THE MARVELLOUS TIRUMURUKATRUPPADAI

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INTRODUCTION
Nakeerar was a famous poet and the author of the
famous poem which is popularly known as “Tiru
Muruka Aatruppadai”, which was written by him in
praise of Lord Muruga. He has written this
wonderful poem, when he was captured by a
demoness and he was put in a cave, along with
some other people. In order to escape from the
clutches of the demoness and in order to reveal
the importance of Lord Muruga to the entire world,
the great poet Nakeerar has composed the
popular poem, “TIRUMURUKATRUPPADAI”, the
great warrior god Muruga, who controls the divine
soldiers who obediently serves under him, who
acts as a protective shield for his devotees.
After Nakeeranar has sung this poem, various
soldiers of Lord Muruga were appeared inside the
cave, released Nakeeranar and others, and also
they killed the cruel demoness. Those who sung
this poem with devotion, would be protected by
Lord Muruga and by his army general Lord
Veerabahu.
Some of the wonderful verses from the great poem
Tirumurukatruppadai are as follows:-
1.The entire world has become bright due to the
birth of Lord Muruga, who is also called as
Karthikeyan. Due to the bright radiance of Lord
Muruga, even the sun god was unable to see
him clearly. During the birth of Lord Muruga,
all the celestials were reached the
SARAVANA POIGAI, the sacred pond, which
is considered to be the birth place of Lord
Muruga, in order to have a glimpse of him.
2.Lord Muruga as a child has given his blessings
to the gods like Brahma and Vishnu, and
asked them to discharge their duties in a
proper manner.
3.Lord Muruga when he smiles, looks like that of
the protector god Vishnu, and when he talks,
he looks similar to Lord Brahma, and when he
 blesses his devotees, he looks similar to his
father Lord Shiva.
4.Lord Muruga is the activating force, who does
his duties perfectly. He was born out from the
third eye spark of Lord Shiva, and hence he
contains the features of Lord Shiva, and those
who do wrongful acts would be punished by
him, and later on, he himself used to hug them
like their affectionate mother.
5.When Lord Brahmaji was unable to explain the
meaning of the Pranava Mantra, Lord Muruga
has got angry with him, and hence he put him
in a prison, and later on, like an affectionate
mother, he released him from the prison,
properly taught the meaning of the Pranava
Mantra, and also affectionately hugged him,
and gave sufficient powers to do his creation
work without any hindrances.
6.When Muruga leaves us alone, then who else
would safeguard us in this difficult Kaliyuga!
Let everyone of us fall at his lotus feet and ask
him to shower his unlimited blessings on us.
7.When Lord Muruga blesses us with his
powerful weapon “VEL”, the divine spear,
then no one could fight with us, and we would
 never suffer from enmity, black magic and
from any sort of problems in our life.
8.Let’s study the wonderful Leelas and the
Divine plays performed by Lord Muruga from
the Holy Text Sri Skanda Purana. Let us
consider it as the sacred text, and give prime
importance for it.
9.Oh my dear devotees of Lord Muruga,
decorate your homes with flowers and mango
leaves, let everybody of you take bath and
apply perfumes and the sacred ash on your
body, since our dear Lord Muruga is going to
visit our homes by riding his divine peacock on
this auspicious Skanda Shasti Festival day.
Please offer him the Holy Prasad items like the
sweetened milk and the tasty Panchamirtham.
10. Oh my dear Lord Muruga, in your body, I
could see the entire universe. I could even see
your father and mother on your body! I could
see the Bhagavathas like Sri Prahalada and
Sri Dhruva who sincerely worships you in the
form of Lord Vishnu, I could see the great
Purushundi Bhagavan and Sri Vallalan who
are worshipping you in the form of your brother
Lord Vinayaka, and I could be able to see that
Lord Indra, the king of heavens who worships
 you sincerely from his Indra Loka, and I even
see that your uncle Lord Vishnu worships you
from the Holy Vaikunta.
11. Oh My Dear Muruga, you are always
surrounded by Devas, sages and saints, and
they keep on praising about you. No one
would hate you, since you contain excellent
qualities.
12. Oh My Lord, you are a kind hearted god,
who shows mercy even to a small ant. Only
with your grace, the entire universe functions
in a proper manner. You are the ultimate
Brahman, who cannot be destroyed even at
the time of deluge, and the words which
comes from your mouth, are to be considered
as your divine blessings, and even the Holy
Vedas praise about you! No one could neglect
you, and there is no other god better than you,
you have acted as a SAVIOUR even to Lord
HAYAGREEVA, a Vishnu avatar, since you
have once helped him in restoring the Vedas
from the Demon. With your marvellous smile,
we have become your slaves, and let me keep
offering prayers to you. Oh my Kind Lord
similar to destroying the demons like
Surapadman, please destroy the evil forces in
 the world, in order to make your devotees to
lead a peaceful and a happy life.
“OM MURUGA VEL MURUGA”
WRITTEN BY
R.HARISHANKAR