Great Wall of
lankA
mum-madhiL
ilangai
When siRiya thiruvadi visited lankA, he
was greatly surprised by the three protections lankA had and this is mentioned
by sri vAlmiki;
sri thiru-mangai mannan in
thiru-ezhu-kURRirukkai 1= talks of this
aspect;
"mum-madhiL
ilangai"
Here three walls are
mentioned.
a. The wall of water ; b. The wall of
mountains and c; The wall of forests.
sri lankA was surrounded by water. the
inner circle is mountains and forests. Then the great grand wall built around
the city.
rAvanA however was thinking that this wall
was His security. This was pierced by sri rAma's arrows.
" madhiL ilangai kOvai
vEya-siali kunithAi" 4-3-1 of thiru-voi-mozhi;
EDU: "sarva rakshaganAna
perumALai vittu, madhilai 'rakshagam'
enRirundhAnAyiRRu; idhiREA, thAn thanakku paNNikkoLLum 'rakshai'"
Class
indeed.
Ignoring the saviour of the whole worlds,
rAvanA considered the wall as his security. This is ones own man-made
protection.
'I am the king of the lankA =the lankA
protected by walls" were his egoistic thoughts which was vanquished
alongwith him.
This is again mentioned by kaliyan in
periya thiru-mozhi 6-8-5
"kal Ar madhiL sUzh
kadi ilangai.."
The lankA surrounded by strong stone
walls.
Again AzhwAr reiterates the wall of water.
"madhiL nEr ilangaiAr kOvai allal seidhu.." periya
thiru-mozhi 8-6-3;
And
further,
"shEma madhiL sUzh
then-ilangai" 8-6-5;
The
lankA which was surrounded by walls of safety and ruled by rAvanA whose heads
and arms were cut off by sri rAmA.
The Moral of the
story: He is our protector. Any other man made protection/self
protection may not shelter us in the long-run and in the ultimate
analysis.
Though,
vAlmiki and AzhwAr-s have talked high of the Great walls of lankA, ultimately
the message is He is the saviour.
(to be
continued)
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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