"Brahmanai kandavan Brahmanan.
Theivatahi Paarpavan Paarpanan."
I think these lines hold no meaning nowadays... When I go to a temple, I see madisar maamis with Srichurnam more interested in gossiping about other sthrees than about the SRI herself! Maamis chatter and Maamaas sleep even as Aacharyaas like Azhagiyasingar or Andavan Swamigal share their pearls of wisdom... Makes one feel that more than half of the attendance is for the Dhonnai and Dhudhiyonam only...Ishatam illenaa ethukku anga ellaam poganum? Paesaama Kolangal paarthundu aathulaye ukkaara vaendiyathu thane..
Ellam oru jambam... “Naan anga ponen theriyumaadi, Chandra... Nee Varliyaa? Achicho... Romba miss pannaittadee... Enna Azhasingar paesinathaiyaa... Athu illa... Namma Kamali irukkaalonno, ava oru vastrakala pattu viduthindu vanthurunthaa paaren... Enna thimiru... Perumal paarkka varum pothu apdi varlaamo?”
Gossiping is not an avocation for girls. Everything else is.
Evaa than ipdinnaa maamaas ellaam enna solrathu... Muthugu sorinjundu, athuvum poonala vaechu...Thoppaiya thadavindu, kaathu kodanjindu.. kottaavi vittundu... Eppodaa antha Dhonnai varumnu paarthundu...
That’s when I realised that they attend the temples and lectures as a duty (Karma) and not due to Bhakti... But then this social showcasing is also required, because its only numbers that sustain a community, culture traditions and allied practices... The 80% serve a purpose – and a noble one at that – it is to sustain the temples and mutts, so that the rest 20% who come there out of Bhakti are able to get one more step closer to the Lord...
So next time I see a maami gossiping or a maamaa thoppathadaving, I will remind myself not to frown... Instead I shall smile in my heart momentarily and then revert my focus back upon the real reason I am there...
PS: I have certainly not written the above post with a ‘Holier than thou’ attitude... Just a mere observation of how things are and why might they be so...
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@SP..
ReplyDeleteToo true. Intha mathri vishayangal paathu sema kaduppa erukum..cha..ennada evaa nu..But then..Perumala paatha ellam maranthu poidum..Nee yen avala pakkara? kekkara? Ennai paren? Inga than nikkaren nu Perumal nambala thitara mathri erukum..So shrug off and move on..
Nannum antha lista onnu thane? :)) Perumala sevikka vantha edathula ennadi paraka pathundu?? :))
@G3..
ReplyDeleteEnna Madam, lakewood-la innikku ara naal office leave vittutaangalaa? Adiyenoda blogs meethu orey comments mazhai? Nandree...
BTW, 'Perumala sevikka vantha edathula enna paraka pathundu' comment was a very subtle dig.. Made me realise I belong to the same gumbal... Thanks... :))
atleast kOlangaL pAkkAma madathukkAnum porALE nu sandhOsha padanum.
ReplyDeleteALavandAr went to MaNakkAl nambi not to get kAlakshepam, but to ask for the spinach he got addicted to, and what he got in return? Not what he wanted, but what he needed.
adhey mAthiri thAn, EmperumAn'irukkara edathukkum seri, EmperumAnAr irukkara edamAnAlum seri, Pothy's pattu pathi vambu pesa ponAlum, gnAnatha force panni thiNichu thAn anuppuvAr.
and Azhagiasingar'a Azhingar'AkkAma irundha nanna irukkum :P
@Asuri,
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with your first part. Eppadi ponaalum gyanatha thinichu thaan anuppuvaar Perumal. Athukkaaga avar thinikkattum naanaa eduthukka maatennu irukkaama, naamallum konjam pro-active acquisition pannalaame...
Thats my point...I am also guilty of letting my mind wander at times when I am in temples or mutts... For that matter at some point in time I guess almost all of us are..
Azhasingar's name is corrected :) Thanks for pointing it out!
BTW, 'Aachaan Pakkangal' is a really nice effort... Pls write more...