--- In tiruvengadam@xxxx, "Sudarshan M.K." <sampathkumar_2000@xxxx> wrote: > Mukkur Swamy used to further add, "After listening to DadhipAndan's > story we should not ask ourselves "How can I too, like the claypot, > secure God's Grace effortlessly?". Instead, we should ask "If God in > His compassion is willing to hear even the muted pleas of a lifeless > claypot longing for 'mOksha' and reward it accordingly, why doesn't > this proud and steely heart beating within my breast, with its > vast power of eloquence, still not cry out to Him in desperate > prayer and seize the same opportunity"? > > It was only after I'd heard Mukkur Swamy's explanation did the true > significance of DadhipANdan story sink into me. > dAsan, > Sudarshan Dear friends, Adiyane forgot to mention one other fact in the above posting of mine. While explaining the point above, and more especially to underscore the fact of "this proud and steely heart beating within my breast", Sri.Mukkur Swamy used to remind us of the oft-quoted and most poignant 'pAsuram' from Tondar-adi-podi's "tirumAlai": "virumbi ninru aettha maatane, vidhi illane, madhi onru illai; irumbu-pOl valiya nenjam irai irai urugam vannam karumbu amar sOlai suzhntha aranga mA koyil konda karumbinai kandu konda, en kaNNiNai kaLLikumArE" ! ("tirumAlai" -Verse 17) (Translation): "Many years have passed, my head not once did bend in prayer, My mind refused to turn Godward; these hands never served Him... This heart of mine was but hard, cold, unbending silent steel -- But then my eyes feasted upon the temple of Arangam Amidst those sweet cane-groves swarming with bees -- My eyes rejoiced! My spirit leapt And my heart melted... bit by bit"! Mukkur Swamy used to explain the delightful phrase "irumbu-pOl valiya nenjam irai irai urugam vannam" very movingly indeed, saying that even DadhipAndan's claypot obviously had more "heart" to earn the Grace of God than the "steely-hard hearts" of human-beings who, alas, have no yearning whatsoever for the 'parama-gatih' which is the Feet of our Lord at Arangam! Thanks to Sri.Mukkur Swamy, to this very day, whenever adiyane reads this particular verse from the 'tirumAlai', I am able to recollect the the claypot of the DadhipAndan story and partake in the delight of the AzhwAr's own savour ("azhwAr kanda ruchi")! Thanks and regards, dAsan, Sudarshan --- End forwarded message ---
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