ThirumuRai Series - 997

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thirunyAnacamban^thar aruLiya thirukkaDaikkAppu

thalam : pothu

paN : kaucikam

Third thirumuRai

 

n^amaccivAyath thiruppathikam

 

thirucciRRambalam

 

kolvArEnum guNam pala n^anmaikaL

illArEnum iyambuvarAyiDin

ellAth thIN^gaiyum n^IN^guvar enbarAl

n^allAr n^Amam n^amaccivAyavE.

 

thirucciRRambalam

 

Meaning:

 

Even if one is a murderer, devoid of character

and many merits, still when said,

would move away from all bads.

So the Name of the Meritorious is namaHshivAya.

 

Notes:

 

1. The great mantra namaHshivAya is uttered by

the holiest saints and they are longing to

chant that forever.

 

Still it is not something that can be taken away

from anybody for the reason of somebody being

a sinner and dirty. This great mantra of the Lord

cleanses them as well and they would move away

from the bad things by the virtue of chanting this

mantra.

 

God is not so cruel and unforgiving to make

the sinners eternally burn in hell. The natural

quality of the soul is being flawful - affiliated with

filth. God provides ways for the soul to cleanse

clanse and as it moves forward in the process

it would enjoy the Bliss better and better. This mantra

is to do that cleansing.

 

This mantra never gets impure to see the

qualification of one who should chant and who

should not. This namaHshivAya mantra is for

everybody - both saints and sinners - for

people of all walks of life without any kind of

differentiation to chant.

 

This is insisted by cambandhar in the following

songs of the padhikam as well. This being his ultimate

padhikam, cambandhar asserts, seeing its benefit

right in front of him coming as shiva jyothi,

that just holding tight on this great mantra will

uplift one.

 

2. The word n^IN^guvar needs to be contemplated.

It is not just removal of the already committed sins

by chanting the mantra and getting away. This mantra

continuously cleanses the soul so that the individual

moves away from sinful deeds.