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- From: murugadas (@ pjc-72-122.tm.net.my)
on: Wed Jul 14 20:55:42 EDT 2004
There is a rock called 'Ponggi paaRai'.
Ponggi was always with the SwamigaL.
As she had exhorted him. he never forgot her.
That fact will be established at alater stage in his life.
- From: murugadas (@ j258.crc27.jaring.my)
on: Thu Aug 5 19:18:38 EDT 2004
It was in VaLLiMalai that Murugan appeared as an old man to VaLLi, in order to woo her.
Strangely there were occassions when an old man used to come to the cave where the SwamigaL was residing.
Once an old man came and performed some manual labour. He did some jobs which would take a few men many hours. However, the old man who addressed himslef as MaN Vetti Pulavar, did it in a very short time.
And he devoured three padis of kuulz at one sitting.
He simply disappeared after that.
There was an occassion when a mongoose used to visit the asramam. It was also fed.
Swami Seshadri appeared a dream and disclosed that he came and received food there.
It became customary to make naivedhyam offerings and put it out in a particular place in honour of 'Periyavar' - Old Man.
It was called the 'Periyavar Puujai'.
Swami Seshadri also used to appear as an Old Man.
- From: murugadas (@ pjc-72-38.tm.net.my)
on: Mon Aug 9 00:01:24 EDT 2004
There was also a very strange pujai that the SwamigaL was doing occssionally at VaLLimalai.
VaLLimalai is an ancient place.
There was a deity called a Kshuthra DEvathai in a particular place in VaLLimalai.
These entities are considered to be very fierce and dangerous. The worship for such deities involve blood sacrifices. Maybe in the distant ages from the misty remote past, the Devathai could have been receiving some form of worship.
This particular deity also demanded blood sacrifices.
But the SwamigaL refused to make such offerings.
One day, there was a very violent storm.
A peasant came along and took shelter under the rock which was considered to be the abode of the deity.
The SwamigaL called out to the man asking him to move away. But the man stayed put.
Then the SwamigaL threw a stone at the man. It hit him on his fore-head, wounding him and blood started to come out.
The man then ran out of the outcrop of the rock and came towards the place where the SwamigaL was standing.
As soon as he left the place of shelter, a big rock came crashing down from above. It fell over the exact spot where the man was standing just moments ago.
The SwamigaL wiped the man's blood with a piece of cloth. He then threw the bloody cloth at the rock.
The SwamigaL told the deity not to harm any more visitors and devotees.
From then onwards, the SwamigaL would occassionally ask some of his devotees to obtain some costly liquor and offer it at the rock. No bloody offerings, but expensive high quality liqour only.
The SwamigaL called this, 'The POkkiri Puujai'
- From: murugadas (@ j38.crc27.jaring.my)
on: Tue Aug 10 04:35:21 EDT 2004
From 1917 onwards, the SwamigaL used to frequent Chennai. He also used to go to other places to spread the path of Thiruppugalz.
He introduced Thiruppugalz Kummi which was made up of a such compositions like VELaikkaaran Vaguppu and Kaavalan Vaguppu. ThiruVaguppu is a class of AruNagiri Naadhar's compositions. They are twenty seven in number. The above mentioned songs are two of them.
By making use of the ThiruVaguppu songs as lyrics, he combined them with suitable popular tunes to compose these Kummis.
There is another class of compositions by AruNagiri Naadhar. These are known as the Viruththams. VEl Viruththam, Mayil Viruththam and SEval Viruththam are respectively dedicated to the honour of VEl, Peacock, and the Cockeral.
These are rather difficult compositions and the SwamigaL wanted to make them simpler for less knowledgeable people to sing.
So he asked Sengalvaraaya PiLLai to compose simpler songs called Mayil Paattu, and SEval Paattu. The Sacchidhanandhan was included in certain places in the songs.
- From: murugadas (@ j38.crc27.jaring.my)
on: Tue Aug 10 04:37:18 EDT 2004
Please read as 'the phrase, 'Sachchidhaanandhan' was included in the songs'.
- From: murugadas (@ j38.crc27.jaring.my)
on: Tue Aug 10 04:40:11 EDT 2004
He also compiled suitable Thiruppugalz songs into a particular compilation called Thiruppugalz Maanasa Puujai.
When Agamic puujais are done, there are various steps involved. With each of theses steps, certain articles, things, and gestures are involved. The steps may vary in number from five to sixty-four and even one hundred and eight. As an illustration we may take the five steps - PanchOpachaara; they are the perfumary, floral, aromatic, victual, and salutation.
For each step, a certain Thruppugalz song has selected. The paraphernalia will be totally absent in the Maanasa Pujjai. Why? Because everythig is done in the mind.
Every pujai step that is done in the mind is announced with a particular corresponding song.
The SwamigaL compiled songs which stand for Vinyagar Puujai, Invocation to Murugan, Dharisanam, AbhishEkam, Alankaaram, Archchnai, Dhuupam, Dhiipam, NaivEDhyam, KaRpUra Aaraththi, Namaskaaram, and Prayer. This was the order in which it was compiled.
It was given a suitable title - 'Thiruppugalz PaaraayaNa ThavaneRi ThirumuRai'.
- From: murugadas (@ j38.crc27.jaring.my)
on: Tue Aug 10 04:42:11 EDT 2004
In 1921, the third edition of Thiruppugalz came out.
At the same time, the SwamigaL discovered an old manuscript which contained eight hundred Thiruppugalz songs and gave it to Senggalvaraaya PiLLai.
Later on, he compiled Thiruppugalz songs and performed VaLLi ThirumaNam with them.
In those days, there were few facilities for travel. And many parts of Tamilnaadu was still covered with jungles. Wild animals were still roaming around.
The SwamigaL used to travel alone on many occassions; he would pass through jungles. The wild animals would never harm him. There was one occassion when he was passing through the jungles of PudukkOttai; a leopard came and sat near the SwamigaL and accompanied him safely. This was witnessed by a Moslem traveller who saw everything while safely perched on a tall tree. He heard that the SwamigaL was giving a lecture in a partcular temple. He went but could not enter. So he stood near the gateway. The SwamigaL suddenly stopped his lecture and came to the Kodi Maram near the gate. And then he continued with the speech. After the talk was over, the SwamigaL told the people around to call the Moslem inside. He was brought in. The Moslem was overwhelmed by this gesture from the SwamigaL; That he would stop the lecture half-way and come near to him and proceed with the lecture just for him to hear. That he would break the codes of a Hindu temple and bring a Moslem inside to him. He fell at the feet of the SwamigaL and told him about what he saw the other day in the jungle. Then he gave a garland made up of expensive fragrant perfumaries like punugu, javvaadhu, aththar, etc. The garland was given to a disciple of the SwamigaL; the disciple adorned the statue of Natarajar with that garland.
- From: murugadas (@ pjc-72-209.tm.net.my)
on: Tue Aug 10 20:11:04 EDT 2004
There was another occassion when he was singing the song 'adhala sEdanaar aada', when he completed the song, '...... maylum aadi niiyaadi varavENdum', a peacock came along and danced.
One day, he went to Thiruchendur. At that time, the town was dominated by fierce thug who had a big bunch of henchmen. It was the custom in that town for anyone who came, should go to the thug and pay their respects to him. But the SwamigaL did not do so. So the thug and his henchmen came o disturb the sathsanggam. When he arrived, he heard the Thiruppugalz songs and stopped awhile. Then he continued listening to the lecture accompanied by songs.. He was so absorbed and mesmerised by the beauty of the songs and their mystifying rhythms, that he forgot himself and stood transfixed. After the lecture, he came to the SwamigaL, praised him and paid his respects.
They say, "Music sooths the savage beast". But actually the correct version of the statement is, "Music sooths the savage breast". The SwamigaL proved that both the sayings were correct to the letter with the Thiruppugalz songs.
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