Chapter 7
Thiruvarangam 4 - (பண்டை நான்மறையும்)
திருவரங்கம் 4
These verses also speak of the glories of Lord Ranganatha.
ஈண்டுள்ள பாசுரங்களும் திருவரங்கனின் பெருமைகளைக் கூறுகின்றன.
Verses: 1408 to 1417
Grammar: Eḻuchīrk Kaḻinediladi Āsiriya Viruththam / எழுசீர்க் கழிநெடிலடி ஆசிரிய விருத்தம்
Recital benefits: Will not get affected by the results of bad karma
- Verse 1:
1408. Our dear lord who is the ancient four Vedās, the sacrifice, question, answer and the meaning of all, shining fire, abundant water, earth, cloud, wind, the seven roaring oceans, the seven mountains, the sky and the earth stays in Thiruvarangam. - Verse 2:
1409. The dear lord with the countless good qualities of Indra, Nānmuhan and Shivā, our father, mother, children, relatives who will not abandon us, the remedy that removes our desires, the nature of all and the end and life for all creatures stays in Thiruvarangam. - Verse 3:
1410. When the everlasting earth, the mountains, the oceans, the sky and the world of Danavas became dark without any light and the ancient four Vedās were stolen he took the form of a swan, brought them from the underworld and taught them to the gods and the sages. He gave them his grace and the darkness that covered their knowledge was removed. He our dear lord stays in divine Thiruvarangam. - Verse 4:
1411. Using Mandara mountain as a churning stick and Vāsuki the snake as a rope, when he churned the wave-filled milky ocean with his thousand arms, the sound of the churning rose to the sky roaring, the waves rose high and touched the sky and everything there, the moon, the sun and all the gods, saw it and were amazed. He stays in divine Thiruvarangam. - Verse 5:
1412. How could the Asurans survive even if they wanted to? He took the form of a man-lion, went to Hiranyan and split open his shining chest ornamented with jewels making his hot blood splash everywhere like a waterfalls that drops from a golden hill and breaks the earth, and the lord was like a large silver mountain in the sky with shining teeth and cruel eyes that had woken up from its sleep. He our dear lord stays in divine Thiruvarangam. - Verse 6:
1413. The lord who rests in the middle of the ocean rolling with waves on the thousand-headed Adisesha as the gods praise him with his thousand names fought with his strong axe and cut off the thousand arms of Vānāsuran who was as large as a thousand hills joined together. He our dear lord stays in divine Thiruvarangam. - Verse 7:
1414. When the Rākshasa Rāvana took his wife Seetha with curling hair and a mouth sweet as a fruit, Rāma suffered and angrily decided to destroy Lankā and crush the diamond-studded crowns of Rāvana. He dammed the water by shooting arrows at the wavy ocean and with the help of the monkeys he made a bridge with large stones. He our dear lord stays in divine Thiruvarangam. - Verse 8:
1415. The god who is the eon, the lord of all the sacrifices and the lord of the sun that moves on a one-wheeled chariot, saved Gajendra when he was caught by a crocodile. He shot his mighty arrows and destroyed Lankā and he threw his discus and hid the sun during the day in the Bhārathā war and gave his grace to strong Arjunā. He, our dear lord, stays in divine Thiruvarangam. - Verse 9:
1416. The lord who drank the milk from the devil Putanā and killed her, the dark-colored god who swallowed all the worlds and spit them out lay on a banyan leaf at the end of the eon. He can’t be reached by the gods in the sky who wear diamond crowns but he is close to me and removes all the troubles in my mind. He, the god of Thiruvarangam, was born as a cowherd child and carried Govardhanā mountain to save the cows and the cowherds. - Verse 10:
1417. Kaliyan with a heroic spear, the chief of Thirumangai filled with beautiful, everlasting palaces, composed ten Tamil songs on the god who stays in Thiruvarangam surrounded by the Kaveri river filled with swimming swans as it brings pearls, precious jewels and gold in its rolling waves. If devotees learn and sing these songs, their bad karmā will disappear.