ThiruppAvaiyum vaiNavamum 11

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FOES

 

Can soft mannered srEvaishNavites have foes? The gOpikAs are innocent. Can they have enemies? Who can that be?

 

They advance against their enemies with valour , it is said.

 

For Devotees the enmies are those who cannot tolerate the well being of EmeprumAn.Who cannot withstand the Sparkling of the Lord.

 

These gOpikAs go on aggrssively against these ones.

 

svAmi maNavALa mAmunikaL mentions

piRam miukkam pORamai ilA pEaRu peTRaom'

 

It is an attribute of SrEvaishNavites not to be disquitened on seeing others' welfare or progress.

 

When this is so, can there be enemies ?

 

Yes. Those who do not like EmperumAn's welfare/progress are indeed considered the foes.

 

Those who do not tolerate Sri KrhsNA's greatness.

 

ivargaLukku sathrukkaL AgirArgaL -krshNaNudaiya minukkam poRadhavargaL. bhagavath samrudhi poRAdhAr bhAgavathargaLukku sathrukkaL.

 

Sri Azhagiya maNavALap perumAL nAyanar (mArgazhi avittam) defines enemies -sathrukkaL in the vyAkyanam

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SETRAR: ThiruppAvai 11-ARAyirappadi- Those who cannot tolerate Sri krshNA's greatness are their foes. Those who cannot withstand the Lords' greatness are the enemies of devotees.

 

Classic definition indeed.

 

nin pAl poruppariyanakaL pEAsil ..AngEA aRuppadhEa karumam kaNDAi (mArgazhi kEATTai)

 

dasan

vanamamalai padmanabhan

 

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