ThAmarai -The
Flower
Having commenced with a notional
comparison let us talk a bit about the flower.
The ThAmarai flower is filled in the pond.
A person goes and take bath in it and gets all his pains and agoines relieved.
No, we are not talking of medicinal properties. This reminds me of
ThirunedunthANdakam pAsuram
" poRRAmarai-k kayam
nErADap pOnAL' .Tamilians kalavaiyai nErADal
enbargaL.The acnient tamil literature mentions bath in the context of
mingling with EmperumAn also. The immersion in ganges if it cleanses
all the sins, the immersion in the thAmarai pond is analogous to the embracement
with EmperumAn.
'mannu mudhu nEr
aravindha malar mEal vari vandisai pAda" narrates sri kaliyan enjoying
the natural beauty of SiRu puliyUr witnessing the beetle whining around the
lotus.
Here comes the description of the flower
"nURRidhazh koL aravindham nuzhaindha
paLLathu " 4-4-1 of Periya ThiruMozhi.
One of the names of lotus is sadhathram -
hundred petalled flower.
It is said that the lotus has one hundred
petals. I have not counted in a full blossomed
lotus.
'..nayappudai nA En
thodaik kiLavi vuL podhivOam
nar pUvaip pU EnRa
vaNNan pugazh ' Periya ThriuvandhAdhi 1.
(concluded)
dAsan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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