Fire in the
Belly
English is a funny language. Some idioms
and phrases should not be taken literally. Fire in the belly indicates the
preparedness of a person who can face challenges and is highly motivated to
achieve with ambitions.
Pulling up the socks does not talk of
wearing shoes but raising up ones performance.
Sri Sadagopan iyengar meant fire in
the belly literally a form of fire -the digestive fire.
There is another fire in the belly. The
fire of fear. The fear of death raging as fire, threatening to finish off the
life any moment. A ceaseless existence every moment living with death, expecting
death with fear psychosis. This fire of fear is instilled in the stomach and who
but the Lord Himself manifests so.
kamsA who created endless fear into
the devotees and well wishers of Lord krshNA ultimately was at the receiving
end. All his accumulated pApam transformed and conveyed as fire of fear in his
belly. He feared the Lord expecting Him any moment. kamsA's life became a
continuing life of death. A life converted into bayAgni. The Lord who poured
immense affection towards His devotees and loved ones sent waves and pangs of
agony and fear -the fire of fear which emanated from his
stomach.
"dhEvaki mAr vayiRRil
nEraich sorigiRvan kANum, kamsan vayiRRil neruppai soRigirAn"
ARAyirappaDi.
sri ANDAL exactly describes this astutely
in the thiruppAvai 25 " ...kanjan vayiRRil neruppenna ninRa
nedu-mAlEa"
That is the fire in the
belly
neruppenna ninRa
nedu-mAlEA
dAsan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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