'thirumAl' The Lord of
all the Regions
One of the thol-kAppiyam agaithiNai pADal
says
"mAyOan mEAya kADuRai vulagamum- thirumAl the Lord of forest and its surroundings - the
'mullai'
sEyOan mEaya mai varai
vulagamum- 'murugA' who is the Lord of hill and its surroundings--'kurinji' nilam
vEAndhan mEAya thEm
punal vulagamum--'indrA' who is the Lord of plains-gardens and the
surroundings--'marudham'
varuNan mEyAya peru
maNal vulagamum-- 'varuNan' the Lord of sea and its surroundings - neidhal
has been referred to by some tamil people
as indicating that 'thirumAl' is Lord of only the forest and its surroundings
namely 'mullai' from the first line
"mAyOan mEya kADuRai'
vulagam.
But is it
so?
The poet kallADAnAr has sung the
undermentioned song in aga-nAnURu. Here, the hero who
went beyond the thiruvENkAta divine hill and returns talks to his
charioteer.
"....nedu mAl varaiya kudiyignODu irattum kunRu pin
vozhiap pOgi.."
The hero narrates his experiences when he
went beyond this divine hill of thirumAl -thiruvENkatam, for earning money.
This goes to indicate that even the
hill and its surroundings were adorned by 'thiru-mAl'
which goes to prove that 'thirumAl' is the Lord for even in hills
and its surroundings--
'kurinji'
It is siginificant to note that the same
contents has been voiced in thiru-virutham pAsuram 8
"...thaN mA-malai vENkadathu
vumbar nambum sEAN kunRam senRu poruL paDaithAn kaRRa
thiNNanavEA"
Does it mean then that, thirumAl is the
Lord of only mullai and 'kurinji'?
(to be continued)
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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