Give up and give in
Pattum Oliyum
Parakkung Kannigaiyar
Aattum Aradha
Avaniyin Mattadhar
Vettuviruppar
Viradamilladhavar
Eettum
Edanchen drikalluttraanare
Sacrifice
or giving up what we hold on to as ours is
the way to be closest to the Lord. He possesses nothing himself, but is
the owner of everything. If some one cannot participate in singing the Lord’s
name, in dancing to the tune of the Lord’s song, who do not perform any ritual
sacrifice as enjoined by the Vedas and who do not have any fasting of food,
speech or action, will go only the way their destiny takes them in life. Misery
is the fruit of such a lifestyle. All singing, dancing, prayers, rituals,
sacrifices and fasting – not for one’s own enjoyment, but for the Lord and in
in praise of the Lord are the ways to purify the mind and quieten it. If not
done, the mind will go in its pre-determined path, leading to sorrow with neither
the right knowledge or self-control. SS
