THE PYTHON
PARADOX
The dark clouds were dense
in the sky. These were threatening to transform into big downpour. The
confrontation of these clouds resulted in a big thunder and the sounds
reverberated throughout.
The python-s large in size
-larger like elephants- sounding like elephants- mistook the sounds for the
elephants and advanced, as if to have a tryst with the elephants and devour
them.
It is true that pythons
swallow everything. Can they swallow elephants also? Well ! these are forest and
mountain pythons and going by the colour, size and appearance they mistake the
thunderous clouds for elephants and advance to meet the
elephants.
This is narrated by sri
thirumangai mannan in thirup-piridhi dhivya-dhEsam in the final pAsuram of the
second thriu-mozhi in the first ten.
"kariya mA-mugil padalangaL
kidandhu, avai muzhangida,
kaLiRu enRu periya mAsuNam
variaiyena peyar tharu,
piridhi..."
1-2-10;
SwAmi peiryavAchAn piLLai's
vyAkyAnam-s runs as follows:
'..malaikkuch siRappuch
sollumavargaL, malaip-pAmbugaL yAnaiyai vizhungum, ennak kadavargaL, AgaiyAl
kariya mAmugil padalangaL kidandhu muzhangiRavaRRai periya-mAsuNamAnadhu ,
Anaiyai buddhi paNNi AmishArthamAga malai pEArndhAr pOle, kAl vAngi vandhu
.....AgaiyiREA periya mAsuNamenRadhu-Anaiyai
vizhungumpadiyAyiRRu idhinudaiya perumai
iruppadhu'.
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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