ThAmarai
A Symbol of Pride and
Ego
We see people possessed with fame,name ,
wealth and position are also full of ego. If we are so, what will happen to one
who is having the real wealth. The nearness to the God. Being a symbol of
comparison -even though notional, being a symbol of creation and supremacy
is definitely fame, name, wealth and position.
Sri PeriyAzhwAr sees this very flower in
two different perspectives. One angle makes this 'lotus' really proud , the
other full of ego.
Pride: As we know AzhwAr-s do not have a knack
of seeing the Lord in all natural phenomenon. It is in their blood. PeiryAzhwAr
is observing the rich lush fields of thriruvarangam. He sees the lotus in full
bloom with its richness and colour, it is flying high rising and springs
up waving here and there. What does he say/
He compares this with that of the
thrivikramA whose divine feet sprung up in a jiffy towards the skies. Here you
see, this lotus goes up on the air, like the divine feet of vulagaLandha perumAL
who measured all the worlds and the sagging weight of the paddy is bowing down
towards the towering lotus similar to srEvaishNavites falling at the feet of the
Lord.
' vuram peRRa malar kamalam vulagaLandha sEavadi
pOle vuyarndhu kATTa,
varam peRRa kadhir
sennel thAL saiyndhu thalai vaNangum thaN arangamEa" PeriyAzhwAr
Thirumzohi 4-9-8;
Ego: It is but natural will make anybody proud for having
been compared to that of the towering Almighty. It is also not unnatural to
understand the particular lotus springing up from the divine naval having a
nexus with creation and supremacy. The field effect however spreads like plague.
The euphoria catches up and blossoms into ego. It makes the fresh lotus
raise its collar with pride and ego. The new lotus in the vicinity
which has just come up,also mimes itself to be from the golden stomach of
EmprumAn and feigns Supremacy with bloated ego and deems itself as beatuy than
other thAmarai-s. This is also PeriyAzhwAr
'pudhu nAN malar kamalam-emperumAn pon vayiRRil pUvEA pOlvAn, podhu
nAyakam bhAvithu irumAndhu pon sAikkum punal
arangamEa' 4-9-4;
These thoughts are simply superb and can
only emanate from mayaRvara mathi nalam aruLappeRRa
AzhwArgaL.
Sri PeriyazhwAr ThriuvadigaLEa
charaNam.
dAsan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam
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