1207. Kaliyan, the fighter with a shining spear in his hands,
composed ten Tamil pāsurams on Nedumal,
who bears a shining, oil-smeared discus and stays in Vayalāli (Thiruvāli)
where dark kohl-like kuvalai flowers bloom in the fields.
If devotees learn and recite these ten pāsurams,
they will not experience the results of their bad karmā.
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(The words may be rearranged to facilitate conversion from poetry to prose (Aṉvayam). Please read the meanings (in black) continuously to form the sentence and understand the simplified meaning based on the Divyārtha Dīpikai for the verse.)
This sacred decade of ten pāśurams was mercifully composed and spoken by Tirumaṅgai Āzhvār, who wields a radiant spear (vēl) in his hand, having come face-to-face with the Supreme Lord. He offers these verses in praise of Sarvēśvaran, Sriman Nārāyaṇa, who holds the brilliantly effulgent Sudharśana Cakra in His divine hand. The Lord revealed Himself in the sacred