You are here: SriPedia - Ramanuja - Archives - Aug 2004

Ramanuja List Archive: Message 00118 Aug 2004

 
Aug 2004 Indexes ( Date | Thread | Author )
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]


Great Wall of lankA
mum-madhiL ilangai

When siRiya thiruvadi visited lankA, he was greatly surprised by the three 
protections lankA had and this is mentioned by sri vAlmiki;
sri thiru-mangai mannan in 
thiru-ezhu-kURRirukkai 1= talks of this aspect;
"mum-madhiL ilangai"
Here three walls are mentioned.

a. The wall of water ; b. The wall of mountains and c; The wall of forests.

sri lankA was surrounded by water. the inner circle is mountains and forests. 
Then the great grand wall built around the city.

rAvanA however was thinking that this wall was His security. This was pierced 
by sri rAma's arrows.

" madhiL ilangai kOvai vEya-siali kunithAi" 4-3-1 of thiru-voi-mozhi;
EDU: "sarva rakshaganAna perumALai vittu, madhilai 'rakshagam' 
enRirundhAnAyiRRu; idhiREA, thAn thanakku paNNikkoLLum 'rakshai'"
Class indeed.

Ignoring the saviour of the whole worlds, rAvanA considered the wall as his 
security. This is ones own man-made protection. 
'I am the king of the lankA =the lankA protected by walls" were his egoistic 
thoughts which was vanquished alongwith him.


This is again mentioned by kaliyan in periya thiru-mozhi 6-8-5
"kal Ar madhiL sUzh kadi ilangai.."
The lankA surrounded by strong stone walls. 

Again AzhwAr reiterates the wall of water. "madhiL nEr ilangaiAr kOvai allal 
seidhu.." periya thiru-mozhi 8-6-3;

And further,
"shEma madhiL sUzh then-ilangai" 8-6-5;
The lankA which was surrounded by walls of safety and ruled by rAvanA whose 
heads and arms were cut off by sri rAmA.

The Moral of the story: He is our protector. Any other man made protection/self 
protection may not shelter us in the long-run and in the ultimate analysis.
Though, vAlmiki and AzhwAr-s have talked high of the Great walls of lankA, 
ultimately the message is He is the saviour.

(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan






[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]





[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index ] [Thread Index ] [Author Index ]
Home Page
http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia
ramanuja-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
To subscribe to the list