ThirumuRai Series - 57

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thirunyAna sambandhar thirukkaDaikkAppu

thalam thirumayilAppUr

paN chIkAmaram

iraNDAm thirumuRai

 

thiruchchiRRambalam

 

maTTiTTa punnaiyaN^ kaanal maDamayilaik

kaTTiTTaN^ koNDaan kapaaliichcharam amarn^dhaan

oTTiTTa paNbil uruththira palgaNaththaarkku

aTTiTTal kaaNaadhE poodhiyoo puumpaavaay

 

thiruchchiRRambalam

 

Meaning:

With the sea-forest of punnai (alexandrian laurel)

trees blooming with honey, the Lord of kapaaliishwaram

resides enjoying the abode of mayilaarpuur. Feeding of

His devotees who stick themselves to the Lord, is the

festival in the month of puraTTAsi (mid sep -mid -

oct). How can you go without seeing that, puumpaavai ?

 

Notes:

1. The daughter of a devotee shivaneesan in

mayilaarpuur, was bitten by snake and died. The

devotee has kept her ashes for long time and when

sambandhar came to mayilai he cried to him. Merciful

blessed sambandhar sang the glories of the festivals

that happen in mayilaarpuur calling out the deceased

girl by name asking how she could die without seeing

those glories. For each song the ashes started taking

shape. As he sang the tenth song, the girl came out

alive from the pot of ashes. While others hailed

sambandhar, the saint like the flood flowing into a

trench, rushed into the temple to hail the glory of

the Lord !

2. Starting from puraTTAsi in this first song,

sambandhar marks the glorious festivals that happen in

the shore-temple of mayilaarpuur in each month.

3. This song tells the glory of devotee feeding called

maaheeshvara puuja.

4. maTTu - honey (kaL); kaanal - shore-forest; kaTTu -

building, abode; aTTiTTal - feeding.

 

 

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