Lord Murukan's Victorious Rooster Flag

Lord Murukan's victorious flag is adorned with the symbolic-figure of rooster [சேவற்கோழி] and, as such, the Lord is praised as 'the bearer of the rooster-flag': "கோழிக்கொடியான்" [20] and as 'one who has in his sacred hand the rooster-flag': "சேவற்கைக்கோளன்" [91].

The rooster is described as 'a brightly-crested-bird that uses its leg as a weapon': "சுடர்க்குடுமி காலாயுதன்" [86].

It is mentioned in verse 12 that when the rooster came to the lance-bearing-Lord, the mighty bird was humbled by the Lord, and henceforth it became a devotee as well as an emblem on the flag proclaiming the Lord's victory. When the rooster beat its wings forcefully, the sea was torn asunder, the roofs of the universe shook and dropped, the clusters of the stars in the sky were destabilized, and the hills in-between and the great Mahaameru-mountain were battered and pulverized:

படைபட்ட வேலவன்பால்வந்த வாகைப்பதாகை என்னும்
தடைபட்ட சேவல் சிறகடிக்கொள்ளச் சலதி கிழிந்து
உடைபட்டது அண்டகடாகம் உதிர்ந்தது உடுபடலம்
இடைப்பட்ட குன்றமும் மாமேரு வெற்பும் இடிபட்டவே.

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