Inner Bravery Overcomes Fear

Appar was a philosophical warrior who single handed not only challenged the Emperor Mahendra Pallava but also changed the whole course of the History of the Tamils directly and the whole of India indirectly. Certainly his actions were not only FEARLESS but also very POWERFUL in terms of reshaping the course of History itself. The Tamil Language and Culture was down in the drain assailed by Sanskrit culture of useless dry and meaningless logical disputes of the Jains and Buddhists who propounded godless philosophies and which was supported by the kings. A great cultural battle was the only way to recover and Appar provided the lead followed by Sambantar and many others.

He must have reflected back upon his own immense courage and composed this Patikam in the context of understanding his own warrior-like disposition. His battle was for the RIGHT and hence his anger and battles were essentially ETHICALLY sound and which aspect of battle action is a blessing of Siva, the one wearing the young snake and the Uruttira Paddam.

The ENERGY directed towards battling the evil, within and without is supplied also by Siva for He sports the Tiricuul, the Sakti precisely for such purposes. But quite interesting is the Muttu Vadam, a garland of pearls and which indicates the capacity to cool down and be kind. Even when during the battle intense anger is shown, there is cooling down when its all over- there is NO taking vengeance because of hatred, power play and so forth.

With  such a spirit to battle not alone will not let there be FEAR in the mind but also will not serve to elicit evil karmas that would bounce back later as mental depressions that would cause to FEAR for one’s future. The war that is ethically sound will not bring about any depression but only immense joys.

Dr Loganathan Krishnan @ Ullaganar