ThirumuRai Series - 92

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thirun^Avukkarachar thEvAram

thalam podhu (Common)

paN gAn^dhAra panychamam

n^AngAm thirumuRai

 

thiruchchiRRambalam

 

choRRuNai veedhiyan choodhi vaanavan

poRRuNai thirun^dhaDi porundhak kaithozak

kaRRuNaip puuTTiyoor kaDaliR paaychchinum

n^aRRuNai aavadhu n^amachchivaayavee

 

thiruchchiRRambalam

 

Meaning:

Provider of vedhas rich with powerful words,

the Celestial Flame - when His golden Feet is

saluted with folded hands, even if tied to a

rock and pushed into the sea, the best guardian

is namachchivAya (the Holy Five Syllables).

 

Notes:

1. The people of other religion who could not

tolerate their great scholar becoming a devotee

of Lord shiva as thirun^Avukkarasar. Using the

royal influence they had they tried to do him

to death in whatever way they could think of.

In all those hailing the Feet of Lord shiva

that is the refuge of the devotees appar came

out unhurt ! Disappointed to the core they bound

him to a stone and pushed in the deep sea as

a last option. The undaunted and unruffled saint

with full determination chanted the Holy Five

Syllables and this song hailing the glory of it.

When the Grace is uplifting can the inanimate

stone pull him down ? The stone itself became

the boat for the saint and he reached the shore

comfortably. appar in his own words narrates this

incident "kallinoDu ennaip pUTTi amaN kaiyar

ollai n^Ir puga nUkka en vAkkinAl n^ellu n^Ir

vayal n^IlakkuDiyaran n^alla n^Amam n^aviRRi

uyn^dhEnanRE"

2. This is the namachchivAyath thiruppadhikam

sung by appar. (The complete padhikam is available

through http://www.shaivism.org/pal.htm )

3. choRRuNai vEdhiyan could also be interpreted

as the provider of vEdhas that stay with the

verbal support. (vEdhas were only verbally

communicated and were not written down and hence

were called "ezudhAK kiLavi").

 

 

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