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Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

Generally begging is considered a sin and status wise a lowly act. That is why 
the great tamil poet 'ouvaiyaar' says in her great simple tamil poem aaththich 
choodi [can call that poem as children's rhymes also?] 'ERpadhu igazhchchi'- 
meaning begging is a lowly act. One resorts to begging when he is unable to 
earn his livelihood. It is generally believed that one has to resort to begging 
as a result of sin or crime committed in previous births. This is as per our 
dharmam. As such the beggar is the least regarded person for he is a sinner. 

But on the other side, in the same aaththich choodi, same ouvaiyaar says 'aiyam 
ittu uN' - this is generally said as the dharma for a grahasthan - a 
householder - meaning - he, to eat only after feeding the beggars who sought 
alms. May be this is from the angle of supporting the society as a whole, so 
that no human will suffer for food let him be a beggar - per se a criminal in 
his earlier deeds. So individually begging is bad but when it comes to welfare 
of society a householder has to support the beggars - the weaker section in 
modern parlance - by feeding them. Oh, what an amount of social concerns in 
those days, which perhaps now we miss these days. 

Of course 'aiyam' also means a doubt. But that has no relevance here, and hence 
not taken up for discussion. 

On the other hand it is said "pichchai puginum kaRkai nanRE" in konRai vEndhan 
(?) another tamil poem. It means getting educated even resorting to begging is 
a better proposition. Why it is so? For once educated, then the person will 
start earning and thereby stop this lowly act of begging. Perhaps this educated 
person may support others also. So resorting to begging for the purpose of 
getting educated is accepted as a better option. Again a social measure, and 
adage coined with society's welfare as the base.

Dear bhakthaas, these are all some thoughts came to mind when thoughts ran 
about the person who resorted to stealing [or robbing] while doing that lowly 
act of begging? What you can say about this person? Is he committing a double 
sin or multiple level sin? Begging itself is a sin. Stealing while begging may 
be the worst type of sins. Oh what a sinner he is. But why we must think about 
such a sinner in the list?

Because that robber while begging is no body else, but, that supreme lord 
sreman naaraayaNan, who came as vaamanan. Then, dear bhakthaas, what you have 
in store to address this person? How to call him? Is he a double sinner - in 
ordinary folks parlance? Or is it a playful act - leelaa (?) by that lord? Or 
what is the position? That is a big question. But it is quiet interesting to 
see here that supreme lord is being addressed "irantha kaLvaa"- the robber in 
begging.

ninRadhOr paadham nilam pudhaippa neeNda thOL
senRu aLandhathu enbar dhisai ellaam - anRu
karumaaNiyaai irandha kaLvanE unnaip 
piramaaNiththaar peRRa pERu - 61 iraNdaam thiruvandhaathi

meaning: [simple one] That single foot which stood on the ground pushed down 
the earth. The shoulders, which were fantastically big [or long], went and 
measured all the 8 directions. Hey, thief beggar, that day when you went as a 
small boy for begging, the persons, who believed you, got all that what is 
required to be obtained.
 
This 'boothaththu aazhvaar' is not the only person to address the lord like 
this as 'irandha kaLvanE'. See nammaazhvaar

madhiyinaal kuRaL maaNaai ulagu irandha kaLvarkku 
madhiyilEn valvinaiyE maaLaadhO enRu oruththi 
madhiyilEn uL kalangi mayangumaal enneerE -- 1-4-3 thiruvaai mozhi

meaning of first line - that brainy small boy who went begging but stole the 
world.  [other lines not taken up for detailing]

See here one more person to call him by this name 'irandha kaLvaa' - that too 
see where he resorts to stealing - in the 'yagna boomee' - a place where 
sacrifice is being carried out - see vELvik kaLavin - irandhittu,

kaNdavar tham manam magizha maavali than vELvik 
kaLavin migu siRu kuRaLai moovadi enRu irandhittu 
aNdamum ivvalai kadalum avanigaLum ellaam 
aLandha piraan amarum idam ----
arimEya viNNagaram  - thirumangai aazhvaar in 3-10-5 periya thirumozhi

begged one small point, robbed him totally - where he sits - arimEya viNNagaram 
- that dhivya kshEthram - aazhvaar ugandha kshEthram.

but who is this person who robbed while begging - he is my krishNa - that is 
the point which hurt me leading to write this stealing while begging deeds. 

says thirumangai aazhvaar in 4-2-6 perita thirumozhi - see the accusation.

angaiyaal adi moonRu neer ERRU  ayan alar kodu thozhudhu Eththa 
gangai pOdharak kaal nimirththu aruLiya kaNNan - 4-2-6

meaning: the person who received the water is kaNNan - water to signify that 
the king mahaabali donated what this small boy beggar wanted 3 footsteps of 
land - also that small boy gave gangai to this world in course of that begging 
act. 

- 'aruLiya' says thirumangai aazhvaar.
 
This thirumangai aazhvaar is not the first to accuse my krishNa like this - 
already nammaazhvaar did this - said this - so thirumangai followed the 
footsteps of the senior. 

What as a small child prank sree raamaa did to that hunchback woman - mantharai 
- using the kavaNkal - catapult - to hit her with small mud balls - was also 
attributed to gOvindhan - my KrishNan - see paasuram -

maanE nOkki vaaLai maarvil koNdaai maadhavaa
koonE sidhaiya uNdai vil niRaththil theRiththaai gOvindhaa - 1-5-5 
thiruvaaimozhi 

raamaa did that act of hitting mantharai with kavaNkal - but who did as per 
aazhvaar - my krishNa - poor krishNa - he has to receive all brick bats for all 
mischievous acts of somebody else. 

[already our dear sadagopan iyengar swamy wrote a very detailed article on such 
accusations of others attributed to kaNNan - perhaps he would have included 
this also - but since I am not able to recollect this irandha kaLvan is also 
included in that write up,  I thought of rambling on this which is now before 
you all]

Is 'that much' in this name-calling for that vaamanan or something more is also 
available? - to that irandha kalvan - some thing more is also there. 

The answer to the above question is 'Yes'. 
See 'maayaa vaamananE' - calls nammaazhvaar  in 7-8-1
'mayakkaa vaamananE' - again nammaazhvaar - 7-8-6
maayaa - hey you, the magician dwarf, 
mayakka - hey you, one who mesmerizes others, such a dwarf man.

aaNdaaL goes one step further to call him 'pollaadhavan' - wicked fellow or 
mischievous fellow - this vaamanan 

pollaak kuRaL uruvaai poRkaiyil neer ERRu ella ulagum aLandhu koNda em perumaan 
- 11-5 naachchiyaar thirumozhi

does aaNdaaL uses her own words - no - it is words of nam aazhvaar again - 

en pollaath thiruk kuRaLaa - 2-6-1 - thriuvaai mozhi

Again the usage of maayan - the magician - from dad of our pet aaNdaal -

maaNik kuRaL uruvaaya maayanai en manaththuLLE -5-2-5 periyaazhvaar in his 
thirumozhi

maaNi uruvaai ulagu aLandha maayanaik kaaNil thalai maRaiyum - aaNdaaL in 
naachchiyaar thirumozhi 12-2

Dear bhakthaas - why so much accusing and thinking of that 'small boy vaamanan' 
who later became thrivikraman' - a deceitful act of begging who established 
himself as the supreme lord of gigantic proportion and proved who he is. 

The reason is that if we think that vaamanan - that irandha kaLvan - we will 
get wisdom and wealth etc. So our purpose is some materialistic outlook 
combined with spiritual connotation. 

This is again not my words but that of aazhvaar - of that mazhisai vandha jOdhi 
- light who hailed from thiru mazhisai. 

aRidhu aRindhu vaamanan adiyinai vaNanginaal 
seRindhu ezhundha gnaanamOdu selvamum siRandhidum
maRindhu ezhundha then thiraiyuL mannu maalai vaazhththinaal
paRindhu ezhundhu theevinaigaL paRRudhal paanmaiyE 
- 74 thiruchchandha viruththam

meaning: knowing fully well and if you bow to the feet of that vaamanan, you 
will get
        -       Grandiose wisdom - seRindha gnaanam -
        -       complete wealth - 16 different kinds of wealth it is said 
generally - so all that.
        -       All that sins will vanish.

So let us prey to that irandha kaLvan once again to get these benefits in this 
world and in the nether world also.

Dhasan

Vasudevan m.g.




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