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Manikkavasagar

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Manikkavasagar How an ordinary man got changed? One day the king heard that some high quality horses were on sale on the coast of the Chozaa kingdom. He sent his Prime Minister Thiruvaadhav Urar with lots of money to buy them. On the way Vaadhvoorar reached Thirup Perunthu Rai (Avudaiyaar Kovil). There he heard from a garden the sweet chanting "Har Har". His mind got lost in that chanting. He forgot himself and got attracted to it like a magnet. He went in that direction and there he saw Shiv sitting in the form of a Shaivite sage under a tree elucidating the pupils. His seeking mind was overwhelmed at the sight of the Guru he was yearning for. He surrendered himself to the Holy Guru's feet and pleaded him to accept him as a disciple. The God who comes voluntarily in the way of devotees to bless them enlightened him with Shivenyaanam. Vaadhvoorar who got the immense wealth of the Supreme knowledge outpoured the gems of hymns on the feet of his Guru offering his body, belongings and soul. (He then sang the first Thiruvaachakam song Shiv Puraan starting Namah Shivaaya Vaazka). The Peerless guide heard the song and blessed him with the name Manikka Vaachakar (Gem speeched). He ordered Manikka Vaachakar to build an abode and disappeared. With the money he had brought to buy horses that would fight, kill and die in the battlefields, the devotee Manikka built a marvelous temple for Shiv. Many days passed. When the King's Prime Minister did not come back, he sent his people to find out what happened to him. His attendants reported to him the deeds of the devotee. The King was irked and sent the message to Vaadhavoorar ordering him to come with the horses. Maanikka Vaachakar pleaded to the playful Lord of Thirupperunthu Rai. The Lord assured him that he would bring the horses on the Avani Moolam day and passed a gem to the king through him as a mark of assurance. The Prime Minister Maanikka Vaachakar told the King about the arrival of the horses. The king was happy. The Lord probably wanted to show that patience and perseverance pays in his worship, so the horses did not arrive till the day before the Avani Moolam day. The king got wild and arrested the Prime Minister. Vaadhavoorar who had the mature vision that when the devotees had surrendered themselves in wholeness to the Three Eyed Lord, they have faith in him. He appealed to the Lord singing anRE enRan. The God Somaasundar Moorti who rides the bull of justice in his playful act made the foxes of the forest as horses, and came in the form of the lead man of the horses handed over them to the King explaining him the identification guidelines of the good horses. After handing over those horses, the Lord went away. The same night the horses became foxes and ran all over the capital. The king lost his sense in the peak of his ire and ordered his men to torture Maanikka Vaachakar making him stand on the burning hot sand of the Vaigai river loading him with a rock. The pained devotee had complete trust in his Lord who made the Vaigai River prayed to the Lord. The Lord who stopped the furious River Gangaa in his matted hair and allowed it to flow down as a stream blessing the penance of Bhageerath flooded the river Vaigai to grace his true devotee. The flood entered the streets of the capital. The King ordered the people to stop the deluging water by raising its banks. There was a lonely old poor lady by name Vandhi, who had lots love for the Parentless God with her simple mind and activities. To save her from getting penalized for not undertaking the King's order, the Lord came to her as a laborer. But where is the end for his play? Instead of raising the banks he spoilt the work going on there and slept innocently. The King was annoyed and beat him with a stick, but the pain was felt by all the creatures including the King. The flooding of the river subdued and the Lord disappeared. The King realized the act of God and the glory of the saint Maanikka Vaachakar. He begged for the saint's pardon. The loving Vaachakar forgave the king and left the position of Prime Minister.

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