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 karavAdhu mARRili sORittu
It is said that a man's real nature can be guaged only when he is in distress. 
A man's gneuie character is expected to emerge only when he is in troubled 
times.

Receiving srEvaishNavite guests and taking care of them is expected of one and 
all. This is also of course definitely an appreciable quality.

Even if they are in distress they should take care of the srEvishNavic guests. 
This is highly commendable.This is what has been observed and lauded by sri 
periAzhwAr in thiru-k-kOshtiyUr.

"kAsin vAi karam viRkilum, karavAdhu mARRili sORittu" 4-4-10;

Taking care of srEvaishNavites, even in times of distress is a great thing. 
When there is a drought like circumstances, people tend to hoard their wealth 
for future. Instead of that if they bring it out without hiding and distribute 
them for the sake of srEvaishNavites, that is indeed a highly excellent 
character. On the top of it all, these are distributed without anything 
exepecting in return. 
These are done by thirukkOshtiyUr srEvaishNavites.

kAsin vAi karam viRkilum--- In tough times;
karavAdhu--Without keeping or reserving or hiding any wealth for future;
mARRili -- without expecting anything in return;

The vyAkyAnam brings this fact excellently.

dhurbiksha kAlathilum thanakkuLLa amsathai athithigaL vishayathil 
samarpikkumadhiREA -yEARRAm Avadhu.
'than thAmukkuLLa dhana-dhAnyangaLai, pinputhaikku namakku vEANum ennum 
ninivAlEA, maRaithu vaiyAriREA.

vanamamalai padmanabhan



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