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Eggs or Pearls?
 
The  pearls are born out of its chanku or nathai. These are ready to be born any time. The bullocks which go front and back on the fields for cultivation, brush on these and the perals are born which are spred hither and thither.
 
The kurugu-the nArai variety of bird- on spotting these bright white pearls mistake these for their eggs and fly everywhere,only to realise that these are not their eggs but rich pearls.
 
AzhwAr, thus describes the richness of the divya-dEsam, in the second part of the second pAsuram of 'kAzhich sErAma viNNagaram'. In the first pAsuram the meticulous following of scriptures and practices was described. In this pAsuram, the cultivation and wealth is described.
 
"... vuzhusEaivOda, sUl mugamAr  vaLai aLaivAi vugutha muthai,
thol kurugu sinaienna sUzhndhiyanga..." 3-2-2;
 
(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan

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