Post by Amritha Varshini on Jul 28, 2013 12:51:14 GMT 5.5
“Pillayar Suzhi” – The great Swirl
I am commencing the Amritha Varshini forum by writing about “Pillayar Suzhi”. The natives of Tamil people whenever they start writing will first write “Pillayar Suzhi”. In Tamilnadu Lord Ganapathi is fondly called as “Pillayar” being the “Pillai” first son of Lord Shiva and Parvathi. “Suzhi” in Tamil means “Whirl” or “Swivel”. The activity need not be so great for e.g. even before writing a postcard or making the list of provisions to be purchased people first write the “Pillayar Suzhi” and then only proceed to write their main list. Not only for writing but for any commencing any activity we need the blessings of Maha Ganapathi to complete the activity without any hindrance or obstacles. The writing of ‘Pillayar Suzhi’ is a “written proof” for this. If you see the “Pillayar Suzhi” it starts with zero. The activity which are written subsequently should not end in a Suzhi i.e. Zero and hence the practice of writing the Pillayar Suzhi first. There are people who write “OM” which in Grantha or Tamil one has to first start with the same ‘suzhi’. The ‘OM’ is the “Pranava Mantra” and Pillayar is also in the form of “Pranava Swaroopam”. The “Suzhi” is also represents the circle. The earth and all other planets are in the form of a circle and the universe and the galaxies also rotate like a swirl or ‘Suzhi’. Thus Suzhi represents higher truth. The ‘Pillayar Suzhi’ which starts with a circle finally ends in a straight line. Thus both the ‘Vakram’ (curve) and ‘Arjavam’ (straight) is present in the ‘Pillayar Suzhi’.
The letter ‘U’ is the second letter in the Pranava. The letters ‘A, U and M’ combine together to form the Pranavam OM. The syllable ‘A’ represents ‘Shrishti’ (Creation), ‘U’ represents ‘Sthithi’ or ‘Paripalanam’ (Maintenance) and ‘M’ represents ‘Samharam’ (Destruction). The Lords Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva represent the activities of Creation, Maintenance and Destruction respectively. Thus the letter ‘U’ if written in Tamil takes the form of ‘Pillayar Suzhi’. Thus Pillayar the ‘karuna murthy’ always engage in ‘Paripalanam’ or ‘Maintenance’ of his devotees. Since Vishnu also represents the activity of maintenance there is an inherent link of Pillayar with Vaishnavam. While invoking Ganapathi the sloka “Suklam Baratharam Vishnum” is recited. Here the word ‘Vishnum’ represents ‘omnipresence’. Anything which rotates in circular there will be an axis which represents the force behind the rotation. Thus the axis is the base on which everything rotates. Likewise for this Universe wherein all the planets and galaxies which are rotating circularly there is an axis. The axis takes the form of a straight line in a rotation similarly the ‘Pillayar Suzhi’ first start with a ‘Suzhi’ or ‘Swirl’ but finally ends in a straight line. We can also relate the ‘Suzhi’ to Brahman and the straight line to ‘Prapancham’ or ‘Universe’.
The ancient tamil poet ‘Avvayar’ quotes in one of her poem ‘Kodayuthathaal Kodu Vinai Kalainthe’. The word ‘Kodu’ represents the ‘tusk’ and ‘Kodu Vinai’ is the ‘Prarabtha Karma’ thus even the ‘Prarabtha Karma’ is made to Swirl by the Swirl of Pillayar which is the ‘Pillayar Suzhi’. Let us worship ‘Ganapathi’ or ‘Pillayar’ simply by writing the ‘Pillayar Suzhi’ so that all our ‘prarabtha karma’ i.e. karmas accumulate over previous births are simply viped by the divine mercy of ‘Pillayar’.
I am commencing the Amritha Varshini forum by writing about “Pillayar Suzhi”. The natives of Tamil people whenever they start writing will first write “Pillayar Suzhi”. In Tamilnadu Lord Ganapathi is fondly called as “Pillayar” being the “Pillai” first son of Lord Shiva and Parvathi. “Suzhi” in Tamil means “Whirl” or “Swivel”. The activity need not be so great for e.g. even before writing a postcard or making the list of provisions to be purchased people first write the “Pillayar Suzhi” and then only proceed to write their main list. Not only for writing but for any commencing any activity we need the blessings of Maha Ganapathi to complete the activity without any hindrance or obstacles. The writing of ‘Pillayar Suzhi’ is a “written proof” for this. If you see the “Pillayar Suzhi” it starts with zero. The activity which are written subsequently should not end in a Suzhi i.e. Zero and hence the practice of writing the Pillayar Suzhi first. There are people who write “OM” which in Grantha or Tamil one has to first start with the same ‘suzhi’. The ‘OM’ is the “Pranava Mantra” and Pillayar is also in the form of “Pranava Swaroopam”. The “Suzhi” is also represents the circle. The earth and all other planets are in the form of a circle and the universe and the galaxies also rotate like a swirl or ‘Suzhi’. Thus Suzhi represents higher truth. The ‘Pillayar Suzhi’ which starts with a circle finally ends in a straight line. Thus both the ‘Vakram’ (curve) and ‘Arjavam’ (straight) is present in the ‘Pillayar Suzhi’.
The letter ‘U’ is the second letter in the Pranava. The letters ‘A, U and M’ combine together to form the Pranavam OM. The syllable ‘A’ represents ‘Shrishti’ (Creation), ‘U’ represents ‘Sthithi’ or ‘Paripalanam’ (Maintenance) and ‘M’ represents ‘Samharam’ (Destruction). The Lords Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva represent the activities of Creation, Maintenance and Destruction respectively. Thus the letter ‘U’ if written in Tamil takes the form of ‘Pillayar Suzhi’. Thus Pillayar the ‘karuna murthy’ always engage in ‘Paripalanam’ or ‘Maintenance’ of his devotees. Since Vishnu also represents the activity of maintenance there is an inherent link of Pillayar with Vaishnavam. While invoking Ganapathi the sloka “Suklam Baratharam Vishnum” is recited. Here the word ‘Vishnum’ represents ‘omnipresence’. Anything which rotates in circular there will be an axis which represents the force behind the rotation. Thus the axis is the base on which everything rotates. Likewise for this Universe wherein all the planets and galaxies which are rotating circularly there is an axis. The axis takes the form of a straight line in a rotation similarly the ‘Pillayar Suzhi’ first start with a ‘Suzhi’ or ‘Swirl’ but finally ends in a straight line. We can also relate the ‘Suzhi’ to Brahman and the straight line to ‘Prapancham’ or ‘Universe’.
The ancient tamil poet ‘Avvayar’ quotes in one of her poem ‘Kodayuthathaal Kodu Vinai Kalainthe’. The word ‘Kodu’ represents the ‘tusk’ and ‘Kodu Vinai’ is the ‘Prarabtha Karma’ thus even the ‘Prarabtha Karma’ is made to Swirl by the Swirl of Pillayar which is the ‘Pillayar Suzhi’. Let us worship ‘Ganapathi’ or ‘Pillayar’ simply by writing the ‘Pillayar Suzhi’ so that all our ‘prarabtha karma’ i.e. karmas accumulate over previous births are simply viped by the divine mercy of ‘Pillayar’.
