Periyapuranam (37)

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This

is the continuation of the “Periyapuranam

Series”…………………

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font-weight:bold">37. DHANDIYADIKAL

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue;font-weight:bold">In the renowned town Thiruvarur

font-style:normal">Dhandiyadigal was born but sight was impaired at birth.

Though his bodily sight was impaired the ability to see the Truth was not. He

saw the Lord in His love; He saw the service to offer; hence saw the bliss. For

the Lord of Thiruvarur he offered himself. He would salute, circumambulate and

sing

font-style:normal">Namachchivaya in the Arur abode of

the Attributeless. The devotee was quite anxious to note that the western tank

of the temple was encroached by the Jains

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dedicated for the Destroyer of the demon Chalandhara,

drew the selfless sincere slaves concern. He wanted to do the service to the

society by salvaging the tank. He put a pole in the crater, wound that with a

rope to the column on the bank. With the help of the rope he would slowly with

struggle come to the tank, dig the sand, and holding the rope dump the sand on

the bank - all with the Name of the Lord of the great in his tongue and

thoughts. The Jains who occupied the place were irked by the devotee's deeds.

They started shouting that it would affect the small creatures living there if

he dig. The devotee told that he was doing the service for the Lord. The

occupiers maligned him whether he lost his hearing ability too not to hear the

morals. When he was teased by highlighting hid personal impairments, he told

them though was blind he saw the light, but they dwelled in ignorance even

while having the sight. What would they do if he gets the sight and they lose

it by the grace of the Strange Lord, he added. The Jains replied that they

would leave the area if it happens and grabbed away the rope and poles.

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue;font-weight:bold">The devotee, angry

with the blasphemers obstructing his noble service, prostrated in front of the

decorated abode of the Lord of Lords and prayed to bless him to come out of the

disgrace they did against him. He reached his mutt, lamented and cried over the

incompletion of the service and slept in that tiredness itself.

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"Comic Sans MS";color:purple;font-weight:bold">The Lord who is love and who is

the only hold for the devotees was delighted with the service of the devotee and

appeared in his dream. He consoled him saying that he would grant him vision

while the senseless obstructors would lose their sight. The Lord came in the

king’s dream too and told him the disturbances the Jain did to the Dhandiyadigal

His loving devotee

color:blue">. The king was shocked but

praising the Matted Haired Lord reached the spot. He asked the devotee about

the problem. Nayanar told him the way they disturbed his service, maligned him,

took away the spade, rope and other equipments and their vow that they would

not stay in the town if he got the sight and they lost. The king enquired the

Jains and they agreed that what he heard was true.

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

king and the hurdle-makers reached the bank of a temple pond. The king

requested the devotee to show that he could get the sight by His grace. The

devotee said, if I was a true slave to the Shankara,

I will get the sight and these maligners would lose their sight and and took a

dip in the water. The devotee rose up with his eyes clearly seeing the

things. At the same time the Jains lost their sight and started struggling. The

king declared to the Jains that this happened to them because of their bad

intentions and ordered them to leave the town. The king driving them out saluted

the devotee and left.

The determined devotee who caught hold of the

Feet completed the sacred task he started. Completing the renovation of that

pond, he lived in the enjoyment of chanting the Holy Five Letters –

‘Na Ma Shi Va Ya ‘ and finally resided in the

compassionate feet of the Lord for ever.

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Sai Ram

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