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Embracing The Fire

 

Sri Sadagopan Iyengar adeptly described the fire and its attirbutes and brought forth the aspects of playing with fire. As usual it stimulated in me some pAsurams of AzhwAr-s which deal about this very aspect.

 

When thinking of fire itself is fiery and playing is more so, can anybody think of embracing the fire. Extremely improbable. They say small kids do not have fear- siRu kuzhandhai bayam aRiyAdhu.

 

Even then, mature beings cannnot even contemplate of such a drastic act and such rash actions can only be termed as illogical or inhuman or unnatural but cannot be included in the purview of valour.

 

Generally, whom does one embrace? Loved ones. If the fire is ones loved one? No way ?

 

Well, sri prahlAdhA was straight away landed into fire and the his loved one sri narAyANA made the fire feel like lotus.

 

If this can be termed as an exception, what can our beloved nam-AzhwAr's action be called?

 

Extreme passion towards the Lord makes mARan see the Almighty in all things around him. Fire was no exception. The splending red-brightness reminds the Lord. He goes on to embrace the fire thinking that is achyuthan and lO! the physique never gets heated or boiled or injured. parAnkusa nAyaki does not insulate her with any mystic powers. Rather she genuinely feels that is the Lord going by the sparkling brightness -sen-thE-

 

If that is so, the fire shoud have done its natural job? It is because of His thoughts the fire does not fire.

"avanuDaiya smrithiyAlEa niniathirukkaiyAlEa, suDa mAttugiRadhillai" EDu.

 

"..aRiyum sen-thEyaith thazhuvi, achyuthan ennum,

mei vEAvAL..." 4-4-3 of thiru-voi-mozhi;

 

 

That is

Embracing the fire

sen-thEyaith thazhuvi---achyuthan ennum---mei vEAvAL

 

(to be continued)

vanamamalai padmanabhan

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