With His Vel, the Lord wrote His sacred Mantra on Arunagiri's tongue, gave him a Japa Mala, named him "Arunagiri-naathar," and commanded him to sing His glories. Who can understand the ways of the Lord! Ere Arunagiri fell towards the ground, when there stood the Lord with His outstretched hands and held Arunagiri in His warm embrace. And in a moment he decided to put an end to his life as an expiation for all the sins committed by him.īefore his sister could understand as to what was happening to Arunagiri, he ran posthaste, climbed the tower of the Arunachala Temple, repented with an honest feeling, cried aloud the Name of the Lord, "Muruga! Muruga! Muruga!" and jumped down, to put an end to his miserable existence and thereby be freed from his sins. Lo! These words entered Arunagiri's heart like sharp arrows and shook his very being so fundamentally that he repented with a contrite heart for all his past misdeeds and wept bitterly. She would have continued, but her throat choked she became silent. Hence, the pleasure that you seek from a woman, you can find with me!" Though we are born of the same mother, our fathers are dfferent. Brother, tell me what can I do? Well, only one means is left now. She grew desparate and said, "Brother! I had been helping you with all that I had. In spite of her being reduced to this most pitiable condition, she could not imagine displeasing Arunagiri. But he would yet demand money from her to satisfy his sexual appetite and if she pleaded helplessness, he would threaten her of sinking before her very eyes. He squandered all his sister's wherewithal and left her a complete pauper. In the meantime, Arunagiri contracted many diseases and suffered much. The helpless lady could do nothing except pray to the Lord to save Arunagiri. Slowly, he began to snatch away, one by one, the ornaments of his sister, sometimes with her knowledge and sometimes otherwise. Thus, did Arunagiri indulge in sex heedlessly and depleted all the wealth hoarded by his mother. The poor sister could not do anything drastic, lest she should be harsh to Arunagiri or displease him, which would mean breaking her promise to her mother. But nothing could prevent Arunagiri from his infatuated love for women. His sister, who came to know of this conduct of Arunagiri, tried her best to extricate him from the traps of public women. Arunagiri's sister understood the anxious mental condition of her mother and gave her a word of promise that she would leave nothing undone to please Arunagiri and keep him happy.Īs Arunagiri grew in age, he found the company of women more pleasing than his studies, which he virtually neglected and sought the pleasures of enchanting courtesans. She loved the boy so much that while she was in the death-bed, she entrusted Arunagiri to the care of her daughter (i.e., the elder sister of Arunagiri) with specific instructions not to do anything that would displease him. At his seventh year of age, his mother passed away. When the boy attained the age of five, he was put to school. It is also said that Arunagiri was born to Muthu from the famous mystic saint of Tamil Nadu, Pattinathar, in an unusual manner. He was the son of a Daasi (a dancing girl) named Muthu and had an elder sister by name Adhi.
It is as follows:Īrunagiri was born in Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, and is believed to have lived in the middle of the fifteenth century A.D. He composed the puranam about Arunagirinathar about the year 1865. This is mostly based on the earliest written poetic work on the life of Arunagirinathar entitled, "Arunagirinathar Swamigal Puranam" by a saintly Swami - Thandapani Swamigal - who also goes by the names of Murugadasa Swamigal and Thiruppugal Swamigal (1839-1898). This has come down to us through generations by way of hearsay.
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