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From: Badrinarayanan Seshadri (badri_at_sofia.mae.cornell.edu)
Date: Fri Dec 08 1995 - 17:56:17 PST
Jaganath asked: * Is the Kstrabandhu referred to by Swami Desikar in the RTS the * person who went on to become Valmiki? He is a king, perhaps mentioned in puraanaas, but also mentioned by thoNdar adippodi aazhvaar in thirumaalai. moyththa valvinaiyuL ninRu moonRezhuththu udaiya pEraal, kaththirappanthum anRE ================= paraankathi kaNdu koNdaan, iththanai adiyar aanaarku irankum n^am arankan aaya piththanaip peRRum anthO! piRaviyuL piNanku maaRE! (4) According to the thamizh language custom, kshatrabandhu becomes kaththirappandhu. periya vaachchaan piLLai, in his commentary, expounds upon how even kshatrabandhu, apparently a lowly character due to his actions, achieved moksha due to the grace of the Lord and how people, in spite of the presense of such a kind God (a mad person - piththan - in fact, for He goes out to help even the most ingrateful men), are caught up in this seemingly endless births and deaths without realising Him. I will go home, look at the book and mail in the details. I am not really sure if this was Valmiki. If it was the case, piLLai would have certainly mentioned this and I would have certainly remembered that. --badri -------------------------------------------------- S.Badrinarayanan Graduate Student Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Cornell University --------------------------------------------------