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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 16:49:52 -0500
- From: Guntur N Balaji <gb29+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Subject: Re: A ThEvaaram verse....
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- `maasil veeNaiyum maalai madhiyamum
- veesu thenRalum veenkiLa vEnilum
- moosu vaNdaRai poykaiyum pOnRadhE
- eesan endhai iNaiydai neezhalE. '
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- I am not sure who wrote this. It must be one of the big 4
- saivaite nayanmArs. Possibly appar. But I remember an incident
- going along with the writing of this song. A king ( Pandya ? )
- who believed the samana ( Jain ) sect. caught hold of the saiva
- saint and put him in a "SunnAmbu kALavAi" ( A kiln where sunnAmbu
- ( Chalk ? ) is made. Usually due to certain exothermic processes
- involved, the sunnAmbuk kALavAi is very hot. But due to the
- divine grace of Shiva, our saint feels very comfortable inside.
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- mAsu atra veenai ( yin Oliyai) poolavum, mAlai madhiyai
- ( muzhu chandiranai ) polavum, menmaiyAga veesum thendralai
- poolavum, pongum iLa kAtrai ( Isn't it a repitition here ? )
- poolavum, vandugal moikkum ( so infer thamarai pootha ? )
- poigaiyaiyum ( right ? ) pola thanmaiyAga vunarvadhAi solgirAr
- Eesanin adi nizhalil avar iruppathAl, sunnambuk kALavAi kooda
- mEr sonnavaigal pOla thanmaiyaga ( adhAvadhu veppam atru )
- irukkiradhu engirAr siva adigalAr.
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- After this incident, the king is supposed to have changed his
- mind about saivite sect and becomes an ardent shiva baktha !
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- Hope this helps,
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- Balaji/...
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