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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






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