A Peep into Periy Thiru-mozhi 47

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Eggs or Pearls?

 

The pearls are born out of its chanku or nathai. These are ready to be born any

time. The bullocks which go front and back on the fields for cultivation, brush

on these and the perals are born which are spred hither and thither.

 

The kurugu-the nArai variety of bird- on spotting these bright white pearls

mistake these for their eggs and fly everywhere,only to realise that these are

not their eggs but rich pearls.

 

AzhwAr, thus describes the richness of the divya-dEsam, in the second part of

the second pAsuram of 'kAzhich sErAma viNNagaram'. In the first pAsuram the

meticulous following of scriptures and practices was described. In this pAsuram,

the cultivation and wealth is described.

 

" ... vuzhusEaivOda, sUl mugamAr vaLai aLaivAi vugutha muthai,

thol kurugu sinaienna sUzhndhiyanga... " 3-2-2;

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan