ThAmarai
A Symbol of Simple
Worship.
Sri krshNA declares in the divine gospel
'pathram, pushpam, palam-thOYam' as simple elements
of worship. A leaf, a flower, water etc, with sincerity suffices for
worship.
In fact, GajEndhrAzhwAn went in pursuit of
this flower -the lotus-
kadi kol pUm-pozhil kAmaru
poizgai -vaigu
thAmarai vAngiya vEzham' 5-8-3 of Periya
thirumozhi and desired to place at the feet of the Lord the fresh
lotus.
The ThiurvAi mozhi dedicated to
Thiruvananthapuram also speaks on this very aspect
' sAndhodu viLakkam
dhUpam, thAmarai malargaL
nalla,
Aindhu koNdu yEAtha
vallAr avar andhamil pugazhinArEA' 10-2-10;
It is pertinent to note that the lotus
becomes an indispensable form when it comes to worhsip even in an elementary
fashion.
However, it is from bhUthathAzhwAr's
iraNdAm thiruvandhAdhi can we cleary understand this
point.
'ThAm vuLarEa, tham
vuLLam vuL vuLadhEa, thAmaraiyin pU
vuladhEa,yEathum pozhudhuNdEA- vAman thirumaruvu thAL maruvu
senniyarEa
sevvEA aru naragam
sEArvadhu aridhu' 21;
Is it very difficult to worship Him? Not
at all. It is we we have to do it. Need not go out. It is the mindset that
matters. No extra efforts needed. The flower is nearby -the lotus. Instead
of being involved in mundane and materialisitc pursuits, the ample time at our
disposal can be placed at the disposal of EmpurimAn. What next, just
worship HIm with this.
All these go to prove that indeed thAmarai
is
'A Symbol of Simple
Worship'
dAsan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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