MALIGAPPURATHTHAMMA

Maaliga-ppurathamma

Mahishi and Ayyappa were husband and wife in the previous birth, which means it is the same Consciousness that is behind the creation.  Leela (Mahishi) was cursed to become Mahishi, and later recovered to her original form by Ayyappa. The new name of Mahishi or Leela is Maaliga-purathamma. Ayyappa told her he would marry her when no “New” devotees’s meet him.

What does this new devotees mean and when would they stop coming? Only when no more births occur would new devotees cease to come. Or when the number of people with less desires increase, so would the numbers decline. Presence of new devotees coming is indicated by Saram (arrow) in the Saramkuthu-kaavu. Every new-comer is addressed as kanni-swami.

What does this mean? Only when we liberate our minds from the negative tendencies, which like Ayyappa killing the demons in us, we will be able to transcend from Maaliga-purathamma  state. Still we would not get into Moksha state, until we are sure that no more thoughts (arrows) arise. This is when Ayyappa weds Maaliga-purathamma. This is when our Awareness weds to Consciousness and attains Moksha. In other words when all prarabda karma and sanchita karma is exhausted, there is liberation, we merge with the supreme consicousness, the marriage of Ayyappa and Maaliga-purathamma.

Each time when we go to Sabarimala we have to watch in our minds whether new “Sarams” (arrows) of thoughts (desires) arise. When the thoughts of “needs” supercede thoughts of “wants” we would experience the Marriage of Ayyappa with Maaliga. Without understanding the concept it is a pity for people to think that women’s presence would disturb the Brahmachari Ayyappa. Then poor Ayyappa would fall even lower to the caliber of an ordinary human being with no self –control. Ayyappa is the one who has self-mastered.