Manickam is the name given to Thiruvadhavurar.His parents' were great Shiva Bakthas.He got the name Manickam from Lord Shiva Himself in the Thiruperundhurai khsetram .He served Arimardhana Pandiyan as a defence minister ,who was the King ruling from Madurai.He was entrusted with the job getting horses for the cavalry of the Pandiya King but used the money for building ShivaTemple in Thiru perundhurai.This deed of Him is said to be at the orders of Lord Shiva who wanted to play with Him and the King who was also a devout Shiva worshipper.The King got upset and puts Maickam in prison for the dereliction of duty.
There was famine during this time and the river Vaigai was dry.The King prays to Lord Sundaresa for bestowing the kingdom with rains and suddenly there was flood in Vaigai .It was such a terrific flood the river began overflowing the banks.In order to prevent flooding the city the King orders building bunds and each house hold to send a person -able bodied man -for the same.One Vandhi who has no such person finds a youth who agrees to work for her when she offers him puttu as wages as she is eking out her living by selling this eatable.But the youth simply sleeps without doing the job.The King when informed of this becomes angry and wakes up this lad with flinging a cane on the youth's back.This causes pain on all the peoples'back including the King.King then realises that it was Lord Shiva Himself has thus played with him.In the meanwhile there appears a knight with a number of sturdy horses pronouncing the name of Manickam and acclaiming that these were sent to the King on hid advice.King was aghast that when the minister is under custody horses have arrived in his name!He inspected the horses and was very much satisfied.He ordered release of the minister .This was just before midnight.When midnight passed the King awoke to the complaint that there were foxes in the place of horses.
And they were released from the stables.The King could not understand all these succession of events and he approached the Sivachariar of the Sri Meenakshi temple who explained to the King the sequence of events like this.Sri Maickam was a athma yogi.If He is given punishment Ganges will flow getting angry when an athma yogi is punished even inadvertantly.As the King prayed for waters in Vaigai,this episode of Horses becoming foxes was enacted by the Lord Shiva in answer to His devotee's [King's]prayer for rains.
The King got punishment so also the people by way of cane charge for the imprisoning of a devotee of Lord Sundaresa.
From Shivapuranam lecture by Sri Rajasekar Shivachariar in Sankara tv [6,7/08/18]
There was famine during this time and the river Vaigai was dry.The King prays to Lord Sundaresa for bestowing the kingdom with rains and suddenly there was flood in Vaigai .It was such a terrific flood the river began overflowing the banks.In order to prevent flooding the city the King orders building bunds and each house hold to send a person -able bodied man -for the same.One Vandhi who has no such person finds a youth who agrees to work for her when she offers him puttu as wages as she is eking out her living by selling this eatable.But the youth simply sleeps without doing the job.The King when informed of this becomes angry and wakes up this lad with flinging a cane on the youth's back.This causes pain on all the peoples'back including the King.King then realises that it was Lord Shiva Himself has thus played with him.In the meanwhile there appears a knight with a number of sturdy horses pronouncing the name of Manickam and acclaiming that these were sent to the King on hid advice.King was aghast that when the minister is under custody horses have arrived in his name!He inspected the horses and was very much satisfied.He ordered release of the minister .This was just before midnight.When midnight passed the King awoke to the complaint that there were foxes in the place of horses.
And they were released from the stables.The King could not understand all these succession of events and he approached the Sivachariar of the Sri Meenakshi temple who explained to the King the sequence of events like this.Sri Maickam was a athma yogi.If He is given punishment Ganges will flow getting angry when an athma yogi is punished even inadvertantly.As the King prayed for waters in Vaigai,this episode of Horses becoming foxes was enacted by the Lord Shiva in answer to His devotee's [King's]prayer for rains.
The King got punishment so also the people by way of cane charge for the imprisoning of a devotee of Lord Sundaresa.
From Shivapuranam lecture by Sri Rajasekar Shivachariar in Sankara tv [6,7/08/18]
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