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Song 189 - mUla mandhiram (pazhani)

mUla mandhiram Odhal ingilai
     eeva dhingilai nEya mingilai
          mOna mingilai nyAnam ingilai ...... madavArgaL

mOgam uNdadhi dhAga muNdapa
     chAra muNdapa rAdha muNdidu
          mUkan endroru pErum uNdaruL ...... payilAdha

kOla munguNa veena thunbargaL
     vArmai yumpala vAgi vendhezhu
          gOra kumbiyi lEvi zhundhida ...... ninaivAgi

kUdu koNduzhal vEnai anbodu
     nyAna nenjinar pAli Nangidu
          kUrmai thandhini ALa vandharuL ...... purivAyE

peeli venthuya rAli vendhava
     sOgu vendhamaN mUgar nenjidai
          beethi kondida vAdhu koNdaruL ...... ezhudhEdu

pENi angedhir ARu sendRida
     mARa numpiNi theera vanjagar
          peeRu vengkazhu ERa vendRidu ...... murugOnE

Alam uNdavar jOthi ankaNar
     bAgam ondriya vAlai anthari
          Adhi anthamum Ana sankari ...... kumarEsA

Ara Nampayil nyAna pungava
     sEva lankodi yAna painkara
          Avi nankudi vAzhvu koNdaruL ...... perumALE.

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

mUla mandhiram Odhal ingilai: I never chant Your basic ManthrA (SaravaNabhava).

eevadhingilai nEyamingilai: I do not give alms nor do I show any kindness.

mOnamingilai nyAnam ingilai: I do not meditate silently nor do I have any knowledge.

madavArgaL mOgam uNdu: There is in me plenty of lust for women;

adhidhAgamuNd apachAramuNdu: there is the deep passion because of that lust which leads me to commit several sins;

aparAdhamuNdu: and I have to face severe punishment for those sins.

idu mUkan endroru pErum uNdu: People have begun to call me the scum.

aruL payilAdha kOlamun guNaveena thunbargaL vArmaiyum palavAki: Lacking any grace, I acted like a playboy in the bad company of immoral rogues and became useless in several ways.

vendhezhu gOra kumbiyilE vizhundhida ninaivAgi: My destination was perhaps the burning inferno in the hell known as Kumbi*.

kUdu koNdu uzhalvEnai: I was roaming aimlessly with this shell of a body.

anbodu nyAna nenjinar pAl iNangidu: You have to make me join the company of people with wisdom and loving heart.

kUrmai thandhini ALa vandharuL purivAyE: You must make my mind sharp, and from now on, it is Your turn to look after me graciously.

peeli venthuyarAli vendhava sOgu venthu: (When ChamaNas tried to cure PANdiyan who was sick), their peacock feather was burnt, their sacred water in the kamaNdalu (kettle-shaped jar) boiled and the asoka tree leaves (used to pacify the patient) were also burnt; and

amaN mUgar nenjidai beethi kondida: the ChamaNas got scared and were left dumbfounded due to the humiliation they suffered (at the hands of ThirugnAna SambandhAr).

vAdhu koNdaruL ezhudhEdu pENi angu edhir ARu sendrida: When ThirugnAna Sambandhar led the debate, he floated a palm leaf, with words of blessing written on them, on the Vaigai River against the current;

mARanum piNi theera: the Pandya King also recovered fully from his illness (due to Sambandhar's holy ash);

vanjagar peeRu veng kazhu ERa: and the devious ChamaNas were sent to the gallows and their bodies pierced!

vendridu murugOnE: Such was Your victory Oh MurugA, (when You came as ThirugnAna SambandhAr)!

Alam uNdavar jOthi ankaNar: SivA, who imbibed poison for the good of all, and who has the Sun, the Moon and the Fire God Agni as His three eyes,

bAgam ondriya vAlai: and on whose left side BAlAmbal (PArvathi) is concorporate;

anthari Adhi anthamum Ana sankari: She occupies the Cosmic Sky, and She is the One who is the Origin and who is also the End, and that Sankari

kumarEsA: delivered You as Her Son, Oh KumarEsA.

AraNam payil nyAna pungava: The VEdAs (scriptures) worship You as the Wisest Master!

sEvalan kodiyAna painkara: You hold in Your divine hand the rooster as Your staff!

Avinan kudi vAzhvu koNdaruL perumALE.: You have Your abode at ThiruvAvinankudi, Oh Great One!

* Kumbi is one of the seven hells where the sinner is sent to the oast (oven) and his body roasted.