dear shri padmanabhan, almost every time i write an article, you manage to come up with a supplement, which is by far more erudite and edifying than my posting. though i tell myself i should not feel envious, i feel "Saatvika envy", like "Saatvika ahankaram" is permissible. anyway, thanks very much for your supplements, which remind me how deep aruliccheyal is. thanks again and regards, dasan, sadagopan ----- Original Message ----- From: Padmanabhan <aazhwar@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wednesday, March 2, 2005 8:39 pm Subject: Playing With Fire 1 > Embracing The Fire > > Sri Sadagopan Iyengar adeptly described the fire and its > attirbutes and brought forth the aspects of playing with fire. As > usual it stimulated in me some pAsurams of AzhwAr-s which deal > about this very aspect. > > When thinking of fire itself is fiery and playing is more so, can > anybody think of embracing the fire. Extremely improbable. They > say small kids do not have fear- siRu kuzhandhai bayam aRiyAdhu. > > Even then, mature beings cannnot even contemplate of such a > drastic act and such rash actions can only be termed as illogical > or inhuman or unnatural but cannot be included in the purview of > valour. > Generally, whom does one embrace? Loved ones. If the fire is ones > loved one? No way ? > > Well, sri prahlAdhA was straight away landed into fire and the his > loved one sri narAyANA made the fire feel like lotus. > > If this can be termed as an exception, what can our beloved nam- > AzhwAr's action be called? > > Extreme passion towards the Lord makes mARan see the Almighty in > all things around him. Fire was no exception. The splending red- > brightness reminds the Lord. He goes on to embrace the fire > thinking that is achyuthan and lO! the physique never gets heated > or boiled or injured. parAnkusa nAyaki does not insulate her with > any mystic powers. Rather she genuinely feels that is the Lord > going by the sparkling brightness -sen-thE- > > If that is so, the fire shoud have done its natural job? It is > because of His thoughts the fire does not fire. > "avanuDaiya smrithiyAlEa niniathirukkaiyAlEa, suDa > mAttugiRadhillai" EDu. > > "..aRiyum sen-thEyaith thazhuvi, achyuthan ennum, > mei vEAvAL..." 4-4-3 of thiru-voi-mozhi; > > > That is > Embracing the fire > sen-thEyaith thazhuvi---achyuthan ennum---mei vEAvAL > > (to be continued) > vanamamalai padmanabhan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/hjtSRD/3MnJAA/i1hLAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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