'thirumAl' the Lord of
marudham also
It was seen that thirumAl is the Lord of
mullai and kurinji.
From the aga-nAnUru-p pADal of vuRaiyUr
mudhu-kUthanAr, we can understand that 'thirumAl' is
the Lord of marudha nilam also.
Here, the poet compares the gardens full
of devotees who visit srirangam for the 'panguni uthiram'
festival and the gardens without them after they return. The gardens
lose their splendour and sparkle after the devotees leave. This is compared to a
'thalai-magaL' on the verge of separation from her lover.
The lines of the song is as
follows:
"...varu punal neri
tharum iru karai pEariyARRu vuruva veN maNal murugu nARu thaN pozhil
panguNi muyakkam kazhindha vazhi nAL.."
The gardens that are situated on the two
sides of kAviri of thiru-arangam is being mentioned in this
song.
There are other songs from
pari-pADAl,silappadhigAram which go to prove this point.
I remember AzhwAr's
pAsuram
"..ArAmam sUzhndha
arangam" siRiya thiru-maDal in this regard.
Thus, it may be seen that
;'thirumAl;' has been proclaimed the Lord of marudha-nilam also even from
those ancient sangam literature period.
(to be continued)
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
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