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Date uploaded in London – 26 August 2024                 

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What is Tirumantiram ? Who is Tirumular?

Tirumuar is one of the traditional eighteen Siddhas. He came to Tamil Nadu from the Himalaya region. When he saw the dead body of a cowherd named Mulan (muulan) and the grieving cows around him, he used his magical power and entered the body of the cowherd. The cows were happy now. He sat in meditation and composed 3000 poems and it is known as Tirumanthiram. Saivites who follow the Agamas, never recognised the Siddhas, who were iconoclasts. But Tirumathiram was given a place in the Saivite literature that is made up of 12 sections. And Tirumanthiram forms the Tenth Section.

Periya puranam gives the stories of 63 Saivite saints called Nayanmars (naayanmaars) including the story of Tirumular (muular).

Here are some pictures which illustrate his teachings or his similes:

 Charity is Within Reach of All
Easy to all to offer in worship a green leaf to the Lord,
Easy to all to give a mouthful to the cow,
Easy to all to give a handful, sitting down to eat,
Easy to all, good, kind words on others to bestow.

யாவர்க்குமாம் இறைவற்கு ஒரு பச்சிலை

யாவர்க்குமாம் பசுவிற்கு ஒரு வாயுறை

யாவர்க்குமாம் உண்ணும்போது ஒரு கைப்பிடி

யாவர்க்குமாம் பிறர்க்கு ஒரு இன்னுரை தானே.

– திருமந்திரம்

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 Share Your Food With Others

Give freely to all; discriminate not o’er much;
See food served to others ere sitting down to eat;
Heap not perishing gold, eat not in greedy haste;
The crow calls its brood to share its food, howe’er sweet

ஆர்க்கும் இடுமின் அவா஢வர் என்னன்மின்

பார்த்திருந்து உண்மின் பழம்பொருள் போற்றன்மின்

வேட்கை உடையீர் விரைந்தொல்லை உண்ணன்மின்

காக்கை கரைந்துண்ணும் காலம் அறிமினே. 1

From Tiru Valluvar to Bharati, all poets insisted that we should share our food. They said that there should not be any starving person on earth. Bhagavad Gita said that one who eats alone is a sinner. Hospitality, that is entertaining the guests, is one of the essential virtues recommended in Hinduism.  Valluvar cursed the Creator God Brahma for creating beggars in the world. Greatest of the modern Tamil poets Bharati also said that we will destroy the earth even if there is one beggar on earth. All these came from Panchabhuta Yajna found in Hindu Law Books called Smriti.

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Manu Smriti on Pancha Mahayajnas

पञ्च सूना गृहस्थस्य चुल्ली पेषण्युपस्करः ।
कण्डनी चौदकुम्भश्च बध्यते यास्तु वाहयन् ॥ ६८ ॥

pañca sūnā gṛhasthasya cullī peṣaṇyupaskaraḥ |
kaṇḍanī caudakumbhaśca badhyate yāstu vāhayan || 68 ||

For the householder there are five slaughter-houses: the hearth, the grinding-stone, household implements, mortar and pestle and water-jar;—by using which he becomes stricken.—(68)

तासां क्रमेण सर्वासां निष्कृत्यर्थं महर्षिभिः ।
पञ्च कॢप्ता महायज्ञाः प्रत्यहं गृहमेधिनाम् ॥ ६९ ॥

tāsāṃ krameṇa sarvāsāṃ niṣkṛtyarthaṃ maharṣibhiḥ |
pañca kḷptā mahāyajñāḥ pratyahaṃ gṛhamedhinām || 69 ||

For the purpose of expiating all these in their course, the five great sacrifices have been ordained by the great sages, for householders (to be performed) daily.—(69)

अध्यापनं ब्रह्मयज्ञः पितृयज्ञस्तु तर्पणम् ।
होमो दैवो बलिर्भौतो नृयज्ञोऽतिथिपूजनम् ॥ ७० ॥

adhyāpanaṃ brahmayajñaḥ pitṛyajñastu tarpaṇam |
homo daivo balirbhauto nṛyajño’tithipūjanam || 70 ||

Teaching is the ‘offering to Brahma;’ the Tarpaṇa is the ‘offering to Pitṛs;’ the Homa is ‘offering to Gods;’ the Bali is ‘offering to elementals;’ and the honouring of Guests is ‘offering to men.’—(70)

Tamil poets always quote the crows to show that no one eats alone.

–Subham—

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