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A serene mind with clear  Conviction
 
kalangal illAp-pugazhAn Kaliyan
 
The Lord being ' the be all and end all' is the cornerstone of our philosophy.  AzhwArs- have highlihted this fact and elucidated by pUrvAchAryAs.
 
The fact of AzhwAr-s longing for the Almighty ,yearning for Him and devising dubious methods like taking up maDal and resorting unsavoury means like threatening with following other means -refer the ninth pAsuram of the 9-3-9 of Thriumozhi - and so on has to be seen in the light of their emotions. Does it not speak volumes of their mis-understanding of the concept or does it categorically point to the fact that their minds indeed are fluctuating?
 
Indeed not. Their faith in Him is strong.Their conviction is rock solid. Then, one may ask, why should they resort to such undesirable ways of reaching Him,.
In fact, these are not method of reaching Him but methods of survival while desiring Him and assuaging the agony during the period of painful separation from EmperumAn.
 
Never, had they resorted to any other means as svAmi nAm AzhwAr incisively coins this is a few words 'en nAn seigEan' ThriuvAiMozhi 5-8;
 
Thriumangai AzhwAr who meticulously follows the footsteps of mARan cannot but follow the same tenets and if someone feels that the survival instincts of Azhwar gets transformed into dastardly acts and words, they at best can be taken as manifestation of longingness for His presence rather than means to attain Him.
 
In fact, even this degree of depression of the mind in being away from the Lord, is hihgly commendable as this emotion does not catch one and all like mortals like me.The bakthi pAravyasyam indicates the exalted position they are in.This itself gives them the special status and fame
'pugazh'
 
Thirumangai Mannan himself reiterates this point in the final pAsuram of the thrid thirumozhi
 
'kalangal illA pugazhAn kaliyan' 9-3-10 of Periya thriumzohi
 
And that is again Kaliyan for you.
 
dAsan
vanamamalai padmanabhan


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