ThirukkuRaL in EDu
The thiru-voi-mozhi pAsuram 1-4-4
describes the thalaivi's change of physique due to separation from the Lord
Almighty. The otherwise normal body gets bleached as if there is no blood
circulation in that particular spot. Normally, when there is such a
separation, the Lord can not see as He is away. ON the contrary, if He can so
see, then He is not separated from AzhwAr.
However, the fourth pAsuram takes a
different tone:
'en nErmai kaNDirangi
idhu thagAdhu ennAdhA..' 1-4-4;
Having seen the bleach due to the
separation.
A tamilian -oru thamizhan who was in the
ghOsthi of bhaTTar who was explaining this pAsuram- questioned the validity of
this on the grounds that if the Lord can see this He is not away. Therefore, the
words should be "kEATTu irangi'
Sri bhaTTAr elucidated this aspect. The
explanation was
" When the thalaivan's one hand is
scratching on a particular side of the thalaivi, the other side gets whitened
and vice-versa.
Therefore, this can be indeed seen and not
necessarily be heard only.
Does this have a precedent? Yes said
bhaTTAr and quoted one from kuRunthogai and thiurkkuRaL
The thirukkuRaL :
'pullik kidandhEan pudai
peyarndhEan avvaLavil
aLLik koLvaRREA pasappu"
1187.
The thalaivi says " I was embracing my
thalaivan and moved a bit and the whitenss-pasappu- took over
me.
And that is thirukkuRaL for you from none
other than bhaTTar himself.
dAsan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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