He is the Essence– the God of all that lives and moves. Or heed His elusive Vedic talk? All you need to know is this Why look at His ashes or fear His serpent In cryptic speech He seems well-versed, what manner of man is He? His form is smeared with ashes while a serpent rears upon His hand Madman clad in tiger skin, madman who enslaved even me Madman sporting midst the fires of the burning ground Madman draped in elephant skin, poison-throated madman Saint Manickavachakar, the author of the much loved melodious Thiruvachakam, is more forthright in describing the bizarreness of the Lord as follows: Is a handsome man, indeed! (chap 4, poem 39.3). The Lord of Aamaatthoor, Who will neither accept Instead, He speaks only deceptions and wiles, He won't take alms from us, nor will He leave. Making sweet speeches, He entered our homes Īppar, the grand old Saint poet of Thevaram, describes His strange behavior toward the wives of rishis of the Tarukavanam (”pine grove”) in the following verse: This is how the first child prodigy (probably alluded to as Dravida Sisu by Adi Shankaracharya) of Thevaram, Thirugnanasambandar, addresses the Lord as mad and exemplifies His behavior variously in his native town of Sirkazhi ( Brahmapuram). Some call Him madman – He is our Lord of Brahmapuram.
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Oh wondrous sight! He tore its skin and wrap't it round They have fallen from the Path, those Buddhists, those erring Jainsīut the Divine One who came to earth and begged for alms They call Him beggar, they speak ill of Him This first Saivite hymn of Saint Poet Sundarar is probably the strangest devotion paid by the so-called vanthondan (”aggressive slave”) addressing the Lord Siva in the second person when the marriage of Sundarar arranged by his orthodox Brahmin relatives were obstructed, and he was prevented from entering the samsara bond by the Lord in the guise of an old eccentric man claiming that the saint and his family were his hereditary slaves according to the document executed by his grandfather. On the south banks of the Pennar You do abide. In the holy temple of Arul Turai in the heart of Vennai Nallur You are enshrined in my heart and in my mind! Sovereign Lord of grace abounding never more will I forget you Oh madman on whose locks rests the crescent moon
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It is suggested that these ideas could be utilized to destigmatize mental illness among the sufferers and their carers. Along with these writings, the background Puranic myths are mentioned. This has resulted in the outpouring of their love for their Lord in the form of Thevaram and Thiruvachakam of Sambandar, Appar, Sundarar, Karaikal Ammaiyar, and Manickavachakar. The eccentricities of Lord Shiva, especially His attire, behavior - particularly the midnight dance at the cremation grounds surrounded by various strange beings, fondness to remain naked, and love for strange pets such as snakes and fawn, have attracted the loving and devout attention from His various adiyargal (devotees). Ottilingam Somasundaram 1, Tejus Murthy 2ġ Department of Psychiatry, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 2 Department of Psychiatry, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, IndiaĬlick here for correspondence address and Siva - The mad lord: A Puranic perspective
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