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Song 6 - muththaiththaru (nUl)

muththaiththaru paththith thirunakai
     aththikkiRai saththis saravaNa
          muththikkoru viththuk gurupara ...... enavOthum

mukkatpara maRkuc churuthiyin
     muRpattathu kaRpith thiruvarum
          muppaththumu varkkath thamararum ...... adipENap

paththuththalai thaththak kaNaithodu
     otRaikkiri maththaip poruthoru
          pattappakal vattath thikiriyil ...... iravAkap

paththaRkira thaththaik kadaviya
     pachchaippuyal mechchath thakuporuL
          patchaththodu ratchith tharuLvathum ...... orunALE

thiththiththeya oththap paripura
     nirththappatham vaiththup payiravi
          thikkotkana dikkak kazhukodu ...... kazhuthAdath

thikkuppari attap payiravar
     thokkuththoku thokkuth thokuthoku
          chithrappavu rikkuth thrikadaka ...... enavOthak

koththuppaRai kottak kaLamisai
     kukkukkuku kukkuk kukukuku
          kuththipputhai pukkup pidiyena ...... muthukUkai

kotputRezha natpatR RavuNarai
     vettippali yittuk kulakiri
          kuththuppada oththup poravala ...... perumALE.

......... Meaning .........

muththaiththaru paththith thirunakai aththikkiRai: "You are the Consort of DEvayAnai* with a beautiful smile and lovely teeth looking like pearls!

saththis saravaNa: You are SaravaNabhava holding the powerful spear called SakthivEl!

muththikkoru viththuk gurupara: You are the foremost seed for the Heaven" -

enavOthum mukkatpara maRku: so praises Lord SivA, with three eyes (the Sun, the Moon and the Fire-Agni);

suruthiyin muRpattathu kaRpiththu: to that SivA, You preached the fundamental ManthrA OM dating earlier than the VEdAs

iruvarum muppaththumu varkkath thamararum adipENap: while the other two of the Trinity (BrahmA and Vishnu), along with thirty three crores of DevAs, watched (Your preaching) and worshipped Your feet!

paththuththalai thaththak kaNaithodu: He shot an arrow to scatter the ten heads of RAvaNA (RAmAvathAram);

otRaikkiri maththaip poruthoru: He churned the milky ocean with the incomparable Mount Manthara (KUrmAvathAram);

pattappakal vattath thikiriyil iravAka: He hid the Sun with His ChakrA (disc) in daytime making it night (KrishnAvathAram);

paththaRkira thaththaik kadaviya: He drove the chariot for His friend and devotee, Arjunan (KrishnAvathAram);

pachchaippuyal mechchath thakuporuL: and He is Lord Vishnu, the emerald-green and cloud-complexioned. You are His favourite!

patchaththodu ratchith tharuLvathum orunALE: Will You be kind enough to come and protect me one of these days?

(The second half of this song describes Murugan's war against the demons)

thiththiththeya oththu: In accordance with the meter 'thiththiththeya',

ap paripura nirththappatham vaiththup payiravi thikkotka nadikka: anklets in Her feet jingled as Bhairavi (KALi) danced fiercely moving in all the eight directions;

kazhukodu kazhuthAda: the devils in the battlefield danced along with the eagles;

thikkuppari attap payiravar: the eight bhairavAs** protecting all directions

chithrappavu rikku thokkuththoku thokkuth thokuthoku thrikadaka enavOtha: choreographed for this unique dance in the meter of 'thokkuththoku thokkuth thokuthoku thrikadaka';

koththuppaRai kotta: a series of drums were beaten to the same tune;

kaLamisai muthukUkai: in the battlefield, old vultures screamed

kukkukkuku kukkuk kukukuku kuththipputhai pukkup pidiyena kotputRezha: 'kukkukkuku kukkuk kukukuku, stab and bury, attack and catch' and they kept revolving around the corpses, flying upwards in circles;

natpatR RavuNarai vettippali yittu: the hostile demons (asuras) were killed en masse; and

kulakiri kuththuppada: their mountain Krounchagiri was shattered into pieces

oththup poravala perumALE.: when You fought the righteous war, Oh Great One!

Note: The first few words were given to AruNagirinAthar by Murugan Himself to compose his first song.

* As DEvayAnai symbolizes Kriyasakthi {Creative Power}, She was invoked to establish Karma yOgA in life.

** The eight BhairavAs are: AsithAngan, KApAli, ChaNdan, Ururu, KurOthan, SankAran, PeedaNan, and Unmaththan.