KINGDOM OF SITHTHARS

The ancient Tamilians were using five different gayathri mantras. They say that anyone can use these mantras. I am sharing the gayathri mantra stated by Karuvoorar here.

"ஓம் பூர்வ பலன்கள் சுவை ஆகுக!

om poorva palankal suvai aaguka!

தத்துவ வித்துக்கள் அரணாகுக!

thaththuva viththukkal aranaaguka!

பாரின்கோ தேவர்கள் வசிக்கும் தீ மகிழட்டும்!

paarinko thevarkal vasikkum thee magizattum!

தீயே யோகப் பரஞ்சோதி ஆகட்டும்!

theeyae yogap paranjothi aagattum!"

Anybody would realize that this gayathri mantra sounds similar to the gayathri mantra that we have got in practice right now. Its greatness is explained by Kakapusundar in the following way.

 "மவுனமே இப்படித்தான் செய்யும் பொய்யோ

mavunamae ippadith thaan seyyum poyyoa

வாய்க்குமல்லோ காயந்திரி வலுவே செய்யும்

vaaykkumalloa kaayanthiri valuvae seyyum

கெவுனமே மேல்கிளப்பும் தொழிலே தானே

kevunamae maelkilappum thozilae thaanae

கேசரத்தில் ஏற்றி வைக்கும் சித்தி தானும்

kaesaraththil eatri vaikkum siththi thaanum 

மவுனமேயென்று சொன்னார் முன்னோரெல்லாம்

mavunamaeyenru sonnaar munnoarellaam

வந்தவர்கள் கண்டு கொண்ட வகையிதாமே

vanthavarkal kandu konda vagaiyithaamae

ரவிதனை மறவாமல் நோக்கி நோக்கி

ravithanai mmaravaamal noakki noakki

காயத்ரி செபஞ்செய்து இருந்து பாரே

kaayathri sebanjeythu irunthu paarae"

- காகபுசுண்டர் (Kaakapusandar)

We shall see how we could get beneficent by using this gayathri mantra.

This mantra has to be chanted by facing the sun. Early in the morning even before the sun rises, by sitting in the pose of padmasanam with pure mind it has to be chanted 108 times. Both body and lips should not move, concentrate your mind and keep chanting.

If we say this maha mantra on every morning and evening regularly the soul gets stable, devotion, service, yoga, meditation and samadhi all these five could be attained. This gives the best result if it is been chanted on morning and evening continuously. This maha mantra could give the best results at any state says Siththars.

We shall realize its importance, grow ourselves and uplift others too.

I shall catch up in the next post with another information.

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I am writing this post with a bit of hesitation only. All these opinions involves controversies or arguments. Hence take the synopsis of this post as an information only. If there is any mistake please point it out to me, so that I can rectify it. I am ready to ask excuse for it also.

For the ancient Tamilians, there is no religion and caste differences. All of them worshipped the nature. Language is enriched, arts were shining, tricks were greatest. Men and women were treated equally. In ancient days, this was the real culture of Tamilians.

           

In the southern side of the vindhya mountains, aryas and kalapirars after they started eshtablishing themselves, they started to influence over our culture and spread their culture on ours. Our today’s culture is the influence of both those cultures only.

Also there is a controversial opinion that after realizing the importance and greatness of the Tamil, they eshtablished an equivalent language Sanskrit (Samaskirutham). Sama refers to equivalent and kirutham refers to language.

The aryas has acquired this equivalent language as their own language with their own defined set of values, beliefs, gods or representatives of god, customs, ways of worshipping, level of sin and merit. They influenced it or spread it back on to the Tamilians.

To be even more particular, in the eighth page of the Parithimaar kalaignar’s “Tamil mozhiyin varalaaru (A history of Tamil language)” book, the following lines are given.

“Even before the Tamilians realize, most of the rare things were translated into their language and as if it was something of their own and influenced Tamilians as if it has come from the people of northern language."

Those who need further information on this can read the books of Pulavar Arivudai Nambi, Silambu Naa. Selvaraasu and Avram Noam Chomsky, linguistic scholar. On the internet also you can find the information related to it. The idea of this post is not to discuss about it.

One such thing that has been translated from Tamil is gayatri mantra. Kaayam = body, thiri = life, mantra = protection. Hence gayatri mantra means protecting body as well as life. The translated version or equivalent one is gayatri mantra prevailing at present. Since ages it has been preached through guru only. This is the reason why it has not been known to most of them.

We shall see the way of using gayatri mantra in the next post.

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Mostly all of must be aware of this gayatri mantra. But this post is not about it, please read the title once again.

         

When we keep on repeating the same words or letters in a particular sequence continuously for many number of times then it turns into a power and protects the body and life of the one who chants it. This is the fundamental criteria of mantras.    

Out of such mantras gayatri mantra is the superior one. The one who chants it will attain all good only. Also no bad things will come to them is the belief.

It is also told that those who chants the gayathri mantra, they will be relieved from all the sins they did through mind, speech and body and they will attain the supreme being. As it lead us to reach the most higher state of wisdom i.e., reaching the supreme being (Brahmam), this gayatri mantra is called as ‘Brahmopadhesam'.

Another example to quote about the greatness of the gayatri manta is that the situation in Bagavat Gita where Lord Krishna has told the following:“In Vedas, I am living as the gayathri”.

Such a great gayatri mantra has been given to the world by Saint Viswamitra. He is the one with a great fame. In Gayatri mantra, kaayam (Gaya) refers to body, thiri (tri) refers to the tip of a lamp which means he has attained a body that brightly looks like a lamp. Due to the gayatri mantra and by worshipping of the Lordess Gayatri, mother of Vedas, Viswamitra attained all the theurgies and got the title as Brahmarishi. This is the gayatri mantra told by Viswamitra and it is told in Sanskrit.

"ஓம் பூர்: புவ: ஸுவ:

om poor: buva: suva:

தத் ஸவிதுர் வரேண்யம்

thath savithur varaenyam

பர்கோ தேவஸ்ய தீமஹி

pargo devasya theemahi

தியோ: யோந: ப்ரசோதயாத்

thiyo: yoana: prasoathayaath"

 Thirumoolar has told about this gayatri mantra in Tamil.

"காயத்திரியே கருது சாவித்திரி

kaayaththiriyae karuthu saaviththiri

ஆய்தற்க்குவப்பவர் மந்திரமாங்குன்னி

aaitharkuvappavar manthiramaangunni

நேயத்தேர்ரேறி நினைவுற்று நேயத்தாய்

naeyaththaerraeri ninaivutru naeyaththaai

மாயத்துள் தோயா மறையோர்கள் தாமே!

maayaththul thoayaa maraiyoarkal thaamae!"

- திருமூலர் (Thirumoolar)

Here begins the controversy. Almost all the Siththars have told all the mantras in Tamil. If that is the case, the gayatri mantra told by Thirumoolar is the one told in sanskrit? Did Siththars define a different gayatri mantra for themselves? For further details wait till the next post.

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