Fire on All Cylinders.
No it is not a typo. Firing on all
cylinders indicates performing at full capacity.
Sri thirumangai AzhwAr talks about Fire in all the four lines of a pAsuram in thiru-mozhi One
cannot ignore this pAsuram while talking about 'agni' and correlating with our beloved
Almighty.
"nEr ahzalAi, nedunilanAi ninRAnai, anRArarakkar
vUr
azhalAl vuNdAnai kaNdAr pin
kANAmEA,
pEAr azhalAi peru-visumbai pin maRaiyOar
mandhirathin,
Ar azhalAl vuNdAnai kaNDadhu then arangathEa"
Periya Thiru-mozhi 5-6-5;
The first and the third line -terms are
'azhalAi'- The God's pervasion and form
respectively.
The second and fourth -terms are 'azhalAl' - the God using the fire as an
agent.
First line --nEr,azhalAi, nedu-nilanAi ninRAnai etc.
mentions the Lord being present in all the five elements including
fire.
Second line -- arakkar vUr azhalAl vuNdAnai -- mentioning the
burning of lanka by fire.
Third line - pEar azhalAi peru-visumbAi-- The Lord's form as majestic
and robust form of fire/sparkle -thEjas.
Fourth line -- maRaiyOar mandhirathin Ar
azhalAl vuNdAnai--Consuming the offerings of
devotees through the agni of the hOmams-pUrnAhUthi.
This pAsuram in fact deals in this aspect
wonderfully and manifests each in a different context.
Another masterpiece from
kaliyan.
That is thriumangai mannan
again.
dAsan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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