Dear
srEvaishNavites,
nAdORum virundhOmbuvAr
sri periyAzhwAr talks high about
hospitality again, elsewhere in the same prabhandham.
"nA-akAriayam sol ilAdhavar,
nAL dhORum virundhOmbuvAr' peiriAzhwAr thirumozhi
4-4-1;
The attributes and greatness of the
devotees of thiruk-kOshtiyUr dhivya-dhEsam is appreciated by
periAzhwAr.
The quality of receiving the guests and
taking care of them day in and day out is highlighted here. Another great thing
is those who are regularly residing there are also taken the same care as if
they have just arrived for taking food.
There is a saying =faimiliarity breeds
contempt. Similarly, if a srEvaishNavite is residing on a regular basis
they are tend to be sidelined or given a secondary importance. An attitude
'after all they are here regularly' creeps in. This attitude is avoided
by the thiru-k-kOshtiyUr devotees, is the
observation of swAmi periAzhwAr.
The vyAkyAnam highlights this
fact:
"nithya vAsam
seiyyum srEvaishNavargaLai, appOdhu amudhu seiyya ezhundharuLina
srEvaishNavargaLaip pOlEA, AdharippArgaL"
"vithum ida
vENdum kollOa, virundhOmbi michil migaivAn pulam" thiruk-kuRaL virundhOmbal 5;
He who feeds the guests before
himself, should he think of sowing.
Incidentally the first four words underlined and in red is
similar to nAn-mugan thiruvandhAdhi 'vithum ida
vENdum koLLoA, vidai adartha bakthi vuzhavan pazham punathu.." nAn mugan
thiruvandhAdhi 23.
(to be continued)
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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