Lord Murugan Subramanya
Vel is the divine weapon given to Lord Muruga by his mother Ma Shakthi Devi, to help him in order to kill the demon called as Sura Padma. Vel would put an end to our worries, Vallimalai Schidananda swamigal has written a great poem called as Vel Maral, by following the footsteps of his Guru Sri Arunagirinathar.
Some of the verses from the wonderful poem Vel Maral are as follows:
The great Lord Muruga who seems to be born in Thiruthani and showering his grace to his devotees, who is the strong man in my heart,
Oh, Vel of that God who rides on peacock in my heart.
That girl of Huntress Valli, with thick breasts, thin hips,
Laugh with white teeth, black hair, red cheeks,
The Vel is equal to her eyes.
To those who chanted, Thirupugazh, which is as delicious as drinking the divine nectar from the heaven!
The vel would cut off the evil ones, and establish the Dharma.
When the arrogant god of death attacked Lord Shiva,
Wearing Erukku leaf, crescent on his head, and
The vel is equal to the arms of the angry god
With hanging trunk like the palm tree, with decorative shield on its face,
The water in its two sides of forehead bursting, having white colour,
Is the elephant Iravatha and the legs of God Indra who rides on it,
Were tied by Soora Padma and the vel knocked away the nail of the chaion tying it.
In the battle field when the angry asuras attacked,
The cut off heads by the Vel laughed, ironically,
Grinding their teeth and dashed with each other
If anyone thinks of harming the devotees who are praying,
The Vel would completely destroy their clan,
And would be a help for me.
The vel in the hands of the lord, when,
The lord bends his hand invites the devotes to eat,
Has a bend showing the sign, the Vel getting melted for the poem of a Tamil Poet
Went and smashed the gave where the great poets,
Were kept in prison and showed them the way
The wings of the mountains of directions cut by indra,
Appeared to have regenerated their wings AGAIN,
And the Vel cuts those wings so that can never fly
The sun with its hot rays, the moon with its cool midnight,
And the vadavamukhagni which controls the ocean,
From destroying the world also controls itself by the vel
Vel in my companion when I walk alone,
On my left right, back as well as front,
Standing close to me during, day and night, says the lord
The vel will stop the ghosts getting hungry and cry,
Because of that, by feeding them the,
Blood soaked flesh of asuras
The Vel would break the sea with waves, close all sides,
Drink all the water from it, after closing all breaks,
And fill it up with the blood of the asuras
The Vel would remove the obstacles to Devas,
Great sages, Indra, Brahma, Lord Vishnu,
And also, to all human beings.
Vel with joy wears on its crown, the red garland,
Of the very fat intestines of the stout Asuras,
Who are rushing on it in the battle field.
The vel will stop the ghosts getting hungry and cry,
Because of that, by feeding them the,
Blood soaked flesh of asuras
The Vel would break the sea with waves, close all sides,
Drink all the water from it, after closing all breaks,
And fill it up with the blood of the asuras
“OM SRI VETRI VELAVANUKKU AROHARA”
COMPILED BY
R. HARISHANKAR