2398. Shivā the lord of true tapas
taught the path of dharma
under the shadow of banyan tree
to the four Nāyanmārs in the last yuga.
He truly worshiped Thirumāl who measured the world,
rests on Adisesha on the ocean,
and rested on a banyan leaf as a baby at end of the eon.
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