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maNgaiyarkkarachiyAr
There were two small firelets, which in presence of a huge storm
destroyed a big dense forest of ignorance. They were the two lights who
drove away the clouds of false philosophies for the shaivam Sun to shine
again in the historic pANdiya kingdom. They were the queen of all womenfolk -
queen maN^gaiyak^rkkarachiyAr and highly intelligent and caring
minister for the king and kingdom - kulachchiRaiyAr (2).
There are two people who could best shape the life of any man.
One is the mother who brings him up and after that it is the wife. In fact it
is the wife who is completely with the man as his better half. She is the
company throughout the life. The husband and wife should live for the
principles and love. Wife is not a slave to follow whatever the husband says
but the spouse should be a caring friend who encourages the good deeds and
corrects when the partner goes off the track. This splendid devotee who
could be seen as the model of such good qualities who with her patience,
determination, love and above all great devotion to the glorious feet of the
Lord opened the eyes of her husband.
maN^gaiyarkkarachiyAr was born in the royal family of the chOza
kingdom. She grew up with genuine love and devotion for the Lord of
pArvati. Superior in actions container of good characters she got married to the
pANdiya king, n^edumARan . The king n^edumARan was valiant, powerful
but did not get right guidance to enjoy the Sun of shaivam but was sitting
with a small lamp. He restrained himself to the philosophies of Jainism.
During that period in the pANdiya kingdom the old, time proven, not force or
condition based sanAtana dharma was under the shadow of Jain
philosophies. The Jain philosophies which are good in general but which were
out of a limited domain of knowledge and putting on the followers hard to
follow means as the only way of liberation, went high in the minds of the
people who failed to realize or did not get an enlightening sage to know the
ocean of knowledge available for ages through the sages in sanAtana dharma.
The abodes of the Lord in that famous kingdom became the places of Jains. The
Jains for whom non violence is a major basis went violating that principle
itself.
The reverend maN^gaiyarkkarachiyAr who had an unshrinking love for
the Lord who is form of love, was quite shocked with the state the pANdiya
kingdom was. She was bothered much that her respectable husband was unable
to enjoy the superior nectar of shaivam. That lady of wonderable endurance
was waiting for a dawn. There was one more person - the prime minister
kulachchiRaiyAr who was also worrying day and night about the philosophical
fall of the kingdom. There were only these two devotees with whom the
blissful shaivam was present. They were praying to the an^dhakAn^thaka
(killer of ignorance) for the salvation of all the people in the
kingdom. Their prayer and patience gave fruit when they received the message
that the saint who cried to get the Lord of chIrkAzi reached in
thirumaRaikkAdu . For those two seekers of Truth it was the news of all
their good deeds giving fruit all in a sudden. They sent knowledgeable
attendants to salute the prodigy and request his blessings. The young saint
who had lots of mercy for all the creatures accepted thier request to come to
pANdaiya kingdom. With good omens appearing she felt now it is going to be
only good for the king, her beloved husband. With overwhelming eagerness to
salute the young saint who came to protect the king and the kingdom from
falling, she told the king that she was going to salute the Lord of madhurai
and went to receive him. Along with the queen and the minister the saint went
and worshiped the Lord of madhurai.
The queen who was anxious about the troubles the Jains would make to
him decided to sacrifice herself if something bad happens to the prodigy.
She was praying all the time for the safety of that son of Lord shiva. The
Jains put on fire in the place where thirunyAnachampan^dhar and other devotees
who came along were staying. But by the grace of God he transferred it to
become a fire in the stomach of the king. The queen and the prime minister were
very much worried on hearing that the Jains set fire to the saints place, and
it added to their worry when they heard the king got a serious pain in the
stomach. Because the king was the husband of maN^gaiyarkkarachiyAr the dawn
like saint asked the fire to go slow to the kings stomach. When
the entire Jain sages tried out their mantras without any alleviating effect
on the king, the young saint smeared the Holy ash chanting the Holy five
letters. The king was immediately cured of the illness. The queen
maN^gaiyarkkarachiyAr, the great lady who led her life in the real meaning
a wife should be for the husband - correcting the mistakes of the husband
and making him lead the proper life was very happy at this. When that abode of
knowledge won the arguments with the Jains and taught the excellence of
shaivam to the king and the people, the queen was felt really blessed by the
Lord for enlightening her beloved husband and the entire kingdom. Let the
patience, determination and strong love for the Lord of lords the queen
maN^gaiyarkkarachiyAr possessed stay in mind.
gurupUjai : chiththirai rOhiNi
See also:
1. thirunyAna champan^dhar
2. kulachchiRaiyAr
3. n^inRachIr n^edumARa n^AyanAr
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