Chapter 7
Thirunaraiyur 4 - (ஆளும் பணியும்)
திருநறையூர் 4
In these verses, the āzhvār sings the glories of the Lord Nambi, who resides in the temple at Thirunaraiyur.
திருநறையூரில் கோயில் கொண்டெழுந்தருளியுள்ள நம்பியின் பெருமைகளை இங்கே ஆழ்வார் பாடியுள்ளார்.
Verses: 1508 to 1517
Grammar: Aṟuchīrk Kaḻinediladi Āsiriya Viruththam / அறுசீர்க் கழிநெடிலடி ஆசிரிய விருத்தம்
Pan: செந்திருத்தி
Recital benefits: Will not get affected by the results of karma and will rule the world of Gods
- Verse 1:
1508. The Nambi who shot arrows from his cruel bow and cut off the arms and heads of the Rākshasas in Lankā rules me and made me his devotee, ordering me to serve him. He stays in Thirunaraiyur where heroic men, handsome as Murugan and Kāma, and women with spear-like eyes walk on the streets and the noise of festivals does not stop all day. - Verse 2:
1509. The Nambi with a thulasi garland on his chest who took the form of BalaRāman, carried a sharp mazhu weapon and killed many crowned kings over many ages stays in Thirunaraiyur where mullai flowers dripping with dew bloom like the teeth of women and dark kuvalai blossoms bloom like their eyes, and the lovely lotuses bloom like their faces. - Verse 3:
1510. Our lord Nambi who rests on the shining snake Adisesha on the clear milky ocean shot his arrow and killed Marisan when the Raksasan came in the form of a swiftly running deer and went to king Mahabali as a dwarf, asked for three feet of land, and measured the world and the sky with his two feet. He stays in Thirunaraiyur where in the groves filled with birds, kāvi flowers bloom like the eyes of beautiful women and lotuses bloom like their faces. - Verse 4:
1511. When our Nambi ate the butter that Yashodā hid she was angry and tied him with a strong rope to a mortar and he sobbed, crying and crying. He stays in Thirunaraiyur where a cool breeze moistens the mullai flowers, bees are intoxicated as they drink honey and the opening jasmine flowers smile like lovely women. - Verse 5:
1512. Our lord who went to northern Madhura, joined the festival of the bow competition, fought with the wrestlers there and defeated them, and who jumped into the pond and danced on the heads of Kālingan stays in Thirunaraiyur where many good Vediyars recite the divine Vedās well and perform Soma sacrifices. - Verse 6:
1513. Our Nambi fought with the heroic Vānāsuran and cut off his thousand strong arms when Murugan, the husband of Valli, Shivā, the three-eyed god, and the other warriors came to help Vānāsuran in battle, lost the war fighting with him and, ashamed, retreated from the battlefield. Our lord stays in Thirunaraiyur surrounded with fields where a female crab looks at the face and large mouth of a male crab, caught in a lotus plant and starts a love fight with him. - Verse 7:
1514. The lord with a sharp discus who drove the chariot for Arjunā and destroyed the kings when they came to fight with spears in the Bhārathā war and as the king of the cowherds carried Govardhanā mountain as an umbrella to protect the cows and cowherds from the storm stays in Thirunaraiyur where Vediyars recite the four Vedās, perform the five sacrifices, recite the six Upanishads and sing the seven kinds of music. - Verse 8:
1515. When Panjali who plays ball with her hands had promised that she would tie her hair up until the Kauravās lost the Bhārathā war, Kannan went to fight, blew the conch on the battlefield, terrified the ankleted Kauravās as they rode on elephants and defeated them. Our Nambi stays in Thirunaraiyur where Vediyars with hands that never stop giving, are as great as Nānmuhan on his beautiful lotus and the mighty Shivā. - Verse 9:
1516. Shivā the bull rider, with his matted hair adorned with the crescent moon and the flowing Ganges, wearing a snake as his ornament and a kondrai garland, his body smeared with vibhuti ?? went to our god and asked him to remove the curse that Nānmuhan had given him. Nambi, the god of Thirunaraiyur - surrounded with fragrant beautiful groves, took blood from his mountain-like chest, poured it into Nānmuhan’s skull that was stuck to Shivā’s hand and made it fall. - Verse 10:
1517. Kaliyan the chief of Thirumangai surrounded with fields and strong walls composed a garland of Tamil pāsurams praising Nambi, the lord of Thirunaraiyur where good Vediyars recite the Vedās. If devotees sing these pāsurams and worship the lord, they will not experience the results of their karmā. They will rule this world, go to the spiritual world and be worshiped by the gods.