Question on nAcciyAr tirumozhi VIII - viNNIla mElAppu 6 posting

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• May 22, 1999


Question: wrt nAcciyAr tirumozhi VIII -  viNNIla mElAppu 6
>>>>>He has totally entered into my thoughts and practically drained
>>>>>me of all my life, and I am like a viLAm-pazham
What is a viLAm-pazham??

>>>>>which has been thoroughly drained of all its inner contents by
>>>>>mosquitoes that have eaten away the inside of the fruit
>>>>>leaving only the outside shell".
Does this mean God is being anlogized to a mosquitoe???
Does the word ulan~gu have any other meanings??
Thanks
Raghu