Chapter 1

Praising God - (மின் உரு)

எம்பெருமானை புகழ்வது
Verses: 2052 to 2061
Grammar: Eṇcīrk Kaḻinediladi Āsiriya Viruththam / எண்சீர்க் கழிநெடிலடி ஆசிரிய விருத்தம்
  • Verse 1:
    2052. Shining like lightning, he is the four Vedās, the light of a lamp, the rising crescent moon, the past and the future. Without sickness, old age, birth or death, he is gold and diamond and shines as the five elements–earth, water, fire, wind and sky. He, my father, enters me with his true form and I keep his divine shoot-like feet on my head.
  • Verse 2:
    2053. He is fire, water, wind, sky and earth, all religions and all the three gods,. Shivā is colored red like fire, Nānmuhan is colored like gold and Thirumāl is colored like the ocean— our lord shines with all their three forms together.
  • Verse 3:
    2054. Nedumal with his divine body who is far away shone with the white color of a conch in the Treta yuga. When he took the nectar from the milky ocean, our divine Thirumāl had a dark blue color. We cannot say that he has only one form, we can only praise him saying that he has different forms in each eon. Who has seen the dark beautiful-eyed god? Who can describe him?
  • Verse 4:
    2055. Our lord who is more ancient than Indra and Nānmuhan. is the five elements–the large earth, wind, fire water and sky, the beautiful sound of Tamil, the words of the northern language, the four directions, the sun and moon. Even the gods in the sky do not know him and his divine nature. He is the secret of the mantras of the Vedās that the Vediyars recite in the evening. O ignorant heart, do not forget those mantras. If you recite them always and live, you will be saved.
  • Verse 5:
    2056. When he came as a dwarf to king Mahābali’s sacrifice, he measured the earth and the ocean with one foot and he raised his other foot to the wide sky spreading over all the eight directions and crossed the cool moon, the sun and the stars and went still above, going beyond all the thoughts in the Asuran Mahābali’s mind. I worship the flower-like divine feet of my father that measured the whole earth and the sky.
  • Verse 6:
    2057. He, the god of the gods, is generous and he gives to his devotees as much as they want with his ample hands. He rides on the beautiful-winged Garudā, conquers the Asuras, not giving them his grace. O heart, let us go and praise his feet in beautiful Thirukkovalur where the Pennai river flows flourishing through many lands filling ponds with its water and bringing with its waves tall bamboo plants that throw out pearls and leaving gold on its banks.
  • Verse 7:
    2058. He came as ParasuRāman, fought with kings whose arms are wide and strong as mountains, conquered them and ruled the world, and he conquered Murugan who threw his spear at the ocean to fight with Asurans. He stays in Thirukkovalur where famous king Malaiyarasan worshiped him, surrounded by fragrant groves and filled with long streets and lotus ponds, guarded by Durga, the lovely chaste goddess of the Vindya mountains. O heart, come, let us go and worship him there.
  • Verse 8:
    2059. You are in the hearts of your devotees and in Thiruneeragam, on the top of Thiruneermalai, Nilāthingalthundam in Thiruppadi, Thiruvuragam in flourishing Thirukkachi, and Thiruvekka surrounded with flourishing water. The whole world worships you Thirukkalvā, the god of Thirukkāragam and Thirukkārvanam. O thief, you stay in the sky and in Thirupper (Koiladi) where on the southern bank of the Kāviri beautiful flowers bloom in the groves. You, the highest one, stay in my heart and you will not leave me. I worship only your divine feet.
  • Verse 9:
    2060. You stay in Thirukadalmallai on the ocean where ships bring precious diamonds and in Thirukkachi surrounded with forts and in Thirupper (Koiladi). As part of your body, you have Shivā, adorned with a beautiful kondrai garland dripping with honey who shares his body with Shakthi, the daughter of the king of the Himalayas. You, the highest in the world, beautiful as coral (Thiruppavalavannā), rest on Adisesha on the milky ocean and stay on the peak of the Himalayas, the snow mountains. I, a poor man, wander everywhere looking for you.
  • Verse 10:
    2061. You, the famous one, guarded the seven worlds and I am your poor devotee. What can I do except prattle on, saying, “What are you? Who are you?” You are the god of the southern, northern, eastern and western lands praised by the whole world, the first among the gods, a bright light worshiped by all. You are the past and the future. You, the origin of all, stay in Thirumuzhikkalam.