Periyapuranam (30)

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This

is the continuation of the “Periyapuranam

Series”………………….. This seems to

be bit lengthy but hope as it’s a week-end you would have to time read it

to the end. It’s a touching story of a young prodigy.

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10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue">30. CHANDESHA

NAYANAR

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue">Among the people who chant the Vedas,

in the town

font-style:normal">Thiruch Cheynyalur came

a person called

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the

font-style:normal">Kashyapa Gothram (tradition

founded by sage Kashayapar). Like the snake that gives that both gem and

poison, he was the form of both good and bad deeds. His wife came in a good

family, chaste in her heart, blessed for getting a son of unlimited fame. For

the truth of Shaivam grow, she gave birth to the

kid by name

font-style:normal">Vichara Chrumanar. At the age of five

he experienced the Vedic knowledge as a continuation of his previous birth's

knowledge. When he was seven they did the upanayanam ritual

for him. To the wonder of others

he knew the arts that are worth knowing in his young age, but still as in the

tradition he went to the school. That small aged, wide knowledged prodigy

realised that, "The ultimate thing is the Holy feet that dances in the ambalam ".

In the bliss of slavery to the Shiva who sang the Vedas, his love for Him

multiplied as an avalanche.

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue;font-weight:bold">One day he saw the shepherd

hitting a cow in the herd with a rod heavily. His heart which always beats on love

couldn't bear this.

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#333399;font-weight:bold">Cows are the

regarded as the holy creatures of all in the world. All the holy waters reside

in them. They give the five holy substances that the Lord likes the most for

anointing. They give birth to the raw materials used for the preparation of the

holy ash. They belong to the same family of the holy Bull Lord who carries the

Lord always. Thinking of the greatness of cows, he told the sheperd

that from then on he would take over the control of that cows. He took the cows

every morning to the places where they will get enough grass to graze. If there

is not enough he would pluck and give them. After they get enough food and

water he would make them sit in a cool shady place. He protected them from the

attack of other animals. When they gave the milk he used to duly produce it to

the appropriate owner without failure. Under his loving care the cows lived in

peace, multiplied and gave milk in huge quantities than one could expect. That

made the people happy about him.

10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:purple;font-weight:bold">Excited by

his care the cows came to this child instead of their calves, and started

giving milk automatically without anybody sucking it out.

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue"> This

became an indication to him for the anointment of the Lord who best likes the

bathing in holy substances than anything else as worship. He was still a small

boy. All other children at that age would like to play with toys but he with lot

of enthusiasm to worship the Almighty who gives the perennial bliss to the worshipper,

made a form of the Supreme, constructed a temple out of the sand part of his play.

He brought the leaves and flowers from the

shrubs surrounding to offer to the matted hair of the Lord. When he went to the

cows they all gave him a lot of milk. Putting his heart under His feet, the

flowers over His golden hair, he started anointing the milk like sweet God with

milk and his love replacing the other substances that were not available to him

for the worship.

color:purple;font-weight:bold">The cows gave the same amount of milk to their

houses as well in spite of giving for the worship of the small but adorable

devotee. This devotion and worship grew as the days passed by.

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue;font-weight:bold">One day a passerby,

who had NO sight to see the God, saw only the His form made of sand to which

Nayanar was anointing with milk. He went and told the people that the young Vedic

boy is wasting the milk by pouring to the sand. The town council enquired Echcha

Thaththan the father of the boy about this. Nobody neither realised the

presence of the Lord in the sand form nor the devotion of the young prodigy nor

about the respect they have to give to the worship and not even the fact that

they were getting more milk than they used to get before after the Vedic young

boy took over that job.

color:blue"> Echcha Thaththan told the council

that he would take proper action to prevent any such things happening in the

future. He came back home after the evening worship, didn't tell anything to

his son, but wanted to find out for himself what happens. After our Nayanar started

from home with the cows, he followed secretly.

10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#333399;font-weight:bold">With the

truthful

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young prodigy made the form of the Lord and His abode out of the sand as he did

everyday, put the flowers and leaves and started anointing with the milk that

cows gave out of affection.

color:blue"> Unable realise the dedication of

his young son and appreciate it, he saw only through the mask of his own

defined duty. Hence angered heavily, he started beating the Nayanar heavily

without even considering the fact that he is a small boy.

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy;font-weight:bold">But what Nayanar was

doing was not just a kid's play. It was the thapas (penance) with

is full of love. He knew then nothing but Lord Shiva, the milk that He enjoys.

The beating never pained him. He was well out of bodily feelings and was in the

state of bliss. Irked by this Echcha Thaththan – the father who

was totally covered by the Maya, kicked the milk pot that he was pouring on

Lord's head.

color:navy;font-weight:bold">Our Nayanar who took the heavy thrashing simply

couldn’t bear this act of his father’s. In complete neutrality he

realised that when a person does a sinful deed against the Lord the

relationship should not matter, but misdeed is misdeed. That great young boy

whom the world salutes grabbed a stick that lied nearby. But it turned into an

axe. He threw it on his father, which cut his legs that did the sinful deed of

kicking the Supreme Lord’s form.

color:blue;font-weight:bold">Echcha Thaththan fell down on the sand helplessly,

but the loving devotee continued the worship.

10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:purple;font-weight:bold">The Supreme Lord

delighted by the impartial behavior of his love came on the holy Bull

accompanied by His consort amidst the praise of the sages and the chanting of Vedas.

bold">The young prodigy prostrated the Yogi of all yogis.

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:purple;font-weight:bold">The

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font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:purple;font-weight:bold"> hugged and kissed

him, and said "You punished even your father for My service. Now

I am your father".

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bold">The importance he gave to the service of the Lord made the Father of the

Universe to explicitly say that he would be his father.

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue"> Isn’t

out Nayanar so fortunate!!! (Fortunate

is not the word!!!!) At his young age, he taught the entire world the lesson of

service to Lord.

color:purple;font-weight:bold">The Lord of Universe made him the head of His

devotees and said,

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dress that are offered are for you after my usage, and you are given the great

name

font-weight:bold">"Chandishan"

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:purple;font-weight:bold">and crowned his

shining hair with the

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color:purple;font-weight:bold">garland with the crescent in it

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bold">He got a form of liberation called “

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font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:purple;font-weight:bold">where the liberated

soul gets the appearence of the Lord with three eyes, crescent crown, axe and

deer and bull vehicle.

color:blue"> Amidst the rain of flowers and

the praise by the Devas and sages our Nayanar accompanied the Lord. His father was

also blessed to enter the Shivaloka with the family by the Merciful Lord.

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10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#003300;font-weight:bold">N.B :

10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#003300;font-weight:bold">Among the

twenty five forms that are most praised the Chandeshanugraha Murti is one. It

is the form of Lord blessing the Chandesha Nayanar for the great deed he did.

In fact Chandesha Nayanar is one of the five forms that are worshipped in all

the temples even today. He has a special place in all the temples, where the abishekam

- water after anointing the Lord falls out. Anybody before leaving the temple

after worship must take the permission from Chandesha Nayanar sitting in that

place for taking any of the material as the left over blessing (prasadham)

from the God by clapping the hands three times.

Sai Ram

 

Shivathmika

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