Chapter 5
Thirunaraiyur 2 - (கலங்க முந்நீர்)
திருநறையூர் 2
The āzhvār sings again in praise of the Lord residing in the temple at Thirunirnayur.
திருநிறையூரில் கோயில் கொண்டெழுந்தருளியுள்ள நம்பியையே ஆழ்வார் ஈண்டும் பாடுகிறார்.
Verses: 1488 to 1497
Grammar: Kalinilaiththuṟai / கலிநிலைத்துறை
Recital benefits: The Lord will save them and be with them
- Verse 1:
1488. The lord, the divine light who carries a discus in his right hand and a conch in his left, and who churned the milky ocean, stirring it, took the nectar and gave it to the gods, removed their suffering - stays in Thirunaraiyur where good Vediyars live who tell only the truth. - Verse 2:
1489. The faultless lord who took the form of a lion that fights fearfully, went to Hiranyan and with his sharp claws split open the chest of that enemy Asuran stays in beautiful Thirunaraiyur surrounded by groves flourishing with buds that drip honey where cuckoo birds sing and play on the tender red shoots of mango trees. - Verse 3:
1490. Our lord who destroyed Lankā, fighting with the Rākshasas and their armies of horses, elephants, chariots and warriors stays in beautiful Thirunaraiyur where turtles hide inside the bunches of nānal grass because they worry that if the fish that the mallars have caught slip from their hands and fall on the ground, they might bend to pick them up and take the turtles also. - Verse 4:
1491. When he was a baby and stole and ate butter from the uri, the cowherdess Yashodā caught him and tied him to a mortar. He conquered the seven bulls to marry fragrant-haired Nappinnai. He stays in Thirunaraiyur where beautiful dotted peacocks dance in blooming groves and bees sing as they swarm around the fresh fragrant flowers. - Verse 5:
1492. The lord who conquered seven bulls to marry the cowherd girl Nappinnai with soft arms, and when two Asurans came as marudam trees broke them and killed them stays in beautiful Thirunaraiyur where female swans walk behind the women ornamented with lovely bangles, but, unable to walk as beautifully as they, feel ashamed and hide behind them. - Verse 6:
1493. The lord who drank milk from the breasts of the devil Putanā and killed her, and fought and killed the elephant that guarded the palace of Kamsan stays in beautiful Thirunaraiyur where swans drink honey from dark neydal flowers and sleep on blooming lotus flowers. - Verse 7:
1494. As his guru, the Brahmin Sandipani gave him the sacred thread and taught him the Vedās, and when his son was drowning in the ocean, our god saved him and brought him back. He stays in beautiful Thirunaraiyur where birds search for snails and pick them up from the freshwater ponds and take them to feed their nestlings in the trees. - Verse 8:
1495. The faultless lord who drove a chariot yoked with white horses for Arjunā in the Bhārathā war and conquered Jeyanthiran in battle stays in beautiful Thirunaraiyur where cranes run swiftly, catch fat fish and eat them with their mates and lovely lotuses drip with honey. - Verse 9:
1496. The god of the gods who drove the chariot in the Bhārathā war for Arjunā and took away the troubles of the earth stays in beautiful Thirunaraiyur surrounded by fences of cool tender leaves where cranes wander in the flourishing fields. - Verse 10:
1497. Kaliyan, the poet with a beautiful shining spear, composed a garland of ten musical pāsurams on the god of Thirunaraiyur surrounded with large famous palaces. If devotees recite these pāsurams Thirumāl will save them and be their help.