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vasudevan sir, a real master stroke on a common saying.
 
thanks for sharing your thoughts.
 
regards/Vj

Prabha Ramesh <s161464@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
excellent one.
i am going to share this with all my friends here.

thanks and keep sending good ones like these.

regs
Prabha Ramesh

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From: SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of M.G.Vasudevan
Sent: 02 September 2005 13:33
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Cc: ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [SriRangaSri] adi udhavum


Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

Many a times it is said while handling persons or individuals, in particular
children, punishment is the best form of motivation. In management parlance
also, it is accepted as 'fear motivation'. Perhaps it is also added by the
management experts, that, this may not always be successful way of
motivation. 

This mode of 'giving punishment' has also lead to coining a proverb "adi
udhavuvadhu pOla aNNan thambi kooda udhava maattaargaL" - meaning "even
brothers may not render help like meting out a punishment.

Many a times, I used to wonder how a punishment will help better than
brothers. After attending a few management sessions, I was convinced about
the genuineness of the proverb. But always there was the other side, which
was irking me on this. Yesterday when I opened a tamil magazine, there sri
kaanchi mahaa periyavaaL had given a new dimension to this proverb. That
made me to share that new direction with you all. Hence I am sending this
mail. 

adi does not mean punishment. 
adi means paadham - feet - kaaladi - the lord krishNa's lotus feet. 

Now you read the proverb again with the new meaning - 
"adi udhavuvadhu pOla aNNan thambi kooda udhava maattaargaL" 
      -      if you surrender to krishNaa's feet, those feet will save you
from all your troubles 
      -      like those lotus feet of krishNa, even you own brothers will
not help. 

That is the real meaning for this proverb. Not the one, we had or meant or
conceived all these days, nor the theory stated above of modern management.

Just remember krishNa's charama slOkam - "maam Ekam charaNam vraja" - "maa
sucha:". When the surrender is done "yoga kshEmam aham vahaami" - I will
bear all your "yoga and kshEmam". So "adi udhavugiRadhu".    

Now link that to the oft repeated kuRal 
paRRuga paRRaRRaan paRRinai appaRRai
paRRuga paRRu vidaRku 
meaning: Catch hold of the feet of that lord who has no desires, for you to
get relieved of the desires.

here the word paRRu is used as 
1. a noun meaning  paRRu - adi - paadham - feet, 
2. another noun paRRu - aasai - desire 
3. verb paRRu - catch or get a hold on those feet of the lord.

That is what is said in that adi in the proverb. So dear bhakthaas,
Hereafter whenever you use this proverb, think of the proverb in the new
light and not the old stuff, thereby get that eeswara smaraNai always.

Dhasan

Vasudevan m.g.



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