What is
Heavy?
My nephew came up with a question " Is one
kg of steel heavy or one kg of cotton?" "is one kg , one kg in moon or little?"
What is heavy thus not just depends upon the metric measure the "Weighing
Machine" depicts but is a relative term.
This can be better understood from an
anectode mentioned in The EDu.
The Lord at Sri Jagannath was very fond
of the flower senbagam. Therefore, it was customary for the devotees
to obtain this particular flower from the shops and decorate The
Lord with the flower. One day, several princes went in search of this flower.
Since, all the flowers but one was exhasuted and by the thory of demand
and supply, the only remaining flower's price got escalated. Each of the
princes' started bidding which resulted in the price being
skyrocketed. One particular prince acquired the flower for an unimaginable
price with his wealthy mindset, overbidding others and offered it to the
Lord.
What happened that night? The
Almighty emerged in his dream spelling out that 'HeAy prince , the
flower offered by you is very heavy. I am not able to carry the
weight" After all it is one senbaga malar. It should have
weighed a few hundred grams. The Lord mentioning that He is not able to carry
this paltry weight? Does it not sound strange? Well, the weight is not
because of the flower but because of the mindset of wealth and opulence being
displayed rather than devotion and affection. If an ardent devotee offers
any flower with utmost sincerity, The Lord accepts it as if it was several kgs
of weight and happily don it on His shoulders. On the contrary, if the person
gives this with the attitude of exhibiting his richness, then the flower
resembles a token of weight rather than affection.
This is what Sri Nam-piLLai expalins in
the Edu vyAkyanam for
"
sumandhu mA-malar nEr sudar dhUpam
koNdu" Thiru-vAi-Mozhi 3-3-7;
Thus the weight depends on the affection
and sincerity rather than the metric measure.Neither the variety nor the numbers
make a change to the Lord.
'pathram-pushpam-palam-thOyam' thus spake Lord KrshNA in
the GReat Bhagwad GEthA.
'..pirivagai inRi
nan-nEr thUi purivadhuvum pugai pUvEa" swAmi
nam-AzhwAr.
'senbaga malligayOdu
sen-kazhu nEr iruvAtchi -enbagar pUvum koNarndhEan inRivai sUTTa vA
enRu.." PeriyAzhwAr Thriumzohi 2-7-10;
The Lord does not bother whether the
flower is excusively meant for Him or in wordly term for others. Whether it is
soft or otherwise.The love and affection is the undercurrent that is requirred
as vouchsafed by Sri Thirumangai Mannan
"kaLLAr
thuzhAyum-kanavaLarum kUviLaiyum,
muLLAr muaLariyum Ambalum mun
kaNdakkAl,
puLLAi ore yEanamAi
pukkidandhAi pon adikkenRu...' Periya Thirumozhi
11-7-6;
'anbinAl
arvathAl'--Periya ThriuMozhi-11-7-7-With Love and
eagerness.
muLLAr mulari --Dense with
thorns;
Be it any flower. On seeing it, even if it
thorny, should not one offer it to the Lord who rescued the
worlds?
dAsan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam
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