Guest guest Posted December 31, 2002 Report Share Posted December 31, 2002 After this he visited various temples. One day He heard a divine voice from the sky which said, "Come to Vayalur." He went there and had a good darshan of Muruga, and he exclaimed, "I wish I had a 1000 eyes to fully visualize your Presence !". On his holy pilgrimage, he sang 16,000 songs. These songs are collectively called the "Thirupugazh". <br><br>Since there were no good means of transportation, in those days, He obtained the power to travel subtley (thro' sukhma sharira or subtle body) to whichever place he wishes to go, and then resume his gross body there. He also had some herbs, which when eaten will quench the hunger. Hence there was no need to find food. Thus he went to various temples, and sang a myriad songs. On some occassions, ppl found a dog follow him, and whenever he used to sing, the dog used to scratch something on the ground. On seeing it later, the ppl found that the dog scratched the song that Arunagiri Naadhar sang. The other songs were recorded by Arunagiri Naadhar himself on barks/leaves. These songs are still there in the Bangalore Museum. The other remaining songs were recorded by the disciples. But of the 16,000 songs, only 1367 remain now. <br><br>There was a scholar by name Villiputhurar. He mastered Tamil literature, grammar, prose and poetry. He became the royal poet of the king of 'Kongu'.<br>He composed an excellent piece of literature consisting of 4339 songs. This is called 'Villi Bharatham'. Hence the king rewarded him with a royal sword. Slowly his knowledge and parallely his pride too grew day by day. He called various other scholars for a competition, and the party who lost had to cut off one ear with this royal sword. All the other scholars whom he called, lost and cut off one of their ears. His pride grew even more. He came to hear of Arunagiri Naadhar, and decided to call him too. Three rounds were held in Thiruvannamalai. (the mountain where Ramana Maharshi lived too). <br><br>The second round was 'anthathi', (a song wherein the following verse begins with the last letter of the previous verse), and the listening party should correctly tell the implied meaning.<br>First villiputhurar sang, and Arunagiri Nathar explained the exact meanings. Now was Arunagiri Naadhar's turn to sing. He sang 53 songs. When he sang the 54th song, which goes :<br><br>Thithath thath thath, thith thatha, thithi thaathai, thaa tha thuth, thith thath thithaa;<br>thithath thath thath, thith tha, thithi, thith tha, thE thuththu, thith thithath thaa;<br>thithath thath thath, thith thath thai, thaa thathi thE thuthai, thaatha thaththu;<br>thiththath thath thath, thith thiththi, thI thI, thithi thuthi, thI thoththathE;<br><br>Villiputhurar said, "This is not a song at all, It doesn't have any meaning." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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