Chapter 1
Thirunāngur Thiruthevanārthohai - (போது அலர்ந்த)
திருநாங்கூர்த் திருத்தேவனார்தொகை
Since the Devas gathered here to worship Sriman Narayana, this place is named Thiruthevanaar Thogai. It is also known as Keezhasaalai. This village is located one mile from Thirunangur, on the southern bank of the Manniyaru River. It is included in the Thirunangur Divya Desams.
தேவர்கள் ஸ்ரீமந் நாராயணனைச் சேவிக்க வந்து திரண்டு நின்ற இடமாதலால் இவ்வூருக்குத் திருத்தேவனார் தொகை என்று பெயர் வந்தது. இதைக் கீழச்சாலை என்றும் கூறுவர். இவ்வூர் திருநாங்கூரிலிருந்து ஒரு மைல் தொலைவில் மண்ணியாற்றின் தென்கரையில் உள்ளது. இது திருநாங்கூர்த் திவ்விய தேசக் கணக்கில் சேர்ந்தது.
Verses: 1248 to 1257
Grammar: Kocchakakkalippā / கொச்சகக்கலிப்பா
Recital benefits: Will go to Vaikuṇṭam and be with the Gods
- Verse 1:
1248. Our lord Madhavan stays in Thiruthevanārthohai on the southern bank of the Mannai river where waves dash on the groves blooming with flowers, making pollen fall and float on the water while lined bees sing “thee tena” in the flourishing fields. - Verse 2:
1249. Our lord who is everyone and everything, all the three gods and the meaning of the divine Vedās stays in Thiruthevanārthohai, surrounded with beautiful blooming groves dripping with honey where kings with strong armies, conquerers of their enemies, and the gods from the sky come and worship him. - Verse 3:
1250. Our lord who is the king of the sky and of the people and creatures of the earth and is within everything stays in Thiruthevanārthohai surrounded with beautiful blooming groves dripping with honey in Nāngai where Maraiyoor live, skilled in the wealth of knowledge that is the Vedās. - Verse 4:
1251. The place where Indra, the gods in the sky, sages, the four-headed Nānmuhan on a beautiful fragrant lotus, the sun and moon, all join together and worship him saying, “Our father, give us your grace!” is Thiruthevanārthohai in Nāngur, surrounded with fragrant beautiful flourishing groves. - Verse 5:
1252. Our highest lord who swallowed the sky, the oceans with rolling waves, all the seven worlds and the ancient hills stays in Thiruthevanārthohai in Nāngur where the clear waves of the Mannai river bring shining diamonds and fragrant akil and leave them on its southern bank where heroic people live. - Verse 6:
1253. Our highest lord who swallowed the whole world and lay on a banyan leaf when he was a baby and whom the Vedās could not follow and find stays in Thiruthevanārthohai in Nāngai where fish frolic in the large Mannai river and paddy fields flourish on its southern banks. - Verse 7:
1254. Our Thirumāl who took the form of a shining lion that never retreats and went to Hiranyan and split open his chest with his sharp claws stays in beautiful Thiruthevanārthohai in Nāngai where flowers bloom in the groves and divine, famous Brahmins have an abundant wealth of knowledge of the sastras. - Verse 8:
1255. Our lord, mighty as a bull, who broke the strong bow to marry Mythili whose young breasts were held with a band stays in Thiruthevanārthohai in Nāngai surrounded with beautiful blooming groves where divine Vediyars, learned in the Vedās, live. - Verse 9:
1256. Our god who fought the rutting elephant Kuvalayābeedam, killed it and its mahout and danced on a pot stays in Thiruthevanārthohai in Nāngai surrounded with precious golden walls and groves where shenbaga flowers dripping pollen spread their fragrance. - Verse 10:
1257. Kaliyan, the poet with a sharp spear, composed ten Tamil pāsurams on the dark cloud-like divine Kannan, god of Thiruthevanārthohai in Nāngai surrounded with beautiful groves. If devotees learn and recite these ten pāsurams they will reach lovely Vaikundam and stay with the gods.