| 
 PRIDE AND 
PREJUDICE 
Haughtiness is not a virtue. 
Blowing ones own trumpet is  not a sign of good character. 
 
Pride is not to be celebrated. 
Still our AzvAr-s appear to exalt this.  
The pride associated with Devotion 
to Lord and His devotees is welcome. This is the exception to the general 
rule. 
Challenges Thirumazhisaip 
pirAn 'nAraNanEa nE ennai anRi ilai' nAnmugan 
ThiruvandhAdhi 7. 
Though this is haughtiness, pride 
of being a SrivaishNavite is celebrated. 
Sri PeriyAzvAr realising this 
exception, celebrates as 'abhimAna thungan- 
Selvan' Thiru-p-pallANDu 11 and 'nalirndha sElan nayAchalan abhimAna thungan nADORum TheLIndha selvan' 4-4-8 of PeriyAzvAr Thirumozhi. How can 
haughtiness be commended. Sri MAmunikaL clears this doubt in a lucid manner in 
his inimitable style. 
Sri MAmunikAL 
commentary is exemplary in this context. 
naLirndha sElan is 
a very good quality.nAyAchalan is practising this. 
abhimAna thungan 
is pride being a devotee emanating from knowledge. 
nADoRum theLindha 
selvan- is this pride would never become the haughtiness in mundane sense.-this 
is sAthvEka ahankAram. 
The text is 
wonderful 
1.naLirdha selan 
enbadhu guNam. 
2. nayachalam enbadhu 
anushtAnam 
3. abhimAna thungan 
-ivatRAl vandha serukku- gnAna kAryam 
engiRadhu. 
4. nAdoRum 
theLindha- ich seRukkOdu oru nALum viBharEdham kalasAdhu 
engiRadhu. 
AbhimAnam is pride and thungan is 
Commendable. 
Commendable Pride.unalloyed 
pride. 
Going a step further, AzvAr 
declares himself as one toeing such line-Selvanaip pOlEa 
thirumAlEA nAnum vunakkup pazha adiyEan.. 
He is also proud to be called 
so. 
Thus, not just being proud Sri 
VishNU chithAn is prejudiced in favour of being so. 
SathvEka 
ahankAram 
Sri Selva Nambi of ThirukOshtiyUr 
was devoted to EmperumAn and SrivAshNavites which is hihgly eulogised by our 
PeriyAzvAr. 
SaThvika ahankAram is virtue 
and 
this pride is welcome and 
therefore prejudice towards this pride is appreciated 
and that is  
Pride and 
Prejudice 
from our 
PeriyAzvAr 
dasan' 
vanamamalai 
padmanabhan 
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