Sivaanandalahari - 63

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BhagavatpaadhaaL says: “GandooshaambunishEchanam

puraripOrdhivyObhishEkaayathEâ€. He uses the word ‘PuraripO!†in referring

to

ParamEswara. That is, O! Destroyer of the three puraas! There is a specific

purpose to this usage. When destroying the three puraas what is the state of

His being? He was burning with rage at the asuras. To Him who is burning

with rage, the water spit from the mouth of Kannappa Naayanaar was as

cooling as the waters of the Ganga!

 

The offering made to the deities especially Siva is a vegetarian meal such

as cooked rice and fruits. Offerings are always made without tasting because

such a food would be considered already offered and therefore it is

‘sEsham’. Even in picking the fruits for the offering we make sure that

insects like ‘vandu’ has not tasted them before. The import is that the

deity would reject the such an offering if it is sEsham and there would not

accrue to the devotee the effects of pleasing the lord by the offering of

sEsham.

 

Lo and Behold! The burnt meat that was tasted by Kannappa Naayanaar became a

veritable lunch! AachaaryaaL says: “KinchidhbhakshithamaamsasEshakabalam

navyOpahaaraayathEâ€.

 

All these exceptional things took place solely because of the special

Bhakthi of Kannappa Naayanaar.

 

Each morning the Brahmana by name SivakEsari Munivar would come to Siva who

has taken abode in the middle of the jungle on top of hill, clean the

vicinity, pour the pot of water that he had brought with VedhagOsham as

abhishEkham then offer the cooked rice that he has so piously prepared at

home. That was his routine. Each afternoon Kannappa Nayanaar would pour the

Ponmugali water from his mouth on the Lingam and offer the cooked and tasted

pig meat as neiVedhyam. That was Kannappa Naayanaar’s routine. The two

bhakthaas did not know each other.

 

This was going on for five days. Seeing meat being left on the Lingam

startled and distressed SivakEsari Munivar. In total disgust and

helplessness SivakEsari Munivar decided to seek the help of the king to

catch this culprit who desecrated Siva. That very moment he heard an

asareeri calling him out and telling him not to go to the king but stay

behind hiding behind a tree near the lingam and watch what would happen at

noon time. So SivakEsari Munivar stayed hiding behind the tree wondering

what was going to happen.

 

About noon time Kannappa Naayanaar appeared there, visibly worried that Siva

would be hungry because he is late. He rushed to Siva and spat the water he

carried in his mouth on Siva and placing his cooked meat for His consumption

to the grave consternation of SivakEsari Munivar who was watching this

behind the tree. Suddenly from the right eye of Siva blood started oozing.

Kannappa Naayanaar got startled by this event and started to cry lamenting

that the bleeding in the eye of Siva could be due to some apachaaram he must

have done. He immediately picked some herbs from nearby that he knew would

stop the bleeding and poured the juice of the herb on Siva’s beeding eye.

However the bleeding refused to stop. Kannappa Naayanaar shouted “O! Siva!

If you become blind then the whole world would drown in darkness.†Then he

decided that Siva’s right eye is irrepairable and should be replaced. That

is when SivakEsari Munivar saw an unbelievable event! Kannappa Naayanaar

took an arrow, dug out his right eye and placed it on Siva’s right eye!

Immediately the bleeding stopped!! Kannappa Naayanaar was jumping with joy!!

But this joy did not last long as there was bleeding in the left eye of

Siva. More wonderous thing happened then.

 

Kannappa Naayanaar decided to dig out his left eye and place it on Siva’s

left eye. Knowing that the moment he digs out his left eye he would go blind

and would not know where Siva’s left eye would be and so he lifted his left

foot and placed it just beneath the left eye of Siva. AachaaryaaL describes

this as:“Maargaavarthithapaadhukaa pasupathErangasyakoorchaayathE†. He uses

the word ‘PasupathE’ to address Siva. Pasupathi means lord of all beings,

the king of kings, and the most respected one. Contrast this to what we do

when we despise someone by saying ‘beat him with a worn out chappal’! This

is the worst form of insult. BhagavatpaadhaaL says that the act of Kannappa

Naayanaar in placing his worn out chappal on the face of Siva is like

showing the greatest respect like placing the koorcham of kusha grass on the

body (angasya koorchaayathE).

 

At that moment SivakEsari Munivar witnessed the most unbelievable thing that

happened. Siva rose from the Lingam and held Kannappa Naayanaar’s hand from

digging his left eye! Siva said to Kannappa: “My dearest One! How can I

describe the mahima of your bhakthi. You and I are verily non-different. You

are me and I am you! I am the object of your aathmaprema and you are the

object of my aathmaprema.†So saying Siva hugged Kannappa Naayanaar and gave

him Sivasaayujya MOksham. All the Devas from Brahma onwards showered flowers

on them! Aum! Namasivaaya!

 

Aum Namasivaaya Sivaaya Namo Aum Aum Namasivaaya Sivaaya Namo Aum

 

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