Dear SrEvaishNavites,
Continuing on the nine gems given by SwAmi PiLLai lOkAchAryAr, the next is How should one consider bhandhuKKal/relatives? Here it is:
Blood
relatives:
The blood relatives are related to us through the physi. dhEha BandhukkaL cal
body and hence dhEha
bandhukkaL. They are not our natural
relatives in the sense that their relationshiop terminates once this body falls.
Further, since their assocition only aggravates the samsAric immersion, this is
not a desired connexion. This is what Sri Nam-AzhwAr
mentions ?koNda peNdir makkaL vuRRAr suRRathavar
piRarum, kaNdadhOdu pattadhallAl, kAdhal maRRi yAdhum illai? 9-1-1 of
ThiruvAiMohzi and ?..iruL
koL thunbathu inmai kANil ennEa enbArum illai?
9-1-3 of ThriuvAiMozhi. These relatives spurn us when one is in distress.
The question then comes up,? Who is the real
relative? The relative with whom the relationshiop is natural and never
terminates.Sri AndAL clearly underlines this fact in ThriuppAvai 28 ?..vunnOAdu vuRavEal ingu vozhikka vozhiyAdhu?
That mother has failed is seen in the instance of kaikEyai, that brother
is not so is observed in case of vAli, that sons have also disappointed is seen
in the case of rudhran and kamsan, that the husband has deserted is clear from
dhraupadhi-s episode and naLan-s. Therefore, all these relationship is Him which is made clear by Sri
ParAnkusan ?sEAlEai kaNNiyarum, perum selvamum,
nan-makkaLum, mEAlAi thAi thandhaiyum
avarEa ini AvAREA? 5-1-8 of ThiruvAi Mozhi;
DAsan' vanamamalai padmanabhan azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam
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