WHOSE COMPANY DO I DETEST ?
Ramalinga Vallalar says ‘Ul onru vaithu puram onru pesuvaar uravu kalavaamai vendum’
The literal meaning of this verse is “Let me not have the company of those whose words and thoughts do not go together.”
To me, it seems that Vallalar conveys a more profound meaning —
“Ul onru’ refers to the Soul or the God that is in everyone of us and ‘puram onru pesuvaar’ refers to those who decry that God does not exist. ‘Puram pesudhal’ is a nice term in Tamizh that means talking against something which is not visible to the naked eye.
Vallalar really meant to stay away from those atheists who have God in their own hearts and yet decry that He does not exist!