27. THE PARA DESI TEACHER. During the reign of Kulothunga Paandiyan, a man and his wife moved in and settled in Madhuraapuri. He was a teacher of sword fight and fencing. His wife was a good woman.
He opened a training center and taught the young men fencing. He was a great devotee of Lord Siva and used to visit his temple regularly. Chithan was one of his students. At one stage he started feeling superior even to his own guru. He established another training center in front of his guru's. Many of the guru’s students migrated to Chithan’s school-since he was younger and stronger than the guru. He gave a lot of problems to the guru. He eyed his guru’s wife with lust and pestered her to accept him. She got frightened and worried by his bold advances and prayed to Lord Siva to protect her and her husband. They were paradesis in Madhuraapuri and there was no one but the Lord to protect them. DISMEMBERMENT. Siva took the form of the guru.He told Chithan that they both should engage in a bout of fencing to find out who was superior. Chithan was very happy that he could easily get rid of this man, once for all. He wore his armor and got ready for the duel. The guru also donned his armor and came with his students. They fought outside the city limits. They clashed like two angry lions and flew at each other like two large garudas. Both were well versed and well matched. The fight went on for 20 Naazhigai (8 hours). Guru established his supremacy over Chithan. He started scolding Chithan and dismembering his limbs. “You Chithan desired the wife of your guru-even though she is like a mother to you! You will get your punishment now. You eyed her with lust. I am plucking your eyes. You spoke sinful words. Off comes your tongue. You pulled her hands. Your own hands have been cut off now. You plotted against your guru. I will tear open your heart.” The guru cut off all the limbs of Chithan, killed him and disappeared. The students went looking for him and saw him returning from his visit to the temple.They congratulated him. The guru could not make head or tail of it. When he came home his wife revealed the true nature of Chithan. Her version agreed with the version of the students. So it was Lord Siva who had come to punish the Chithan. The king was overwhelmed to hear the incident. He praised Siva as the “Protector of Para Desi”. The king honored the guru and his wife by making them take a procession on an elephant back through the city. <http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/> *வாழிய செந்தமிழ்! வாழ்க நற்றமிழர்!* *வாழிய பாரதமணித் திருநாடு!* * V A N A K K A M S U B B U * [image: Jonah] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
