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101 by him and referred to the colic pain and said that it was unbearable. After he had finished singing this padigam, his pain disappeared and the voice of God was heard giving him a new name “Thirunavukkarasar (905/5majássrāfī) meaning the ‘king of Speech” and that His glory would spread everywhere. Lord siva's grace restored his faith in Saivism. He lived in him repeating the Panchaakshara Manthra, “Namasivaaya” The Jain-teachers were angry at the turn of events. They would not permit Thirunavukkarasar to go out of their fold so easily. They concocted a story to show him up as a traitor to the King and the royal religion, Jainism. The King orderd his Ministers to bring Thirunavukkarasar to his court. The Jains begged him to come with them and present himself before the King. Thirunavukkarasar sang “Naamaarkkum Kudiyallom” (5rrLorrifáigub Guq-uudi Gavrrib) Imeaning that he was no longer a subject of the King and that he did not fear death, as long as he was under His protection. Out of supreme compassion and to establish the supremacy of Saivism, Thirunavukkarasar accompanied them. The very sight enraged the King and he asked the Jain, heads to decide upon the proper punishment to be meeted out to him. They suggested that he might be thrown into a burning lime kiln. Accordingly he was put in a kiln for seven days. He remained there fixing his mind on the Lord and sang the Padigam “Maasil Veennaiyum (ldrrâqi af&wujlb) and kept chanting His name. The fumes of the kiln did not harm the Saint. They were like the evening moon, the fanning breeze from the south, the tune from a harp and the pond that was beset by the honey-bees. At the end of seven di:ys the Jains, to their surprise, found Thirunavukkarasar alive and absorbed in deep meditation. The Jains advised the King to poison him. Again by the grace of Lord Siva, the poison was transformed into nectar. To get rid of Thirunavukkarasar, the Jains advised the King to –7–