Periya Puranam (11 - Part vi)

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This

is the continuation of the “Periyapuranam

Series”…………………..

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font-weight:bold">11. (Part vi) THIRUJNANA SAMPANDHAR NAYANAR

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue;font-weight:bold">Once the Pandiya King

was suffering from the “heat disease” and the his kingdom was

suffering from the clasp of the Jains. The grace of God and devotion of Thirujnana

Sambandar brought back the Pandiya king out of the suffering.

The Jains unable to accept their defeat wanted to do something and was very

sure that they will not be able to win the discussion if it was a complete

neutral analysis. So they wanted to trust on the magical powers of their

mantras to establish their philosophy. The king asked them when they were not

able to cure his heat disease to prove their ideology, what argument they

wanted to have. Taking that cleverly as a question asked to them the

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue;font-weight:bold">Jain preachers asked

for putting the truths of both sides written in separate Olai (palm

leaf used in earlier days for writing) and put it in the fire, whichever is not

burnt in fire would be the victorious.

The King who came out of the illusion of their false preaching rejected their

further proposals,

bold">Sambandar accepted their demand and the king ordered for making fire in

front of the Court. The fire with far

raising flames was put up there with the fire deva ready to show the glory of

his Lord.

bold">Sambandar taking the palm file of his beautiful compositions on the Lord

on the holy Bull saying "Our Lord is Supreme" opened it praising Him.

When he randomly selected with the ash smeared hand there came the Thirupathikam

“Po

font-style:normal">gamarththa Punmulaiyal” .

bold">Praying the Lord of Thirnallaru he took that leaf out in his hand. He

sang “Thalarila Valarli” and put the leaf in the fire putting the

hearts of the opponents in the flame

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font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:purple;font-weight:bold">It appeared green like

the emerald in the left part of the Lord.

bold">The Jains with shivering mind whether it would survive put their

philosophy written leaf in the fire.

10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:purple;font-weight:bold">With all the

people in the assembly wondering Sambandar took the leaf he had put in the fire

which was more green than earlier and intact.

bold">The king asked the Jains who were shocked at their leaf burnt to take out

and show theirs. Looking at the charred out leaf the king ordered to quench the

fire with water. The Jains saw there nothing but ash and charcoal like their

idea on God. The king laughed at them

and asked them to go away as they lost first not able to cure him and again

with their burnt out philosophy. The Jains still wanting to put themselves into

further embarrassment asked for one more combat. The king refused to accept

saying there was nothing special for a new contest. But Sambandar accepted the

challenge with the trust on the Lord's glory.

color:blue;font-weight:bold">The Jains wanted to decide the success this time

by putting the leaf of philosophy in the flow of the river. Whoever's leaf

stays back without getting washed away by the current would be of the winning

philosophy. The minister told

whoever loses in that contest would be decided to be the ultimate loser. The

Jains intolerant, irate and mad vowed that the king would execute them in kalu(sharp

pointed killing column) if they lose. To the river Vaigai flowing beautifully

in Madhurai, Sambandar went in his pearl palanquin, the king on his horse and

the Jains with their fear and darkness. Seeing the Sambandar servant of Lord Shiva,

the people of Madhurai started exclaiming the devotion, small in appearance but

marvelous in deed of the prodigy, the glory of the Ultimate Truth the Lord Shankara

with inseparable Shakti and the miseries deeds they underwent with the

philosophies of Jains.

font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">The river vaigai was flowing in its full swing

eager to fast clean the dust that settled on the faith of the kingdom.

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue;font-weight:bold">On reaching a point

where the current was at its peak the king decided to find out the peak of

philosophies there.

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue;font-weight:bold">The Jains this time

wanting to try their luck first wrote their theory Aththi Naththi((is)

there, not there) and put it on the flow. While the philosophy itself is

wavering how can the palm leaf stand on the flow of the time or the flow of the

Vaigai? It took it fast from the eyes of people to ditch it in the sea.

The Jains though lost in their pursuit were still thinking that the Shaivite

saint could not also do it.

color:blue;font-weight:bold">Sambandar - related to the Supreme knowledge -

started singing

"Comic Sans MS"">Thiruppachuram to thwart the ignorance

that shadows in all other philosophical forms. Beginning the hymn (Vaalka

Andhanar) with the acclamation of the love hearted worshippers, the devas who

make the life possible by the way of staying as nature, the cow herds - the

three creatures that participate in the vedhic worship of the Lord.

bold">He emphasized throughout the hymn that ”

font-weight:bold">Don't get swayed away by the arguments and illusions. It is

unexplorable but one can surely feel It if there is devotion. It is graceful

that It removes the sufferings of the worshippers”

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color:purple;font-weight:bold">Sambandar wrote the song in the blessed palm

leaf and placed over the flowing river. As the saint said in the hymn

"Let the king be raised", the Pandiya king's hunch in the back became

up right.

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue;font-weight:bold">The modest minister

flew behind the leaf on his horse to get it. Sambandar sang on the Lord Vanni to

make the leaf settle at the Lord Thiruvedakam.

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color:blue;font-weight:bold">The minister took the leaf on his head joyfully,

worshipped the Lord at that temple and rushed back to Sambandar. The sea of

people on the bank of the river roared “harahara”.

Many who realized the glory of Shaivam started worshiping Lord Shiva. The

prodigy who won with the complete grace of Supreme Truth gave the Holy Ash to

the king. He smeared with humbleness and devotion for the easily forgiving

Lord. The kingdom deserted false beliefs and got awakened in Shaivam

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font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Circumambulating His abode entered the temple with

the whole mind, speech and body directed towards Him. With raised folded hands Sambandar

praised the Lord singing the falls of tears fertilizing the land with devotion.

He remarked the ritual is to think of that God of truth with the wholeness of

mind.

bold">The respectable king surrendered himself to the Lord adoring Him,

"Oh Lord ! sunk the illusion I failed to know of you. Oh graceful who gave

the Sambandar to bring me to your fold !"

 

Sai

Ram

 

Shivathmika

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