MURUGAN IN ANCIENT TAMILNADU- 14
This song was also composed by the Sangam poet Nalachuthannaar. He is praising the Lord as follows:
Muruga! demons have conquered all the heavens and took abode in the midst of the oceans. You have killed them and gave peace to all devathaas. You have killed the demon Soorapadman who took the form of the mango tree. So devaathaas have requested you to stay in THITUPARANKUNDRAM. Because of this this small hillock is very sacred like Himalayas.
The charming romance near the hillock:
An young man saw a beautiful peacock and admired its feathers. So his lady love became angry and worried that he is insulting her just by watching the bird.
He replied,'' dear1 do not scold me . I feel pity for this peacock because there is no mate for this bird to admire as I admire you''.
Another scene: Poets condemned the unacceptable sexual life through their songs. Poets were te social reformers.
A man went in love with a prostitute and changed his mind to come back to his family. So he send a messenger called ''paanan''[ folk singers and mediators of ancient Tamil society]. But the wife's friend refused to accept the message. She says, '' dear Paana adorned with the golden chain gifted by the man of indiscipline, please ask him to accept his mistakes before he arrives here, because the nail prints on his broad shoulders are the proof for his unacceptable sexual acts''.
The poet is asking the society to come out of unacceptable behavior and to seek for salvation which is the goal of human birth.
'' Dear Lord who holds the long spear of victory! You gets mount upon the charming peacock and appears as shining Sun of wisdom in the minds of true devotees. Your hillock is covered with dark monsoon clouds within which I can see the long sacred flag post fluttering with the flag hoisted to celebrate your annual festival. This scene resembles your brave elephant mount.
The art gallery inside the shrine complex resembles the army of God of love. The sacred spring and farms with wild flowers resembles his arrow pouch. The monsoon flowers are shrunken because of heavy rain drops and they resemble the victims of God of love.
The dragon flies are singing around the wild jasmines and it resembles the musical consorts in your shrine. The clouds resemble Indra's rain bow. Love God has showered the arrows of romance upon you and your consorts as trees with flowers. The cascades of the sacred hillock adorns the rocks like the long pearl chains which adorn your broad chest.
The various noise levels, thunders and bells make the hillock as a battle field of love and divine romance. Many birds have started eating the grains in the farms. The
farmers are chasing them away and the birds reach the sacred spring in your hillock to catch fish. This line says that when the life is not supported by any one, we have to believe God's feet for refuge. The spring with fishes denotes this meaning. This line also teach us the positive thinking about our life with devotion and spirituality.
Poet's staunch prayers:
Muruga! the entire hillock is echoing with various sounds made by various bells and instruments for rituals and I wish you to bless with the life under your sacred feet along with my family and friends for ever. Make all of us to love and accept your feet like the home where we live and give us the salvation!
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