ThirumuRai Series - 755

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thirunAvukkaracar aruLiya thEvAram

thalam thirupperuvELUr

thirunEricai

4th thirumuRai

thirucciRRambalam

virivilA aRivinArkaL vERoru camayam ceythu

erivinAR connArEnum empirARku ERRathAgum

parivinAl periyOr Eththum peruvELUr paRRinAnai

maruvi n^An vAzththi uyyum vakaiyathu n^inaikkinREnE.

thirucciRRambalam

Meaning:

Even if the people of non-vast knowledge make another religion

and tell in antagonism, for our Lord, it becomes acceptable.

The Lord Who held peruvELUr, hailed by the great people in care,

I am thinking of the upliftment path embracing and hailing Him.

Notes:

1. A key indicator of maturity of shaivite philosophy (may be

applicable for the whole vaidhika dharma in general) is in this

song. Our saint does not say, "Those who do not worship

Lord shiva will be just put in the hell", rather he declares

even if those who have some wisdom but still not enough to

comprehend the great Divinity tell antagonistic views due

to their short-sight, still it will be acceptable to our Lord,

if it is in positive direction.

This may not be a surprise for those who are aware of the

Agamic/ philosophic texts (for example siddhanta prakashika)

where even for those religions that are completely antagonistic

to shaivism, instead of listing out the sufferings at hells,

indicates the levels of elevation they could achieve and

at the same time bringing out where they fall short.

Because when there is only one God all the worship

goes to It. There cannot be one God per religion. What

varies is the level of maturity of the religions. This is what

shaivite philosophy calls gradual progression. Thing to

be realized here is, God in the process of moving the soul

from total darkness of filth to the Bliss It offers, takes the

soul through the levels of wisdom as the maturity of it

progresses.

appar concludes he worships the Lord shiva at peruvELUr,

Whom the wise great people worship in reverence and devotion,

as the way to get uplifted.

 

 

 

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