ThirumuRai Series - 385

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(This is the holy month of mArkazi. thiruvempAvai

thiruppaLLiyezucci along with explanation is available

- in thamiz at

http://www.shaivism.org/thivempalli_t.htm , thamiz

text with translation in English at

http://www.shaivism.org/thivempa.pdf &

http://www.shaivism.org/thipalli.pdf, fully in English

at http://www.shaivism.org/thivempa.htm &

http://www.shaivism.org/thipalli.htm

 

Friday is the gurupUjai of mAnakkanycARa nAyanAr. A

glimpse of his service mind even at crucial events at

http://www.shaivam.org/namaanak.html )

 

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thiruththoNDar purANam

twelth thirumuRai

meypporuL n^AyanAr purANam

 

thirucciRRambalam

 

kaiththalaththirun^tha vanycak kavaLikai maDimEl

vaiththup

puththakam avizppAn pOnRu purin^thavar vaNaN^gum

pOdhil

paththiram vAN^gith thAn mun n^inaiththa apparicE

ceyya

meyththava vEDamE meypporuL enath thozuthu venRAr

 

thirucciRRambalam

 

Meaning:

(muththanAthan) Keeping on lap, the deceitful book of

palm-leaves held in hand, as if opening the book, when

the realized one (meyypporuL) saluted, taking out and

did what he had earlier planned. (meypporuL nAyanAr)

worshipped the form of true austerity as the truth

itself, and won !

 

Notes:

1. muththanAthan who could not win meypporuL nAyanAr

in

war cunningly came as if he is a devotee of Lord shiva

and when meypporuL nAyanAr bowed down worshipping that

form of devotee, he stabbed the nAyanAr.

If one goes through the events it may be felt

appropriate to say muththanAthan won by killing

nAyanAr. But cEkkizAr says, meypporuL nAyanAr won !

How ? Even if it is enemy when one comes in the

glorious form of devotee, by worshipping that and

for which sacrificing even the life, meypporuL nAyanAr

stands extremely high in our reverence and in devotion

to God. muththanAthan, whose life nAyanAr protected

even after he stabbed him, would have spent all his

life in guilt and shame that stands even after his

death. Obviously meypporuL won.

2. In this regard one could observe how closely

cEkkizAr adheres to the holy recitals of the previous

saints. The words "thozuthu venRAr" maintain the glory

of the original thiruththoNDaththokai verse of

cundharar, "vellumA mikavalla meypporuL". (cundharar

has used such apparently contradictory adjective in

some other cases also. "kalaimalin^tha cIr n^ambi

kaNNappar", "n^ATTam migu dhaNDi". If one carefully

analyses excellency of these statements could be

understood.)

3. There are people who cheat in the name of religion.

muththanAthan is an example of such people in sacred

form but ill motive behind. Masses tend to worship

such people and when they get cheated blame the whole

of religious community. One can see a very clear

contrast in the life of this great one. If one tries

to adore people for what good things they have

rather than blindly imagining victimizing themselves,

there would be no need for blaming. meypporuL nAyanArs

reverence is for the holy form in which muththanAthan

had come, rather than on any wrong assumption. So he

did not blame when the enemy performed his real

cruelty, rather even in that stage he saved

muththanAthans life because he was still on the holy

form he really adored. Definitely he won - all our

hearts !

4. How deeply involved was cEkkizAr in the life of

nAyanmArs could be felt from this song. His heart felt

very pained to say muththanAthan killed meypporuL

nAyanAr. Still he needs to say that somehow. He heart

quivering he has said, "muththanAthan did what he

intended to do"

5. kavaLikai - bundle (of palm leaves); ap paricu -

that way.

 

 

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