Periyapuranam (40)

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This

is the continuation of the “Periyapuranam

Series”…………………

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10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue">40. ARIVATTAYA NAYANAR

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue;font-weight:bold">The Chola kingdom

where the river

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was a village called

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leading a married life with the goal of it to stand by the moral values, doing

the profession of feeding the world by ploughing the earth - agriculture, was

as rich as his broad mind. Even if one was able to measure his material wealth,

he had immeasurable wealth of service to the holy feet of Lord Shiva. There is

a saying whixh states "Mango will feed the food that even mother failed to

feed". His love for the Lord must be more than that of the mother. His

discipline was to offer the Lord everyday the best rice food along with fresh

spinach and the budding mango (Mavadu).

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

Lord wanted to bring His loving devotee’s love and service under the

limelight. He changed his status from rich to poor.

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how could he lose his wealth? He continued to have the wealth of worship and

service even in the absence of what others consider the wealth. He started

doing the farm work for others, from the rice grains he gets as the pay for his

work; he used to make the best food for the Formless. He would eat and feed

others of his family with the rice grains that are low in quality.

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

loves to test His devotees brought more troubles. With the fields going dry,

due to natural calamities, he couldn't get work to continue his service

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determination was much more than that to be subdued. With his wife’s

acceptance he sold the jewels, house, furniture and vessels as deposits to get

loan. They used that money to continue the worship without any break.

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue;font-weight:bold">One day according to

his routine, he carried in a basket the rice that is as pure as his love and

the tasty spinach and mango buds for his loving Lord. His wife of chaste heart

and service followed him with the five holy materials that cow gives. They gave

all food to the Lord who had no hunger at all, but they starved. Due to the

fatigue she fell down while walking spilling the materials on the ground and so

was he. He felt very bad not for his state but about the inability to do his

duty as he has spilt the food of his loving Lord. He felt miserable for not

being blessed with offering the food for the Lord. He took his dagger, started

cutting his neck.

font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:purple;font-weight:bold">At that very moment,

the Merciful Lord held the hands of His loving devotee and the mango-bud

started shouting, "please leave, leave".

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"Comic Sans MS";color:purple;font-weight:bold">When the hands of the Almighty

that blesses all the creatures in the universe touched his neck, the wound due

to the dagger cut was cured and so was his

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font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue;font-weight:bold">With the folded hands

and devotion of multiple fold he praised the Lord who

appeared on the holy Bull with Shakti. b giver of boons appreciated their love

and took both of them to reside with Him eternally. (As he attempted to cut his

neck due to the feeling that he couldn't do the service he undertook for the

Lord, he got the name “Arivattayar”.)

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

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Shivathmika

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