Chapter 5
Thirunāngur Thirumanikkudam - (தூம்பு உடைப்)
திருநாங்கூர்த் திருமணிக்கூடம்
This village is one of the Thirunangur Divya Desams. It is located half a mile east of Thirunangur. The Lord here is Thirumanikkoodanayagan, and the Goddess is Indira Devi. This Lord is also known as Gajendra Varadhan.
இவ்வூர் திருநாங்கூர்த் திருப்பதிகளுள் ஒன்று. திருநாங்கூரிலிருந்து கிழக்கே அரைக்கல் தொலைவில் உள்ளது. பெருமாள் திருமணிக்கூட நாயகன். தாயார் இந்திரா தேவி. இந்த எம் பெருமான் கஜேந்திரவரதன்.
Verses: 1288 to 1297
Grammar: Aṟuchīrk Kaḻinediladi Āsiriya Viruththam / அறுசீர்க் கழிநெடிலடி ஆசிரிய விருத்தம்
Recital benefits: Will rule the world surrounded by sounding oceans under a white umbrella and become gods
- Verse 1:
1288. Our father who took away the suffering of the long-trunked elephant Gajendra when he was caught by a crocodile and carried Govardhanā mountain as an umbrella and saved the cows and cowherds from the storm stays in Thirumanikkudam in Nangur blooming with fragrant flowers in the groves that shed honey where the Kaveri river with flourishing water flows bringing gold and leaving it on its banks. - Verse 2:
1289. Our father who drank milk from the breasts of Putanā whose teeth were sharp as swords, and who shot his powerful arrows to kill the Rākshasas in Lankā and take away the suffering of the people stays in Thirumanikkudam in Nāngur where women with sweet mouths as red as kovvai fruits bathe in the Kaveri river and the kumkum ornamenting their breasts is washed off and mingles with the water, making it divine. - Verse 3:
1290. Our father who conquered the Asuran Kesi when he came as a horse, went between two marudu trees and destroyed the Asurans, and fought with seven bulls and married Nappinnai, embracing her beautiful arms, stays in Thirumanikkudam in Nāngur where generous, virtuous Andanars recite the Vedās well and perform fire sacrifices. - Verse 4:
1291. Our father who fought angrily with the long-trunked elephant Kuvalayābeedam and broke its tusks, killed the Asurans when they came as kurundu trees breaking them, killed Bahasuran, splitting open his beak when he came as a bird, and defeated Arishtāsuran when he came as a bull stays in Thirumanikkudam in Nāngur where a monkey eats a mango fruit and then goes to a banana tree and eats bananas, scaring away the bees that swarm around it. - Verse 5:
1292. Our father who cut off with a sword the nose and ears of dark Surpanaha, the princess of Lankā, when she came opening her cave-like mouth stays in Thirumanikkudam in Nāngur where the innocent earth goddess and the divine Lakshmi stay always with him. - Verse 6:
1293. Our father who is the earth, the sun, the moon and all other things and has taken the forms of a fish, a dwarf, a swan, a boar, a man-lion and a horse stays in the Thirumanikkudam temple in Nāngur where warriors chased off the northern Cholas and the strong southern Pandiyan kings and defeated them. - Verse 7:
1294. Our father who is the mountains, the sky, the earth, cool water, the moon, the hot sun and all other things stays in Thirumanikkudam temple in Nāngur where a breeze blows spreading fragrance everywhere through mandrams, fields, groves and palaces. - Verse 8:
1295. Our father who is doubt, bravery, lies and truth, the cloud that nourishes the earth and all other things stays in Thirumanikkudam temple in Nāngur where vālai fish drink honey dripping from lotuses and jump while beautiful kayal fish frolic in the ponds. - Verse 9:
1296. Our father who is sin, dharma, Mokshā, happiness, sorrow, anger, compassion and all good qualities stays in Thirumanikkudam temple in Nāngur where sages and all the gods come and worship him saying, “Of all the three gods he is dearest to us. ” - Verse 10:
1297. Kaliyan, the chief of Thirumangai adorned with beautiful garlands composed ten pāsurams praising the god of Thirumanikkudam Koyil in Nāngur where the moon shines above palaces. If devotees learn and recite these pāsurams they will rule this world surrounded by the ocean and go to the golden world of the spiritual world, becoming stars and shining in the sky where the sun and moon move.