History records the story of 63 Nayanmars and their story is chronicled in a book called “Periya puranam(Big epic)†written by Chekizhar who was an eminent poet of those times. The sentinels(sages) of Bhakthi movement worshipping Lord Shiva were called Nayanmars and those worshipping Lord Vishnu were called Azhwars. Would make your thoughts confused like a storm.The ancient Tamil Nadu saw two important Bhakthi movements, which most probably preceded the philosophical movements of Adi Sankara and Saint Ramanuja. The words of people supporting concept of illusion, Were unnecessarily proud of their beliefs Those who called themselves as their relations,Īnd were like a group of ordinary beings,Ĭalled and dragged them and told them not to go after GodĮven people of various religious beliefs, They understood that there is something called God, Who are mad after the pleasures of life on earth,Īfter surviving from the pride of several oceans of learning,Īfter surviving from the sorrow caused by botheration caused by the wealth,Īfter surviving from the horror of poverty,Īfter surviving several bad conducts and character Of desire, which came because of living among people, With the well endowed breasts which were held ,Īloft and pushed in front and gave pain to the middle part ,Īfter further surviving from the exuberant elephant, Who were Well made up, painted, walking straight , Of women with jet black hair, reddish lips, pretty smile,
Struggle with the great hunger of the day ,Īfter further surviving from theft tried by the sharp eyes, They further survived by answering natural calls , Meendiyum miruthiyum menai pala pizhaithum,Īnd by staying and rising they further survived, Monpathil varu thuru thunbamum pizhaithumĪfter surviving the lowering in the seventh monthĪfter surviving several problems in the eighth month,Īfter surviving the sorrow of the parting with the womb,Īnd when ten months are to be over, they , In the sixth month their body grew further and they survived In the fifth month they survived by not getting aborted, In the fourth month they spent their time in darkness, In the third month they did not get drowned in the womb fluid, In the womb, they fought for survival with many other insects,Īt the end of one month they got a separate form,Īt the end of two months they survived and became more strong Took finally the birth as man and in their stay, Of animals from ant to elephant and after exhausting the Karma,
Vazhuthutharkku elithai vaar kadal ulaginil,įor easily seeing those feet, in this world, Lord Vishnu got tired and praised “Victory to the foremost of the world”,Īs he was not in a position to find your flower like feet. Lord Vishnu measured the entire world with his two steps,Īnd this made the sages in all four directions enthralled ,īut he himself tried to find out the feet and head of Lord Shiva.Īppearing as a wild boar and digging the seven nether worlds, When the four faced Brahma and other devas were saluting him, S.Srinivas published by Indhu publications, Madras to understand the verses of Pothri Thiru Agaval) I have used the tamil translation of Thiruvachagam by Dr.Sadhu. After giving an introduction the, author goes on to salute the Lord using several of his attributes and residences. Pothiru Thiru agaval is a poem of salutations to the God using the Agval ("Agaval” is a form of blank verse, close to speech.) style. But I found it very difficult to understand. “ There is a very famous translation of Thiruvasagam by Rev G.U.Pope who was called as Pope iyer by the people of Tamil nadu. It has been told that “thiru vasagathukku urugar, yevvachagathukkum urugar” meaning, “ The mind of one whose mind does not melt for Thiruvasagam, will not melt for any other book. His greatest contribution was a book called Thiruvasagam.(Divine writing). (Manikka Vasagar was a great saint of the saivite Bhakthi movement of Thamizh Nadu.
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