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Song 83 - perukkac chanjaliththu (thiruchchendhUr)
perukkacchan jaliththukkan
thalutRuppun thiyatRuppin
pizhaippatRung kuRaipputRum ...... pothumAthar
priyappattang kazhaiththuththang
kalaikkuttang kidappatcham
piNiththuththan thanaththaiththan ...... thaNaiyAthE
purakkaikkun pathaththaiththan
thenakkuththoN duRappatRum
pulaththukkaN sezhikkacchen ...... thamizhpAdum
pulappattang koduththaRkum
karuththiRkaN padakkittum
pukazhcchikkung krupaicchiththam ...... purivAyE
tharukkikkaN kaLikkaththeN
danittuththaN punaththiRcheng
kuRaththikkan puRacchiththan ...... thaLarvOnE
salipputRang kuraththiRcham
pramiththukkoN dalaiththuththan
samarththiRchang karikkaththaN ...... diyacUran
siraththaicchen RaRuththuppan
thadiththuththiN kuvattaikkaN
didiththucchen thiliRpukkang ...... kuRaivOnE
siRakkaRkan jezhuththaththan
thirucchitRam palaththaththan
sevikkuppaN puRaccheppum ...... perumALE.
......... Meaning .........
perukkac chanjaliththuk kanthal utRup punthi atRup pin pizhaippu atRum kuRaippu utRum: My mind has been bothering me a lot; I do not have moral character nor do I have wisdom; without knowing how I am going to carry on in life, I have been languishing;
pothu mAthar priyappattu angu azhaiththuth tham kalaikkuL thangidap patcham piNiththuth tham thanaththaith thanthu aNaiyAthE: the whores have lovingly beckoned me to their home and ensnared me inside the web of erotic arts, binding me with feigned concern; lest they embrace me offering their bosom,
purakkaikku un pathaththaith thanthu enakkuth thoNdu uRap patRum pulaththuk kaN sezhikkac chenthamizh pAdum pulap pattam koduththaRkum: kindly protect me so that my inner eye of knowledge flourishes enabling me to attain, and hold on to, Your hallowed feet through service to You, so that I am bestowed upon (by this world) the title of a poet capable of singing songs in chaste Tamil language;
karuththil kaN padak kittum pukazhcchikkum krupaic chiththam purivAyE: and You have to help me with a gracious mind so that I become famous by discovering my inner eye of knowledge!
tharukkik kaN kaLikkath theNdanittuth thaN pulaththil sem kuRaththikku anpuRac chiththam thaLarvOnE: Being exhilarated, and with elated eyes, You prostrated at the feet of VaLLi, the reddish damsel of the KuRavAs, in the cool millet field, and Your heart went feeble due to increasing love for her, Oh Lord!
salippu utRu angu uraththil sampramiththu koNdu alaiththuth than samarththil sangarikkath thaNdiya cUran: By showing his might, he made the celestials powerless and rose with arrogance to torture them; that demon SUran displayed his ability to toss them around rendering them miserable;
siraththaic chenRu aRuththup panthadiththuth thiN kuvattaik kaNdu idiththuc chenthilil pukku angu uRaivOnE: You went ahead to sever the head of that SUran and thrashed him out as if he were a ball; You shattered the strong Mountain Krouncha to pieces and then entered ThiruchchendhUr to make it Your abode, Oh Lord!
siRakka aRka anju ezhuththu aththam thiruc chitRampalaththu aththan sevikkup paNpu uRac cheppum perumALE.: Granting prosperity to all, You methodically preached the meaning of the PraNava ManthrA in the form of five holy letters (NamasivAya) into the ears of Your Father, Lord SivA, who dances in Chidhambaram, Oh Great One!
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