A Peep into Periya ThriuMozhi 80

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Stepping into the shoes of...

 

thAn pOlum enRezhundhAn tharaNi ALan...

 

To describe and narrate is difficlut. To convey ones feelings is complicate. Expressing in Direct voice is complex. Mono-Acting and conveying the feelings of others is most difficult. Stepping into the shoes of others and think from their angle is rare and tough,

 

Not only it is strange to one's own nature but it is not natural. Thinking of the Lord comes naturally. Thinking of the arakkan who opposes the Lord and going into his mind and conveying his mind is extremely difficlut To add to all this is summarising all this in a pAsuram.

 

Even to gauge that AzhwAr is expressing the feeling from rAvanAs' view-point is difficult but for sri bhattar.

 

sri bhaTTar as a child made easy the understanding of the pAsuram if we think of the pAsuram as voicing of rAvanAs views.

 

" I am Governing this world. This ordinary mortal called rAmA is planning to attack me as if He is the king of the whole world. As the king of asuras does anybody think that this will be endured?" were his egoistinc thoughts. What happened later on is known to one and all.

 

This

"He is thinking as if He is the biggest king of the world ---thAn pOlum enRezhundhAn tharaNi ALan

Can it be endured by the king of arakkan-------------adhu kaNDu tharithiruppAn arakkar thangaL kOne pOlum"

rAvanAs words voiced aloud.

These thoughts are just put in a couple of lines:

 

"thAn pOlum enRezhundhAn tharaNi ALan, adhu kaNDu tharithiruppAn arakkar thangaL kOne pOlum" enruzhandha kunRam anna

irupadhu thOLudan thuNitha oruvan kaNdEr" 4-4-6;

 

We have seen AzhwAr swithing roles as that of thAyar, thOzhi or thalaivi. This thirumangai AzhwAr's thinking from the angle of rAvanA himself is a great and unique poetic prowess.

 

Hats off to thirumangai mannan.

 

irupadhu thOLudan thuNitha oruvan kaNDEr

 

vanamamalai padmanabhan