AN INTRODUCTION TO
THE STUDY OF TIRUVALLUVAR
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A Lecture by Prof.Avvai Duraisami Pillai
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Part – 33
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குடம்பை தனித்து ஒழியப் புன் பறந்தற்றே
உடம்போடு உயிரிடை நட்பு (45)
These observations give rise to subjective thinking and introspection takes him deep into his life. Life appears to be a store-house of misery; the more he renunciates the more free he feels from misery. A dislike towards birth and rebirth sets in and the ex-householder comes to the conclusion that his physical body is also redundant and a handicap against his attempt to gain relief from misery. He discovers the two fundamental factors of bondage that fetters his legs to match towards the land of no-birth and death. They are the so called ” I” and ” Mine”. They are sometimes called the subjective ego and possessive ego. Severance of the connection of these two is the only solution for the problem of reaching the goal. To achieve this successfully ” We are advised to cling to the Almighty who is by nature immune to these bonds,” so that our endeavour for liberation will be crowned with success.
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