Grow With Tamil: Sunya Sambhashana ("Colloquy on the Void")

Sunya Sambhashana ("Colloquy on the Void"), is full of metaphorical sayings communicating mystical and speculative thoughts,

for example;

Line-1: பார்ப்பான் அகத்திலே பாற்பசு ஐந்துண்டு Line-2: மேய்பாருமின்றி வெறித்து திரிவன Line-3: மேய்ப்பாரும் உண்டாய் வெறியும் அடங்கினால் Line-4: பார்ப்பான் பசுஅய்ந்தும் பாலாய்ச் சொரியுமே Tirumantiram 2883.

In English :

Line-1: "WANDERING COWS,WITHOUT COWHERD" Line-2: Body elements are five: Line-3: Body senses are five: Line-4: Consciousness are five, Body consciousness, prana consciousness, mind consciousness, knowledge consciousness, and spiritual consciousness But if cowherd, inner Nanthi கமழ்கின்ற நந்தி controls all five, then Manna dew overflow...

What can we say in more ?

That's the superficial meaning. There is another meaning which should be understood.

1st Line: Says that in a seer's house there are five cows (Pancha budha's). The second word 'Agathiley' means, not inside the house; but inside a person (Agam-inside; Puram-outside) the house is compared to a person here. The five 'cows' are the five "pulans" the five "senses" (sensory organs and its functions:- Eyes - Vision,Reflexes - Feel/Touch, Ears - Hear, Tongue - Taste & Nose - Smell). So within a person exists the five senses.

2nd Line: There is no cattleman to control the animal. Because there is nobody (or nothing) to control them, they just roam "uncontrollably", here the five senses untamed, lead us to temptations! The five senses are untamed and roam uncontrollably. The five senses untamed is no less than a ferocious animal

3rd Line: If you know 'how to control' and if the 'rage' settles down,

4th Line: When the cows are tended by a cattleman all those five 'cows' will yield milk. Here the verses say that if all the five senses are controlled by a person it help one to get the "thiruvarul" which means "divine grace" (The five pulans are meant to be controlled to realise God) This is the actual meaning of the song.

If the five 'pulans' control us it means it is untamed whereas if we control the five senses it means it is tamed. If these 'cows' are controlled then they yield 'milk'. Or if one can control the five 'pulans'/ 'senses', then that will lead one to God's Anuboodhi (being with God). can follow each other, write and reply to comments and receive blog notifications. Each member gets their own personal profile page that they can customize.

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