THIRUKKOTTHUMBI - SONG 6

வைத்த நிதி பெண்டிர் மக்கள் குலம் கல்வி என்னும்
பித்த உலகில் பிறப்போடு இறப்பு என்னும்
சித்த விகாரக் கலக்கம் தெளிவித்த
வித்தகத் தேவற்கே சென்றூதாய் கோத்தும்பீ

Sri Manickavasagar asks the bee to buzz in front of the one and only lord who will give a clarity of which is real and which is not.

We are born (பிறப்பு)
We learn and gain knowledge (கல்வி)
We go to job, earn and deposit the money earned (வைத்த நிதி).
We get married and become one's spouse (பெண்டிர்) and give birth to children (மக்கள்).
We give raise to a clan (குலம்).
We die. (இறப்பு).

All these are considered as Important in this world. But these are erased by time.

Sri Adi Shankara Bagavath Paadhaal in his moha mudgara slokam, popularly called as Bhaja Govindam explains:

Maa kuru dhana jana yavvana garvam
Harathi nimeshaath kaala sarvam
Maayaa mayamitham akhilam hitvaa
Brahmma padham tvam pravisha viditvaa

That is, do not go behind wealth, power, prosperity, people, youth. It will be destroyed by Time in no time! The world itself is maayaa. Brahmmam is the only real.

So Manickavasagar, Shankaracharya - great souls go hand in hand in stressing the importance of the lord.

Manickavasagar asks the bee to go and buzz in front of the lord who will erase the confusion of our mind (சித்த விகாரக் கலக்கம் தெளிவித்த வித்தக தேவர்).

As Shankara says maayaa mayam akhilam, Manickavasagar says பித்த உலகம் (pittha Ulagam).

This world consists of cyclic births and deaths. And many are afraid of death because they don't know the destination after the process - death. If we keep on worshipping the lord, then we will be sure for ever to reach him and the fear of destination will evade from our mind. So go and sing for the lord - Manickavasagar asks the bee.

Tiruvalluvar says in thirukkural the following kurals :

1. அறவாழி அந்தணன் தாள் சேர்ந்தார்க்கல்லால்
பிறவாழி நீந்தல் அரிது.

Those who reach the feet of the lord who lives by righteousness (dharma), will alone be able to cross the ocean of births and deaths. Others cannot cross it.

2. பிறவிப் பெருங்கடல் நீந்துவர், நீந்தார்
இறைவனடி சேரா தார்.

Those who reach the feet of the lord will be able to swim across the ocean of births and deaths.