Lotus-A
Symbol of Pride and Ego We see
people possessed with fame,name , wealth and position are also full of ego. If
we are so, what will happen to one who is having the real wealth- The nearness
to the God. Being a symbol of comparison -even though notional, being a
symbol of creation and supremacy is definitely fame, name, wealth and
position. Sri
PeriyAzhwAr sees this very flower in two different perspectives. One angle makes
this 'lotus' really proud , the other full of ego. Pride: As we know AzhwAr-s do not have a knack of seeing the Lord in all natural phenomenon. It is in their blood. PeiryAzhwAr is observing the rich lush fields of thriruvarangam. He sees the lotus in full bloom with its richness and colour, it is flying high rising and springs up waving here and there. What does he say. He
compares this with that of the thrivikramA whose divine feet sprung up in a
jiffy towards the skies. Here you see, this lotus goes up on the air, like the
divine feet of vulagaLandha perumAL who measured all the worlds and the sagging
weight of the paddy is bowing down towards the towering lotus similar to
srEvaishNavites falling at the feet of the Lord. ' vuram peRRa
malar kamalam
vulagaLandha
sEavadi pOle vuyarndhu
kATTa, varam peRRa
kadhir sennel thAL saiyndhu thalai vaNangum thaN arangamEa"
PeriyAzhwAr Thirumzohi Ego: It is
but natural and will make anybody
proud for having been compared to that of the towering Almighty. It is also not
unnatural to understand the particular lotus springing up from the divine naval
having a nexus with creation and supremacy. The field effect however spreads
like plague. The euphoria catches up and blossoms into ego. It makes the
fresh lotus raise its collar with pride and ego. The new lotus in the
vicinity which has just come up,also mimes itself to be from the golden
stomach of EmprumAn and feigns Supremacy with bloated ego and deems itself as
beatuy than other thAmarai-s. This is also PeriyAzhwAr 'pudhu nAN
malar kamalam-emperumAn pon
vayiRRil pUvEA pOlvAn, podhu nAyakam bhAvithu irumAndhu
pon sAikkum
punal arangamEa'
These
thoughts are simply superb and can only emanate from mayaRvara mathi nalam
aruLappeRRa AzhwArgaL. Sri PeriyazhwAr ThriuvadigaLEa charaNam.
dasan vanamamalai
padmanabhan Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org
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