paNi mAnam
pizhaiAmEA
thiru-voi-mozhi 4-8-2;
The scale of service should be unabridged or
uncurtailed. When a srevaishNavite involves himself in kainkaryam,
the paNi=kainkaryam should be of full measure=
mAnam=measure;
This is explained with an incident
:
When the thadhEyArAdhanai ghOshti was going on,
sri AchAn was serving water and he was not straight up but was putting his back
on the wall as support. On seeing this, udayavar rushed to him and told
"One should serve by standing
upright"
Edu:"madathil srEvaishNAvargaL
amudhuseiyyA niRka, AchAn thannEr amudhu parimARugiRavar, vOrarugEa sAya ninRu
parimARinAr. adhai, udayavar kaNdu vOradi vandhu, mudhugilEa mOdhi, 'nEAREA
ninRanROA vudOA parimARuvadhu?"enRAr.
'srEvaishNavargaL should be
attended with utmost care especially when they are being served with food. There
should be no dilution in the attention' is the essence of the message by sri
udayavar.
Tailpiece:
thirukkuRaL: virudhOmbal 10: "mOppak kuzhiyum aNichham;mugam thirindhu nOkkam kuzhaiyum
virundhu"
The flower aNicham becomes stale, if
one stares at it. Similarly, the guest gets off if one gives a cold look at
him.
vanamamalai padmanabhan
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