Chapter 2
The beauty of Thirumālirunjolai - (அலம்பா வெருட்டாக்)
திருமாலிருஞ்சோலை-1
Two mountains make the southern land prosperous! These are the mountains where our Lord joyfully resides: Thiruvenkatam and Thirumaliruncholai Malai. In Thirumaliruncholai Malai, there flows a river called Silambaaru. Celestial maidens come there to bathe. Thirumaliruncholai is blessed with natural beauty and is abundant with elephants. This hymn praises + Read more
தென்னாட்டைச் சிறக்க வைப்பவை இரண்டு மலைகள்! எம்பெருமான் உவந்து எழுந்தருளி இருக்கும் மலைகள் இரண்டு மலைகள்! அவை திருவேங்கடம், திருமாலிருஞ்சோலைமலை. திருமாலிருஞ்சோலைமலையில் சிலம்பாறு என்று ஓராறு ஓடுகிறது. அங்கே தேவமாதர்கள் வந்து நீராடுவார்கள். திருமாலிருஞ்சோலை இயற்கை எழிலைக் கொண்டது; யானைகள் + Read more
Verses: 338 to 348
Grammar: Kalinilaiththuṟai / கலிநிலைத்துறை
Recital benefits: Will reach the ankled lotus feet of dark ocean hued Lord Krishna
- Verse 1:
338. The mountain of him, the king, the light of the family of the cowherds who destroyed the clan of the Rakshasās when they wandered about and scared and afflicted people, is the southern Thirumālirunjolai where divine Apsarases come and wander as their anklets jingle and where the river Silambāru flows. - Verse 2:
339. The mountain of the divine god who cut off the thousand arms of his strong enemy Bānasuran, the ten heads of Rāvanan who carried a strong sword, and his sister Surpanakha’s nose is the lovely southern Thirumālirunjolai, whose fame is spread in all places and has remained and will remain for many ages. - Verse 3:
340. The golden mountain of the glorious lord who leads the noble, the great and the evil on the right paths is cool Thirumālirunjolai that will change the lives of the devotees who go there always and worship him. - Verse 4:
341. The mountain of the god who carried Govardhanā mountain (Madhura) to save the cows and the family of the cowherds when Indra, the king of the gods, tried to destroy their festival with a storm is the southern Thirumālirunjolai where a river of honey flows just like the river that flows in the Karpaga garden blooming with lovely flowers. - Verse 5:
342. The mountain of the lord who saved Gajendra when a crocodile caught him in a pond, and destroyed Kamsan, strong as an elephant, is fertile Thirumālirunjolai where the strong male elephant searched for his mate that was angry and had left him, and when he could not find her, he promised on the dark ocean-colored god that he would behave when she returned. - Verse 6:
343. The mountain of the clever god with lovely arms smeared with sandal paste who killed the wrestlers sent by his uncle Kamsan to oppose him is southern Thirumālirunjolai where the gods and the good sages worship him, saying that he is their refuge. - Verse 7:
344. The mountain of the lord who gave water to the horses and caused a flood and drove the chariot in the battle for his brothers-in-law to help them conquer the Kauravās is southern Thirumālirunjolai, praised by the Pandiyan king Nedumaran with a sharp spear and bent bow of Kudal city in the south. - Verse 8:
345. The golden mountain of the precious god who if enemy kings do not approach him, destroys their countries and makes them walk on small paths in cruel forests is southern Thirumālirunjolai where at dawn thousands of bees with six legs and stripes on their bodies sing his thousand names. - Verse 9:
346. The mountain of the dear one where Bhudams offer copious food with red blood and give sacrifices in the evening and worship the god is southern Thirumālirunjolai where the velvet mites whose bodies are red like the sweet lips of our god fly around in groves where honey drips, - Verse 10:
347. The mountain of the faultless god who stays in majesty surrounded by his many beautiful queens shining in all the eight directions is southern Thirumālirunjolai where village cows play with their bulls and in the evening go back and think of the happiness that they enjoyed together. - Verse 11:
348. Vishnuchithan of Villiputhur, always the devotee of the dark ocean-colored god, composed pāsurams about the beautiful Thirumālirunjolai hills surrounded with fields and groves. Those who recite his pāsurams and worship the god will reach Kannan’s ankleted feet.