest and mentions in rejoices for this at the end of each and every pAsuram:

 

Then, should we also in these groups - proclaim with vigour :

'adimaith thozhil pUNdAyEA'