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pleased with the mouthful of water by which he is doing my Abhisheka. This has greater value to
Me than by the Tirthas of the Ganga. Whatever action that is performed out of pure and deep love
and faith, I merit it with greater value than those rituals and austerities done by the Vedic
injunctions . Then Lord Gangadhar asked the priest to come to the temple next day and hide
himself behind the Mufti and witness what Tinnanar does.
Tinnanar, after bringing the Prasad, arranged in his own usual way for the Abhisheka and
decoration of the Lord. Now Lord Siva willed that the priest, Sivakasariar should see and feel the
degree of devotion and faith that Tinnanar was having for Him. So, while Tinnanar was doing the
Puja and offering the Prasad of meat, to his great astonishment, he saw the Lord shedding tears of
blood, in the right eye. He got perplexed and was at a loss to know what to do. He ran hither and
thither to bring some leaves for stopping the bleeding but found they were of no use. He wept
bitterly, cursed himself for being unable to stop the bleeding from the eye. At last, a plan came to
him. He at once plucked out his right eye with his arrow and fixed it on the right eye of the Lord. To
his great joy and ecstasy, he saw the bleeding stopped. While he was dancing in divine ecstasy for
having cured the bleeding, all on a sudden, he perceived that the left eye also was bleeding. Though
he was overtaken by surprise and sorrow, the previous plan came to him and he decided to pierce his
left eye with his arrow with the intention of plucking it out and fixing it on the left eye of the Lord.
But when his both eyes were gone, how could he see the bleeding on the left eye of the Lord so as to
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stop it by fixing his own eye? Hence, in order to identify the left eye of the Lord, he first fixed it up
with the shoe on his right foot, and began to pierce his own left eye with the arrow in his hand. But
Isvara will not be so cruel as to see His Bhaktas suffer so much. On the spot, the Lord appeared and
addressed Tinnanar as Kannappa and stopped him from plucking out the left eye. He was much
pleased with the filial devotion and staunch faith that Kannappar had for Him and kept him by His
right side.
The above story of Kannappar is illustrative of the highest degree of devotion and faith that
was evinced by the Bhakta towards Lord Siva, even though he was a hunter by caste and never
cared for the rituals and austerities by which the Lord should be worshipped. It was only mere love
and intense devotion to the Lord that bestowed on him the greatest boon from the Lord, i.e.,
Self-realisation. It is only a matter of six days that he performed the Puja ceremonies to the Lord in
his own way, but the amount of devotion and love he had to the Lord, was boundless.
May the blessings of Kannappar be upon you all! May you all attain the highest goal of
human life by following the example of Kannappa Nayanar, the great South Indian Bhakta of Lord
Siva!
Sirutonda Nayanar
Paranjotiar of Tiruchettangudi was general under the Chola king. He was skilful in all the
methods of warfare and had won many a war for the Chola king. In spite of the fact of his being a
general, his devotion to Lord Siva and Siva Bhaktas was increasing. As a Bhakta of Lord Siva, he
was noted for his humility and he was aptly named Sirutonda Nayanar. He left his post of general
and spent his lifetime in worshipping Lord Siva and serving and feeding Siva Bhaktas. Never a day
was known when he took food without feeding Siva Bhaktas. Such was the intensity of his
devotion. In this way, he was happily living with his wife and a son, Seeralan by name.
Once, it happened that Lord Siva in the guise of Vairavar came to his doors for Bhiksha. Just
at that moment, Sirutondar had gone out to get some Siva Bhaktas for feeding. Vairavar waited for a
while and there came Sirutondar returning from his quest of Sadhus, quite disappointed as he found
none to feed with. To his great joy Vairavar was waiting at his doors. Now Vairavar, expressing his
wish to dine in his house, informed him that he would do so provided Sirutondar complied with his
wishes. On getting his consent, Vairavar told him that he required the cooked flesh of a boy of 5
years old with robust health and without any deformities of mind and body. Though at first the
Bhakta was bewildered in getting the thing required, at last happily decided to offer their own son,
Seeralan, for the feast of Vairavar.
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pleased with the mouthful of water by which he is doing my Abhisheka. This has greater value to
Me than by the Tirthas of the Ganga. Whatever action that is performed out of pure and deep love
and faith, I merit it with greater value than those rituals and austerities done by the Vedic
injunctions . Then Lord Gangadhar asked the priest to come to the temple next day and hide
himself behind the Mufti and witness what Tinnanar does.
Tinnanar, after bringing the Prasad, arranged in his own usual way for the Abhisheka and
decoration of the Lord. Now Lord Siva willed that the priest, Sivakasariar should see and feel the
degree of devotion and faith that Tinnanar was having for Him. So, while Tinnanar was doing the
Puja and offering the Prasad of meat, to his great astonishment, he saw the Lord shedding tears of
blood, in the right eye. He got perplexed and was at a loss to know what to do. He ran hither and
thither to bring some leaves for stopping the bleeding but found they were of no use. He wept
bitterly, cursed himself for being unable to stop the bleeding from the eye. At last, a plan came to
him. He at once plucked out his right eye with his arrow and fixed it on the right eye of the Lord. To
his great joy and ecstasy, he saw the bleeding stopped. While he was dancing in divine ecstasy for
having cured the bleeding, all on a sudden, he perceived that the left eye also was bleeding. Though
he was overtaken by surprise and sorrow, the previous plan came to him and he decided to pierce his
left eye with his arrow with the intention of plucking it out and fixing it on the left eye of the Lord.
But when his both eyes were gone, how could he see the bleeding on the left eye of the Lord so as to
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stop it by fixing his own eye? Hence, in order to identify the left eye of the Lord, he first fixed it up
with the shoe on his right foot, and began to pierce his own left eye with the arrow in his hand. But
Isvara will not be so cruel as to see His Bhaktas suffer so much. On the spot, the Lord appeared and
addressed Tinnanar as Kannappa and stopped him from plucking out the left eye. He was much
pleased with the filial devotion and staunch faith that Kannappar had for Him and kept him by His
right side.
The above story of Kannappar is illustrative of the highest degree of devotion and faith that
was evinced by the Bhakta towards Lord Siva, even though he was a hunter by caste and never
cared for the rituals and austerities by which the Lord should be worshipped. It was only mere love
and intense devotion to the Lord that bestowed on him the greatest boon from the Lord, i.e.,
Self-realisation. It is only a matter of six days that he performed the Puja ceremonies to the Lord in
his own way, but the amount of devotion and love he had to the Lord, was boundless.
May the blessings of Kannappar be upon you all! May you all attain the highest goal of
human life by following the example of Kannappa Nayanar, the great South Indian Bhakta of Lord
Siva!
Sirutonda Nayanar
Paranjotiar of Tiruchettangudi was general under the Chola king. He was skilful in all the
methods of warfare and had won many a war for the Chola king. In spite of the fact of his being a
general, his devotion to Lord Siva and Siva Bhaktas was increasing. As a Bhakta of Lord Siva, he
was noted for his humility and he was aptly named Sirutonda Nayanar. He left his post of general
and spent his lifetime in worshipping Lord Siva and serving and feeding Siva Bhaktas. Never a day
was known when he took food without feeding Siva Bhaktas. Such was the intensity of his
devotion. In this way, he was happily living with his wife and a son, Seeralan by name.
Once, it happened that Lord Siva in the guise of Vairavar came to his doors for Bhiksha. Just
at that moment, Sirutondar had gone out to get some Siva Bhaktas for feeding. Vairavar waited for a
while and there came Sirutondar returning from his quest of Sadhus, quite disappointed as he found
none to feed with. To his great joy Vairavar was waiting at his doors. Now Vairavar, expressing his
wish to dine in his house, informed him that he would do so provided Sirutondar complied with his
wishes. On getting his consent, Vairavar told him that he required the cooked flesh of a boy of 5
years old with robust health and without any deformities of mind and body. Though at first the
Bhakta was bewildered in getting the thing required, at last happily decided to offer their own son,
Seeralan, for the feast of Vairavar.
Both the wife and husband hurried up in preparing the required meals, the mother keeping [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]