Peep into
Periya-Thiru-mozhi
People often ask me why I
relish periya-thiru-mozhi ghOshti/sEvai in a special manner. Even very learned
devotees think that Periya-thiru-mozhi is a vast expanse of description of the
natural resources of dhivya-dhEsam. As recently as last month, one of the
srEvaishNavites questioned me why I chose to attend particularly
periya-thiru-mozhi in the "Eka dhina nAlAyira" ghOshti. In fact, the reason was
the timing suited me well. Nothing more and nothing less. The question hiowever
was why thiru-mozhi in particular.
While nobody doubts the
greatness of kaliyan in his poetic profess and there is no second opinion in his
great srEvaishNavic faith, due to extensive coverage of dhivya-dhEsam-s perhaps,
a misleading thought is prevalent that thiru-mozhi by and large touches the
dhivya-dhEsam aspect alone, especially the third and fourth line of the
pAsuram.
Can anybody deny that? After
all, thiurmangai mannan sunk himself fully-not just knee deep into dhivya-dhEsa
anubhavam . Hence, one cannot refute this fact. Nevertheless, the secrets
embedded in these anubhavam-s, the philosophies conveyed in these verses, the
deep poetic quality prevalent, the great narration, the correlation of the
nature with the Lord is the aspects that need to be
underlined.
Shall we try to do
so?
rAmAnuja
dAsan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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