DISPROPORTIONATE WEALTH
CASE
Anything disproportionate is viewed with
stigma. Proportianate possession is considered healthy. 'viralukku thagundha vEkkam vEANDum' goes the tamil adage.
One should live within the means. 'aLavukku minjinAl
amurdhamum nanju' goes another reflecting that even the best should not
go out of proportions. The Reserve Bank of India, prescribes for the banks
capital adequacy ratio.A bank should have minimum capital to the extent of at
least 9% of Risk based assets. Anything less than that is considered
risky.
A citizen is expected to hold assets in
proportion to his income. Anything, over and above is likely to
attract 'disproportionate wealth case'. No this is not a write-up on
contemporary politics nor any essay on economics.
When Sri vAmanan became Thrivikraman -and
measured three feet mahabali's son namuchi questioned the Lord - You should
measure the worlds with the old physique.
'..munnaiya vaNNamEa
koNdu aLavAi enna" PeriyAzhwAr ThiruMozhi 1-8-8;
What happeend when EmperumAn measured the
worlds, the sheer size pierced the skies and grew out of bounds -viLAkkulai koLLudhal.
Sri Nam-AzhwAr has also suffered from this
disproportionate phenomenon. Holding conversely proportional to the asset,
ParAnkusa Nayaki suffers the effects of disproportion. She explains the fact
that this disproportionate assets has made her suffer and she cannot do anything
about that.
What does mARAn possess and what is the
possession exceeding the proportion-s? one may ask. After all, everybody knows
that Sri Nam-AzhwAr settled down under the divine tree for years till he reached
the Almighty. Therefore, what he owned and that too in excess of the permissible
levels has to be examined.
Let us go into two pAsuram-s to find the
answer. One is from the ninth ten of thiru-voi-mozhi and another from the ninth
ten.
'vurugu mAl nenjam vuyirin param-anRi
perugu mAl vEATkai --en seigEan thoNdAnEAn"
9-6-1; and
'..Aviyin param-alla vEATkai andhOA"
10-3-2;
The mind melts on thinking of the Lord.
The soul is subtle and small but the love, the desire, the longingness, the
yearning for EmperumAn is not in tandem with the soul. It is boundless. It grows
in geometric proportions. This love and desire for the Lord
torments the mind, results in
sleepless nights, does not give peace of mind.Oh! devotees, this desire out of
proprotions, is torturing me, What shall I do? This desire manifests itself into
unbearable agony on separation from the Lord.
The same sentiment is voiced in the vEai maru thOLiNai thiru-voi-mozhi 10-3; when AzhwAr gets
restless on thinking that The Almighty will leave as the day commences and the
separation from Him is imminent. The thirst-avA is
not in proportion to the jEvAthmA excalims AzhwAr.
Should one accuse Sri Nam-AzhwAr for
possessing wealth disproportionate to his assets? Perhpas, the disproportinate
possessions are relevant in this worldly parlance. The desire, Sri Nam AzhwAr
possessed was divine. It came naturally to him and cannot be purchased like the
materialistic wealth. In fact one should desire for such, with the blessings of
the Lord and get bequeathed such
"Disproportionate
Assets"
'sUzhndhaganRAzhndh
vuyarndhA mudivil perum-pAzhEyOA --Achith
sUzhndhadhanil periya
para-nan malar sOdhiyOA
--Chith
Suhndhadhanil periya sudar
gnAna inba mEyOA ---
ESwaran.
Suzhndhadhanil periya
en avA...." The desire of Azhwar exceeding all the three
above.
dAsan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam
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