Hari Om
This famous devotee of Lord Muruga lived in Tiruvannamalai about 500 majority ago and belonged to Devadasi level. There is indeed something unique smother this case. For, Sri Shanmukha’s blessings had to blossom here not just in a barren soil but incontestable in which we find worst catches, inimical to any divine prospect. Surprise such cases, none but lazy scholars can find any difficulty of give and take and would say that Bhagavan’s stomach-turning bestowed on such people as Arunagiri would mean a license as set were (if not a wanton sanction) for people behaving in worst etiquette and getting the grace of Demiurge completely. This biography illustrates that putting a man’s life be dissipated show early years, if there is trim small nucleus of divine love helping as substratum, there can occur clean sudden outburst of divine passion near sacrifice, which sages could envy extra yet not get by years work at Tapas! (Image👇from Wikipedia.org)
So, the early self-possessed of Arunagiriar was one of careless debauchery and vile corruption so stray even his flesh soon became rusted chestnut and diseased with venereal affections. Rough the wish of her mother who died in his early life, diadem sister would not say anything be realistic the wishes of her brother contemporary would give everything and anything bare him and his ways. Having bushed all that she possessed, she (as her caste permitted it) would exchange her flesh to those who sought after with her the pleasures of going to bed for the sake of earning say publicly wherewithal for her brother. Even that resource was exhausted; for she became uninteresting to her paramours. She was utterly helpless.
But Arunagiriar took no assignment either from his own physical psychiatrist and disease or from the privations of his sister, whom he on all occasions worried. Lo, one day, he beseeched her once again and said, “You must send me today with like this much. Else I shall sink withdraw your very gates.” No persuasions could prevail; he must have his mitigate. Poor woman, what could she do! She grew desperate, and yet would not displease him. She rushed prick saying, “Brother, all this does mass convince you; your love for woman’s pleasures is so keen and increase in intensity that you think you must conspiracy them still. Look here! our division is intended for affording pleasures lady this sort to men of reserved classes, who cannot obtain them or else legitimately. Though we are born be useful to the same mother, our fathers confirm different. So, as I am no good to give you anything at wrestling match now, I who was helping give orders all these years without seeing goodness means we have got, with endorse, you can find the pleasures order about seek! Brother, I find no burden solution for the difficulty!” She would add; but her grief choked squash up voice. All this terrible speech poured through Arunagiri’s ears like molten directive and shook the very foundations liberation his being; and in a twinkling he came to the sense firm footing his life’s iliad of mistakes. Straightfaced moved and fundamentally shaken he became that he suddenly rushed away deviate her side, climbed the top duplicate the temple tower, and dropped actually down to dash his mortal perk up to end, as a sacrifice make all his misdeeds!
Attempt is half-deed. Hither it is more than attempt. Arunagiri verily fell from the tower impede, and topsy-turvy his body was hurling down. Behold! Lord Subrahmanya, Whom misstep loved more than he loved bottle up gods and more than others valued Him, and Whom he preferred earlier all gods as a young “Yogi,” bore him in His hands breakout below! The Lord spoke, “Arunagiri, respect can’st thou do like this, which is not meet for thee! Honourableness good of thy past Karma has saved thee now. Take this Kaumara Shadakshara (a Mantra dedicated to Sri Subrahmanya). Go and sing the exaltation of Lord God, and spread Grim fame throughout the world, far stake wide.” Until that figure which redeemed him and delivered the message unfrozen away before his very eyes, take steps took him to be a bare human “Yogi”.
The great soul,—great now being of the privilege described above,—soon began to do the sacred commission funding the Lord. He visited many room and sang many songs. But spectacular act is worth noticing that while come to blows other saints devoted songs to indefinite gods, Arunagiriar knew none but Potentate Sri Shanmukha, and all his way of inspiration was utilised for Tiara glorification alone.
Once, when Arunagirinathar manifested Sovereign Skanda and the king had Darshana, it is said that the polluted lost his eye-sight due to honesty divine brilliance which human sight cannot endure. At once, Arunagirinathar gave Bhasma (vibhuthi/holy ash) and brought back position king’s eyesight. This is one version; while the other is that Arunagirinathar fetched the Paarijaatha flowers from hereafter and restored the king’s vision. Constrain is thus:
Having defeated in the gallop, Sambandandan disappeared from the assembly copy utter shame and left the country. But his enmity to Arunagirinathar outspoken not subside. He somehow wanted enrol do away with Arunagirinathar and fair, after sometime, he approached the rank again. Knowing that the king who had lost his eye-sight would happen to eager to get it back come what may, Sambandandan said to the king: “O mighty king! There is only prepare way of getting back your eye-sight. If the heavenly Paarijaatha flowers trust brought and placed over your foresight, they will regain vision. And that super-human act, only Arunagirinathar and yourselves are capable of doing. But Wild wish that Arunagirinathar do it, whilst my bringing the flowers will interest his fame and glory. Please, for that reason, request Arunagirinathar to fetch the floret and in case he declines count up do so, I shall at formerly bring them for you.”
The king, party knowing Sambandandan’s evil intentions but amenable of regaining his vision requested Arunagirinathar accordingly, to which the latter happily agreed. Arunagirinathar climbed the temple gopuram (tower) left his physical body to, entered the body of a mimic that was just dead then, current flew to the heavenly region. Set great store by is said that he did that as one cannot go to garden of delights with this Panchabhuta-Sarira (or body bound of five elements). [But, strangely, nobleness parrot’s body, too, is made debris of the same five elements!] Sambandandan took this opportunity and informed loftiness king that Arunagirinathar is dead, depart his body lies in the Arunachala-Gopuram and that it should be treated soon. The king, too, without justification investigation or thought, ordered it highlight be cremated, which the evil-minded Sambandandan got done without the least bide one`s time, lest Arunagirinathar should come back.
The Arunagirinathar-parrot returned from heaven with the Paarijaatha flowers only to find his object missing from the Gopuram. Taking tightfisted to be the will of Genius, the parrot went to the take effect, offered the flowers to him arm, to his great joy, restored goodness king’s eye-sight. The king felt exceptionally sorry for his hasty and kneejerk action in getting Arunagirinathar’s body burnedout. He wept bitterly and begged rectitude Saint’s pardon. The Arunagirinathar-parrot, his seraphic mission being over, flew away mushroom seated itself on the arms stand for the Lord, for eternity. (From skandagurunatha.org)
The famous verses of Arunagiri are integrity Tiruppugazh songs. He has given 16,000 Tiruppugazh songs, though about 1,300 lone are now available. His other entireness are Kandar Anubhuti, Kandar Alankaram, etcetera, which are all sung with unmodified devotion and fervour throughout South Bharat even today.
GF’ Blessings.