kaLiRu
The term 'kaLiRu' representing elephant, have
been.
liberally used by
AzhwAr-s.
GajEndjhrAzhwAn has been battling with the
crocodile with the desire for worshipping the Almighty with the fresh flowers.
Sri Nam-AzhwAr describes this crisply as
' thozhum kAdhal kaLiRu' -ThiruvAi mozhi- 3-1-9; The Elphant
which desired with Love to worship the Lord.
The ThiruvEnkatam in those days was just
not with plenty of elephants but these elpehants worshipped The
EmperumAn.
The Elphant with the due sanctity offers
flowers and honey and worships ThiruVEnkaTamudaiyAn.
'migumadath ThEan viNda
malar koNdu viRal vEankatavanaiyEa
kaNdu vaNangum kaLiRu' mUnRAm
ThiruvandhAdhi 70.
And here is the masterpiece on
kaLiRu.
The elphants reach azhagar kOil in herds.
AzhwAr describes this as the meeting of the same clan. How is that? Well, one is
the elephant clan and other is the SundaraRajan Himself -The Lord of ThirumAl
irumsOlai who is a likened to the elephant
'..mazhak kaLiRRu inam sEAr mAlirumsOlai' 2-10-9 of
ThiruvAi mozhi;
'sOlai mazha
kaLiRu..' 4-9-2 of
Thirumozhi. Thirumangai mannan likens the Lord to the
jumbo.
Let me sign off with the EDu vAkyam for
this pAsuram
'anguNdAna thiryakkugaLum
azhagarOdu OrinamAyAyiRRiruppadhu..angu niRkiRadhum sOlai mazha kaLiRiREA"
In ThirumAl irumsOlai, even
the animals become the same class of that of EmperumAn. Does not Thriumangai
AzhwAr term the EmperumAn as 'sOlai mazha kALiRu!'
dAsan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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