AN INTRODUCTION TO
THE STUDY OF TIRUVALLUVAR
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A Lecture by Prof.Avvai Duraisami Pillai
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Part – 35
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We know fully well that the sphere of the activities of the human intellect is limited and consequently it is disabled to enjoy the pleasure stored up in the vast inexhausitable extensive Nature and even though the mind of the ascetic rests contented with this limited amount of pleasure and pain, the fiery desire caused by the previous experiences still flickers in and at times flares up and deflects his mind towards those pleasures. Valluvar realises its insatiable nature and sounds a note of warning that if the desire (அவா) which is otherwise called the eternal seed of birth is left to survive, endless sorrows will befall. He says :
இன்பம் இடையறாது ஈண்டும் அவா என்னும்
துன்பத்துள் துன்பம் கெடின். (47)
i.e. the desire called Ava in Tamil prompts man to do sin and if that dreadful desire which is responsible for all misery is rooted out, continuous flow of happiness is certain in our living present.
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