![]() This decade contains ten songs beginning with the words, 'I am the servant of the servants of the servants of Tillai' These Tevarams were composed in Tillai and relate, in a very brief form, the lives of all the saints. ![]() ![]() It also forms part of the Saint's Tevarams. His work entitled Thiruthondar Purana Saram, is also based on the Thiruthonda Thokai of Nambiandar Nambi, Of the works in Tamil, the Thiruthonda Thokai of Sundaramurthy Swamigal is the first. Vanmikanathan, who has rendered the highlights of the original epic from Tamil into English with a racy running commentary, is an experienced literateur who ahs a number of other devotional works to his credit. To peruse their stories is to inhale the air of sanctity and blessedness. The trials and tribulations they cheerfully undergo and the incredible sacrifices they make for the Lord's sake take our breath away. Case and community, wealth and status do not count with them, even as they do not with the Lord. These Nayanmars are of both the sexes and of all ages, and range from tribal hunters to emperors of vast domains. Lord whom these Saiva-Siddhantins worshipped is not a sectarian deity but the Supreme Creator, preserver and destroyer of the universe, who comes in human form from time to time and 'plays' with these servitors when their devotion gets incandescent. Description About the Book: The Tamil Devotional Classic Peria Puranam or 'The Great Epic' by Sekkizhaar is the saga of the sixty three Nayanmars or servitors of the Lord, who not only lived for Him but adored Him in delightfully distinct ways.
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