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Article
By : Ramaa
Location
: Chennai
E-Mail
Id : behindw@behindwoods.com
When there is darkness in our lives as at times of extreme
stress, we look for some succour. Loss of a loved one
or a cherished treasure brings in its wake a rude awakening
that life is so unstable. For the religious minded,
there is the solace in God. For others who are not avidly
spiritual, there is hope only from sane and comforting
words of a true philosopher. Our society always lays
stress on the power of destiny. Whatever is ordained
by Providence will happen against all human efforts.
Therefore, we must have a humble and conciliatory approach
in life. This is the profound teaching of every great
religion of our country. This simple message has been
taken to generations of people through the beautiful
poetry of Kannadasan.His Arthamulla Hindumadham discusses
the various strands thought and the audio
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discourse
is a real treat to the listeners. Yet, in films also
he brought the same weight of philosophical thought
in simple verses. Take the song from the film, Padha
kanikkai. It runs Veedu varai uravu, veedhi varai manaivi,
kadu varai pillai, kadaisi varai yaro? - what spectacular
effort in catching the ephemeral nature of human life.
Your relatives mourn your death at home, your wife stands
at the gate while you depart, your son cremates you
but who stands for you till the end? - it can be none
other than God. It mesmerized the audience and we can
acknowledge that Kannadasan was indeed a great philosopher.
Similarly, in another song, he says, paruvam vandha
anaivarum kadhal kolvadhillai, kadhal konda anaivarum
kai pidippadhillai, kai pidithu anaivarum serndhu vazhvadhillai,
serndhu vazhum anaivarum serndhu povadhillai. This song
reminds us that the love we feel for people around us
is nothing but Maya or illusion. The inner soul is |
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eternal one and it always journeys alone. Therefore,
the importance of physical attraction should be limited
in our lives. One could be called anachronistic in these
times of puppy love and mush love stories helped by
SMS, email, chatting etc. It will be good to remember
that Kannadasan himself has written beautiful love songs
but he gave us the right perspective.
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