A Peep into Periya ThiruMozhi 155

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ezhil mADAm ezhubadu seidhu vulagamANDa -thiru-kulathu chOzhan

sEarndha thirunaRaiyUr maNimADam sEArmingaLEa

 

 

There was a debate that why should one talk of this chOzhan having

been a worhshipper of shivaperumAn now worshipping the Lord.

 

This chOzhA king is supposed to have been taken a birth of 'spider'

amd made a web in thiruvANaik-kOil. In the next birth, he became an

ardent devotee of shivaperumAn and constructed 70 big mAdam-s for

shivaperumAn,- in each of the 70 divisions of chOzha dhEsam- temples

which was non-assailable by elephants. This is corroborated in periya

purANam

 

'senkaNAn andhamil sEr sOnATTil aganAduthorumaNiyAr chandrasEkaran arundhAnangaL pala samaindhAn'

 

However, he was not able to fulfill his desires and reached the feet of the thirunaRaiyUr Lord

 

Sri peiryavAchAn piLLai has explained this in the vyAkyAnam as follows:

 

"vEdhathil srE purusha-sukthAthigaLai vuchariyA ninRuLLa

vAiyaiyudaiyarAi ettuthOlgaLaiyumudaiya dhEvarkku, dharsanEya

mAdangaL ezhubadhu samaithu, pinnaiyum thannudaiya abimadham

kidayAmaiyAlEa,avvabimadha sidyArthamAga AsrayikkiRa dhEsam''

 

Having not got his desires fulfilled even after constructing several

temples for shivaperumAn who is uttering purusha-sUkthAthigaL, the

king for this purpose approached and worhsipped thirunaRAiyUr

perumAL.

 

The pAsuram

 

"...irukkilangngu thirumozhi vAi eNthOL Esarkku ezhil mAdam ezhubadhu seidhu vulagamANDa ,

thirukkulathu vaLach chOzhan sEarndha kOil-thirunaRaiyUr maNi mAdam sEArmingaLEa' 6-6-8;

 

Here,it is pertinent to note that thirumanagai AzhwAr depicts

shivaperumAn as a devotee of Lord of vishNu by describing him as one

who is uttering purusha-sUkthAdhigaL.--irukkilangu thirumozhi vAi

 

dAsan

vanamamalai padmanabhan

 

dAsan

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