2584. Shivā with the crescent moon in his matted hair,
Nānmuhan, Indra, the gods in the sky
and all the creatures of the world worship him.
At the end of the eon he swallowed the earth, ocean, fire, wind, sun,
moon, the sky and all other flourishing
and shining things in the world
and kept them in his stomach
as he, the divine Māyan, rested on a banyan leaf.
Is there any other god who is more divine for us to worship?
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(The words may be rearranged to facilitate conversion from poetry to prose (Aṉvayam). Please read the meanings (in black) continuously to form the sentence and understand the simplified meaning based on the Divyārtha Dīpikai for the verse.)
Nal̤ir madhiśśadaiyanum – Rudra, despite having matted hair to signify his penance, succumbs to vanity, believing himself to be Īśvara. He bears the cool Chandra (moon) on his head, a symbol of his profound joy, akin to how people adorn themselves with fragrant pine leaves.
Nānmugakkadavuzhum – The deity Nānmugan [Brahmā], who created Rudra as