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Dear srEvaishNavites,

nAdORum virundhOmbuvAr

sri periyAzhwAr talks high about hospitality again, elsewhere in the same 
prabhandham.

"nA-akAriayam sol ilAdhavar, nAL dhORum virundhOmbuvAr' peiriAzhwAr thirumozhi 
4-4-1;

The attributes and greatness of the devotees of thiruk-kOshtiyUr dhivya-dhEsam 
is appreciated by periAzhwAr.

The quality of receiving the guests and taking care of them day in and day out 
is highlighted here. Another great thing is those who are regularly residing 
there are also taken the same care as if they have just arrived for taking 
food. 

There is a saying =faimiliarity breeds contempt. Similarly, if a srEvaishNavite 
is residing on a regular basis they are tend to be sidelined or given a 
secondary importance. An attitude 'after all they are here regularly' creeps 
in. This attitude is avoided by the thiru-k-kOshtiyUr devotees, is the 
observation of swAmi periAzhwAr.

The vyAkyAnam highlights this fact:
"nithya vAsam seiyyum srEvaishNavargaLai, appOdhu amudhu seiyya ezhundharuLina 
srEvaishNavargaLaip pOlEA, AdharippArgaL"

"vithum ida vENdum kollOa, virundhOmbi michil migaivAn pulam" thiruk-kuRaL 
virundhOmbal 5;
He who feeds the guests before himself, should he think of sowing.

Incidentally the first four words underlined and in red is similar to nAn-mugan 
thiruvandhAdhi 'vithum ida vENdum koLLoA, vidai adartha bakthi vuzhavan pazham 
punathu.." nAn mugan thiruvandhAdhi 23.

(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan




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