Chapter 1
Thirukkannangudi - (வங்க மா)
திருக்கண்ணங்குடி
The deity enshrined at Thirukannangudi is Syamalameni Perumal, also known as Lokanathan. The Thayar is Aravindavalli. This temple is one of the five Krishna Kshetrams.
திருக்கண்ணங்குடியில் திருக்கோயில் கொண்டெழுந்தருளியுள்ளவர் சியாமளமேனிப் பெருமாள். லோகநாதன் என்றும் பெயர். தாயார் அரவிந்தவல்லி. கிருஷ்ண க்ஷேத்ரங்கள் ஐந்தில் இதுவும் ஒன்று.
Verses: 1748 to 1757
Grammar: Eṇcīrk Kaḻinediladi Āsiriya Viruththam / எண்சீர்க் கழிநெடிலடி ஆசிரிய விருத்தம்
Recital benefits: Getting freed from all hurdles
- Verse 1:
1748. The dark ocean-colored god with a conch in his hand and rests on shining Adisesha on the wide ocean rolling with waves and created Nānmuhan on a lotus on his navel- stays in Thirukkannangudi where faultless Vediyars skilled in all the precious arts recite the six Upanishads and the four Vedās and perform the three sacrifices with their divine hands. - Verse 2:
1749. When Gajendra, the elephant went to get flowers for the god, a crocodile caught his feet in the pond and he worshiped the lord raising his trunk and asked for help, and our god came, threw his heroic discus, killed the evil crocodile and saved him. The almighty god stays in Thirukkannangudi surrounded by precious palaces with jewel-studded walls where in the flourishing fields kuvalai flowers, blossoming lotuses, lovely kazuneer flowers and neydal flowers bloom. - Verse 3:
1750. The almighty god who took the form of a fish and saved the world from the storm at the end of the eon when darkness covered the world and the sky, earth and mountains all plunged into the ocean rolling with waves - stays in Thirukkannangudi where blooming punnai trees, jasmine and alli flowers dripping with honey spread their fragrance and the lovely cool breeze blows everywhere. - Verse 4:
1751. The lord who took the form of a boar with strong eyes, sharp white teeth and a body as large as a mountain, brought the earth goddess from the underworld and saved her from an Asuran and drove the chariot for the Pāndavās in the battles stays in Thirukkannangudi surrounded by incomparable, ancient palaces where flags fly as the moon shines on them. - Verse 5:
1752. The lord who went to the king Mahabali’s sacrifice as a dwarf, asked for three feet of land and as the king gave the land by pouring water on his hands, took a huge form that covered all the directions and measured the earth and the sky with his two feet- stays in Thirukkannangudi where swans sit on the lovely lotuses under the shadow of leaves in the rippling water fanned by the good paddy. - Verse 6:
1753. The lord who took the form of BalaRāman, and conquered many kings with his mazu weapon, crushed their crowns, made their blood flow and sated his anger stays in Thirukkannangudi where bunches of bananas, groups of tall kamugu and kuravu trees and cool mādhavi creepers bloom in the flourishing groves that embrace the tall beautiful palaces. - Verse 7:
1754. When Rāvana, the king of Lankā surrounded with oceans with rolling waves, afflicted the gods in the sky with his valor and conquered them, Rāma went there to bring his wife Sita back, bent his bow, fought with Rāvana and made the ten crowned heads of the king of Lankā fall on the earth like the fruits of palm trees. He stays in Thirukkannangudi where flocks of forest peacocks dance and the clouds roar like drums and the lined bees drink honey and sing sweet music. - Verse 8:
1755. Our lord who grew high in the sky and measured the world went to the Kauravās’ assembly as a messenger, and made himself a seat and sat on it when Duriyodhana with a snake flag would not give him a place in his assembly. He stays in Thirukkannangudi where the waves of the river bring precious jewels, pearls from bamboo canes that split open, emeralds and diamonds and pile them all in the fields. - Verse 9:
1756. The lord Māyan who drove the strong shining chariot for his in-laws in the Bharatha battle and destroyed their enemies and relieved the burden of the earth goddess - stays in Thirukkannangudi where thick madhavi creepers, surapunnai groves and shenbaga flowers bloom and the bees sing “tenna, tenna. ” - Verse 10:
1757. Kaliyan, the poet with a strong spear, the king of Thirumangai surrounded with mountain-like palaces, composed a garland of ten Tamil pāsurams on the god of Thirukkannangudi who went to Lankā with a large ocean-like army of monkeys, and, shooting arrows, burned Lankā and brought back his lovely-waisted wife Sita. If devotees learn and recite these ten pāsurams they will have no troubles in their lives.