Anjukku Rendu Pazhudillai--Old Tamil Maxim

This is the normal maxim used by many in Tamilnadu

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The outward meaning is:

Two out of five are not bad

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Illiterates like me understand like this:

" if 2 out of 5 that is 40 % is okay everything is okay "


But this morning I was listening to a discourse

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The actual intended meaning will follow after a small explanation
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Namah Sivaya

or

Namah Sivaya

This is a Sanskrit word and has 5 letters in the original script

The origin of Namasivaya and the Sanskrit alphabets according to Tirumular. (verse 891)

Ajapa Mantra----> Soham----> A and U (« ¯) -----> Si Va -----> Si Va Ya Na Ma -----> 5 letters of the Sanskrit alphabet.

The Panchakshara Mantra (5-letter mantra) has two aspects:

Subtle and Manifest (Suksma and Sthula).

Suksma Mantra is Sivayanama. The manifest Mantra is NaMaSivaYa. As you may notice the head of the Subtle Mantra is Siva and the tail is Nama. In the Sthula Mantra the head and the tail are inverted or transposed. Significance: Manifest man--embodied soul (Ya) has the head in Nama meaning he suffers from Na (obscuration of spiritual knowledge) and Ma (a load of Mummalams-ÓõÁÄõ: Anava, Kanma and Maya Malas). The liberated man Ya (Jivan Mukta) enjoys Si and Va (Siva and Grace; his NaMa left him.

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It is sufficient if we chant “ Si va “ only if we can not chant all the 5 letters


God bless you reader….Namah Sivaya

just try " Sivaya Namah and see the results yourself