Thief?
'kaLvan
kol?'
Who is a thief? A person who removes
another's belongings with or without his knowledge, is a
thief.
It was seen earlier that parakAla nAyaki
was suffering from pangs of separation from the Lord. The mother of AzhwAr was
giving solace to her. The Lord suddenly came and took away parakAla
nAyaki.
The mother exclaims "kaLvan kol?" yAn-aRiyEAn." I do not know who took
away my daughter. Perhaps, He is a thief.
The Almighty is the owner of the
soul. He takes away AzhwAr. A person who takes His belongings cannot
be a thief.
The Lord took away the girl, delicately.
This was done in front of the mother. Hence, this cannot be a thief as thief
steal thngs surreptiously.. Hence, the doubt is expressed by the mother "kaLvan kol?"
The discussion between thiru piLLai
amudhanAr and sri bHattar will amply highlight this
aspect.
piLLai
amudhanAr: The Lord took away parakAla nAyaki like delicately
removing the spear from it sheath.
bHaTTar:
Some thieves come with lights--thEvattik-koLLai kAran- and rob right in front of
the mother, the mother screaming "piLLai. piLLai". This is what that must have
occurred in this case.
The mother was petrified and traumatised
and hence the words 'kaLvan kol?" in the pAsuram
"kaLvan kol! yAn
aRiyEan..." 3-7-1;
(to be continued)
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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