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chun^dharamUrthi n^AyanAr - part II (vanRoNdar)
The jurist bench of thiruveNNain^allUr that made
neutral judgements requested the Old man who won over n^ambiyArUrar
to show his house in the town. The Lord who comes to enslave the
devotees on His own, who had come in the form of an old man, asked
them to follow; He entered the thiruvaruttuRai (abode of Grace)
- the temple in thiruveNNain^allUr - and disappeared. chun^dharar and
others were shocked. The Lord who played the drama appeared in the
horizon on the Holy Bull and told that He came to rescue him as He had
blessed earlier. He further told chun^dharar who was in the depth of
humbleness and devotion that as he used harsh words against Him he would
be praised as vanRoNdan and asked him to offer the worship by
way of singing Him in sweet thamiz. The peerless devotee humbly worried,
"Oh the Flawless ! The One who came to enslave the dog like me out of
thy grace! What do I know and how could I sing you ?" The Three beautiful
eyed Lord said that he called Him piththan(mad) and so he
could sing starting with piththan. The chun^dharar of pleasent
thamiz started singing piththA piRaichUdi in the melody
in^dhaLam for this world to praise the Supreme in the words of
love. The Lord ordered His loving devotee to keep singing Him. The girl
of chadaN^gaviyAr with the thoughts of chun^dharar entered the
shivalOka. chun^dharar went to thirun^AvalUr and sang
the God of the divines there.
He travelled to thiruththuRaiyUr and praised the Lord
shiva with the hymn requesting Him to bless with the discipline of
austerity. In the love to salute the Dancing Lord at thillai
he started the pilgrimage. On the way he reached thiruvadhikai
crossing the river peNNai. Afraid to stamp on the land where
the holy sage of Shaivism thirun^Avukkarachu n^AyanAr(1) lived,
he stayed for the night in the chiththavada mutt in the
outskirts. In the night the Lord who does not leave out His devotees
came as an old man sleeping next to him in the inn and kept His Feet
on chun^dharar's head. ArUrar got up and told the Oldman that
His Feet were on his head. The Old man replied that it was because of
His age that he didn't realise the directions(!). chun^dharar moved
his head some distance away and lied there. There too the Oldman kept
His Feet on his head and repeated for long. Great is the chaste heart
of this devotee on whose head the Lord comes and puts His Holy Feet
volentarily, for getting which the divines and sages long for ! ArUrar
got irked by the Old man and shouted at Him who He is. The Lord who
plays in each infinitesimal pieces of the Universe asked chun^dharar
whether he had not realized Him and disappeared. The astounded
chun^dharar sang the Grace of the Lord thiruvadhikai starting
thammAnai aRiyAdha.
He worshiped the Lord with ga.nga on the Matted-hair in
thirumANikkuzi, thinain^agar and reached the town revered in the
hearts of devotees thillai. Crossing the lands fertile with
banana and clove trees and the lands fertile with blooming flower
creepers he reached in the land fertile with devotion and wroship of
the Absolute Science. He entered the temple adorned with four towers
on each side through the northern tower. Saluting the Lord's holy
abode all through the way he worshiped pErambalam(the Great
Hall) and then entered through the gate to worship the Lord who dances
in the hearts of the devotees ever blissfully that
thirurchchiRRambalam. With the hands kept in the posture of
salutations over the head, the five senses becoming one in the vision,
the four actors merging in the mind, the three characters changing into
the pleasent satva he rejoiced in the Great play that the Moon
crowned Lord dances to the limits of bliss. He bowed down, praised,
saluted and sang that Immense Joy. By the grace of the God of dance
there rose a voice asking chun^dharar to come to His ArUr.
As His blessing he left for ArUr. On the way he came to
kazumalam where the young baecon of Shaivism
thirunyAnachampan^dhar(2) was born thwarting the ignorance that had
encircled. chun^dharar did not want to put his leg in that splendid
town where champan^dhar was born. So he saluted from outskirts and moved
ahead. The Lord of kazumalam appeared in the sky blessing the devotee.
The sweet slave of the Lord saluted and sang the Graceful Lord of
kazumalam. He praised the Lord at thirukkOlakkA, thiruppunkUr
and many other abodes and reached in the banks of river kAviri.
Crossing river Kaviri, worshiping the God at mayilAduthuRai,
ambar mAkALam, thiruppukalUr n^ambiyArUrar reached in
ArUr.
chun^dharamUrthi n^AyanAr - part III (thampirAn thOzar)
See Also:
1. thirun^Avukkarachu n^AyanAr
2. thirunyAnachampan^dha n^AyanAr
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