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Song 289 - marukkula mEvum (thiruththaNigai)

marukkula mEvum kuzhaRkani vAyveN
     mathippiLa vAkum ...... nuthalArtham

mayakkini lEnaN puRappadu vEnun
     malarkkazhal pAdun ...... thiRanAdAth

tharukkanu thAran thuNukkili lOpan
     samaththaRi yAvan ...... pilimUkan

thalaththini lEvan thuRappaNi yAthan
     thanakkini yArtham ...... sapaithArAy

kurukkula rAjan thanakkoru thUthan
     kuRatpela mAyan ...... navaneetham

kuRiththayil nEyan thiruppayil mArpan
     kuNathraya nAthan ...... marukOnE

thirukkuLa nALum palaththisai mUsum
     siRappathu RAeN ...... disaiyOdum

thiraikkadal sUzhum puvikkuyi rAkum
     thiruththaNi mEvum ...... perumALE.

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

maruk kula(m) mEvum kuzhal kani vAy veN mathip piLavu Akum nuthalAr tham: Their hair is sprayed with many varieties of fragrances; their mouth is reddish like the kovvai fruit; the forehead of these whores is like the white crescent moon;

mayakkinilE naNpu uRap paduvEn un malark kazhal pAdum thiRa(n) nAdAth tharukkan: befriending them under the delusion of passion, I am arrogant without seeking ways to sing the glory of Your lotus feet;

uthAram thuNukku ili lOpan samaththu aRiyA anpu ili mUkan: I do not have even an iota of charitable thought; (instead) I am filled with stinginess; I am bereft of any ability or love; I am a stupid and dumb fellow;

thalaththinilE vanthu uRap paNiyAtha(va)n: I never visit Your abodes (like ThiruththaNigai) to offer worship with devotion;

thanakku iniyAr tham sapai thArAy: (despite all these shortcomings,) kindly bestow upon me the good fortune of joining the assembly of Your dear devotees!

kuruk kula rAjan thanakku oru thUthan kuRaL pela mAyan nava neetham kuRiththu ayil nEyan: He went as the unique messenger of Dharman, the King of the Kuru Dynasty; He went in the disguise of a dwarf (to see Emperor MahAbali); He is an expert mystic capable of many miracles; He knew where His favourite butter was stored and gobbled it up;

thirup payil mArpan kuNa thraya nAthan marukOnE: on His hallowed chest, Goddess Lakshmi is concorporate; He is the Leader presiding over the three attributes [namely, sathwam (tranquility), rAjasam (aggressiveness) and thAmasam (sluggishness)]; You are the nephew of that Lord VishNu!

thiruk kuLa(m) nALum palath thisai mUsum siRappu athu uRA: In the sacred pond* (KumAra Theerththam) of this famous place, many devotees gather from all the directions in a crowd to have a dip;

eN thisaiyOdum thiraik kadal sUzhum puvikku uyirAkum thiruththaNi mEvum perumALE.: this town, ThiruththaNigai, is the life-centre of this world surrounded by oceans in all the eight directions; and this is Your abode, Oh Great One!

* At the foothill of the mountain in ThiruththaNigai, there is a SaravaNa pond, known as KumAra Thirththam.