Dear friends,
Starting today..with the blessings of my Goddess..I'm bringing out an exclusive episode on Her..every Wednesday!!
Need your support and encouragement on the same.
KAMBAR'S DATE WITH THE DEITY!!
All of us know about the greatness of Kavichakravarthy Kambar, whose 'Magnum Opus', 'Kamba Ramayana' is appreciated world-wide for the colourfulness of its poetry and its religious value....
But little do we know how he too..that impeccable poet-laureate too had committed a blunder?!:-
Kambar who normally executes mastery over the word-interplay of what is called as the 'virutham' (tempo) and the 'santham' (tune)..by mistake,had used 'THUMI' instead of the word, 'THULI'....which means a droplet!!
This--while he was staging his verses before the Chola king in the full-fledged court of ministers and other poet-laureates, was made an issue,by his arch-rivals..the other poets!
These 'pulavargal' (poets) who always envied him, saw it as a ripe opportunity to insult Kambar before the Chola king.
The magnanimous Chola king, however intervened and told the agitated members of the court, "Stop arguing ..I know Kambar ..Let's have the issue discussed tomorrwow".
That night was almost a sleepless one for Kambar..who was wriggling in the bitter memories of the day!!!
However the next day..both the king and Kambar went for their usual stroll;
In their enthusiastic bouts of talk..they had gone almost to the outskirts of the kingdom!! Having walked for a long distance, both the king and Kambar grew thirsty...the king looked around and spotted the thatched roof of a neatly-constructed hut. It was supposed to be the 'Idaiyar theru' i.e. an exclusive street where milk and curd vendors dwell!
Kambar saw a milk-maid, churning curds in a mud-pot..sitting at the entrance of the thatched hut; he asked her for some water. The milk-maid went inside her hut and brought two tall glasses of water and offered them.As the king and Kambar were drinking the water....
The milk-maid looked at them and told, "Thayir Thumi mele therithu vidum, vilagi nilungal"!!!!
{Move aside and stand, as I churn the curds a few droplets might get scattered on to you'll.}
The king shocked on hearing the same word which was under dispute in his court yesterday..asked the maid about the meaning of the word she had used.
She laughed at the king and replied, "Don't you know, it means a droplet? You have such learned poets in your court ..don't they all know it's meaning ..or haven't they told you about it????"
Kambar was extremely shocked ..as heart-of-hearts he knew that such a word never existed!?!?
The next moment..neither was the neatly thatched hut there....nor was the 'milk-maid' there!!
I don't think I need to make it explicit that it was 'saatchath' Goddess Saraswathi Herself.....who had taken an avatar of a milk-maid to defend her lovable devotee, Kambar!!!!!
Starting today..with the blessings of my Goddess..I'm bringing out an exclusive episode on Her..every Wednesday!!
Need your support and encouragement on the same.
KAMBAR'S DATE WITH THE DEITY!!
All of us know about the greatness of Kavichakravarthy Kambar, whose 'Magnum Opus', 'Kamba Ramayana' is appreciated world-wide for the colourfulness of its poetry and its religious value....
But little do we know how he too..that impeccable poet-laureate too had committed a blunder?!:-
Kambar who normally executes mastery over the word-interplay of what is called as the 'virutham' (tempo) and the 'santham' (tune)..by mistake,had used 'THUMI' instead of the word, 'THULI'....which means a droplet!!
This--while he was staging his verses before the Chola king in the full-fledged court of ministers and other poet-laureates, was made an issue,by his arch-rivals..the other poets!
These 'pulavargal' (poets) who always envied him, saw it as a ripe opportunity to insult Kambar before the Chola king.
The magnanimous Chola king, however intervened and told the agitated members of the court, "Stop arguing ..I know Kambar ..Let's have the issue discussed tomorrwow".
That night was almost a sleepless one for Kambar..who was wriggling in the bitter memories of the day!!!
However the next day..both the king and Kambar went for their usual stroll;
In their enthusiastic bouts of talk..they had gone almost to the outskirts of the kingdom!! Having walked for a long distance, both the king and Kambar grew thirsty...the king looked around and spotted the thatched roof of a neatly-constructed hut. It was supposed to be the 'Idaiyar theru' i.e. an exclusive street where milk and curd vendors dwell!
Kambar saw a milk-maid, churning curds in a mud-pot..sitting at the entrance of the thatched hut; he asked her for some water. The milk-maid went inside her hut and brought two tall glasses of water and offered them.As the king and Kambar were drinking the water....
The milk-maid looked at them and told, "Thayir Thumi mele therithu vidum, vilagi nilungal"!!!!
{Move aside and stand, as I churn the curds a few droplets might get scattered on to you'll.}
The king shocked on hearing the same word which was under dispute in his court yesterday..asked the maid about the meaning of the word she had used.
She laughed at the king and replied, "Don't you know, it means a droplet? You have such learned poets in your court ..don't they all know it's meaning ..or haven't they told you about it????"
Kambar was extremely shocked ..as heart-of-hearts he knew that such a word never existed!?!?
The next moment..neither was the neatly thatched hut there....nor was the 'milk-maid' there!!
I don't think I need to make it explicit that it was 'saatchath' Goddess Saraswathi Herself.....who had taken an avatar of a milk-maid to defend her lovable devotee, Kambar!!!!!
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