Dear Sir, Pardon my temerity in daring to voice a comment in this highly erudite forum (lowly as I am), but I would not speak of God in a "lighter vein" at any time (lest it give people the wrong impression - the plant has to be nurtured and protected tenderly till it becomes a mighty tree, strong in its roots), because God always seems to have a purpose - in this case, (i) may be He wanted to remove the misconceptions in PicchAn's mind about our Azhwars; (ii) may be He wanted to illustrate to the world that He can also be one's bosom friend, "descending" to the level of having a "worldly" conversation; (iii) may He wanted to prove to the world that idols are not lifeless, and are truly representations of the Divine [yat BhAvam tad Bhavathi; to misquote Vivekananda,"Idols (Man, he said) and God are both circles with one difference: Idols (Men) have infinite circumference, and center at one point; God has infinite circumference, and centers at all points"] Humbly, Ashok Krishnamurthy Whatever the reason, --- "Sudarshan M.K. <sampathkumar_2000@xxxx>" <sampathkumar_2000@xxxx> wrote: > --- In SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, > "sadagopaniyengar" > <sadagopaniyengar@xxxx> wrote: > > > The Lonely Lord > The Lord is thus left alone most of the time. Thus > the arcchA samAdhi > or the absence of interaction with His devotees is a > source of tedium > for the Lord. > > > One can endure only so much, and the Lord is no > exception. When the > solitude begins to tell on Him, He does open His > beautiful mouth and > speak with devotees of His choice, > > > One day, while carrying out his chore, Picchan > fell into > conversation with the Lord, who wanted to draw him > out and asked him > what he thought about great people. In a deprecatory > tone, Picchan > replied that all great men had their own weaknesses, > their respective > Aschilles' heels. Peria Perumal, who found Picchan's > remarks > interesting and unusual, providing a welcome change > from the litany of > stotras He was fed daily, asked Picchan whether he > could find any such > frailty in the Azhwars. > > ********************************* > > > Dear Sriman Sadagopan Iyengar, > > Very absorbing tale indeed, this encounter between > PicchAn and PerumAL! > > One may also want to see this encounter between the > two in an > altogether lighter vein too. I hope you do not mind > me sharing it with > you and other readers. > > The story confirms to us that even in the case of > the Great Lord, the > famous dictum, "An idle mind is the devil's > workshop", truly holds > good! Here we see "the lonely Lord", in archA form, > driven by boredom > and idleness to that bane of all idlers -- > mischievous gossip! It was > really quite needless of our Lord to solicit > PicchAn's views on great, > noble souls like the AzhwAr -- and that too 'behind > their backs', as > it were! It was a case of what, in Tamil, is usually > called "veeN > vambu pEcchu" -- spicy gossip! After all, poor > PicchAn was just going > about quietly minding his own business and see how > the Lord draws the > poor fellow out and, within moments, PichAn is > throwing all caution > and prudence to the winds and is prattling out > personal comments on > the high and mighty of 'bhAgavata' society -- > something which the poor > man might never have otherwise ventured to do in > polite society! > > In our 'pUrANic' mythology, it is usually Sage > Narada, the divine > 'busybody', who is renowned for his social > 'activism', going about > here and there from one 'devata' to another, drawing > out sly and > 'juicy' gossip from one and delivering it to > another... and then when > things begin to get sufficiently foul between the > parties concerned, > quickly leave town! > > Although certainly not as gossipy or mischievous as > Narada was known > to have been, here in the PicchAn case, we see that > the Lord was not > entirely immune to a nasty bout of "NaradAnitis"! > > Thanks for a nice piece. Adiyane enjoyed reading the > tale. > > Regards, > > dAsan, > Sudarshan > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
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