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Song 402 - iruvinai UN (thiruvaNNAmalai)

iruvinai yUNpa sumpai karuviLai kUnku dampai
     yidaradai pAzhmpo thumpa ...... kithavAri

idaithiri sOngu kantha mathuvathu thEngu kumpa
     miravidai thUngu kinRa ...... piNanOvuk

kuruviyal pANda manju maruviya kUNdu nenjo
     duyirkudi pOnku rampai ...... yazhiyAthen

Rulakuda nEnRu koNda karumapi rAntho zhinthu
     nupayapa thAmpu yanga ...... LadaivEnO

aruNaiyi lOngu thunga sikaraka rAmpu yanga
     Lamarar kuzhAnku vinthu ...... thozhavAzhum

adiyavar pAnga paNdu pukalaki lANda muNda
     abinava sArnga kaNdan ...... marukOnE

karuNaimru kEnthra anpa rudanura kEnthrar kaNda
     kadavuLna tEnthrar maintha ...... varaisAdum

kalapaka kEnthra thanthra arasani sEnthra kantha
     karakuli sEnthrar thangaL ...... perumALE.

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

iruvinai UN pasum pai: It is just a green bag of skin in which the good and bad deeds are ingested;

karu viLai kUn kudampai: It is but a vessel in which birth takes place;

idar adai pAzh pothumpu: It is a cavern, to be doomed soon, filled up with miseries;

akitha vAri idai thiri sOngu: It is a rudderless ship tottering in the mid-sea of distress and evil;

kantham mathu athu thEngu kumpam: It is a septic tank filled with faeces and urine;

iravu idai thUngukinRa piNa nOvukku uruvu iyal pANdam: It is but a sleeping corpse in the night and a receptacle for all diseases;

anjum maruviya kUNdu: It is a cage in which all the five elements are filled;

nenjodu uyir kudi pOm kurampai: It is this body, a small cottage, from which my mind and life will depart simultaneously.

azhiyAthu enRu: Thinking that this body is indestructible,

ulakudan EnRu koNda karuma pirAnthi ozhinthu: I develop attachment with people of this world, due to delusion, being the result of my past deeds; getting rid of that delusion,

un upaya pathAm puyangaL adaivEnO: will I ever be able to attain Your two hallowed lotus feet?

aruNaiyil Ongu thunga sikaram: In front of the imposing and impeccable Temple Tower of ThiruvaNNAmalai,

karAm puyangaL amarar kuzhAm kuvinthu thozha vAzhum adiyavar pAnga: Your devotees are being paid obeisance to by the celestials with their lotus hands folded; You are the friend of those devotees!

paNdu pukal akilANdam uNda: Once, the entire world was swallowed by

abinava sArnga kaNdan marukOnE: Lord Vishnu, who holds in His hand the unique bow, SArangam; You are His nephew!

karuNai mrukEnthra anparudan: Along with the compassionate sage, VyAkrapAdhar, the tiger-footed one,

urakEnthrar kaNda kadavuL natEnthrar maintha: the Great Serpent King, Sage Pathanjali, witnessed the Cosmic Dance of Lord NadarAjar*; You are the son of that NadarAjar.

varai sAdum kalapaka: The thick feathers of Your Peacock are capable of smashing the mountains to pieces!

kEnthra thanthra arasa: You are well-versed in literature, Oh King!

nisEnthra kantha: You are the greatest preserver of Truth, Oh Kantha!

kulisa kara inthrar thangaL perumALE.: You are the Lord worshipped by all IndrAs who wield the weapon Vajra, Oh Great One!

* In Chidhambaram, Lord NadarAjar danced the Cosmic Dance at the request of VyakrapAdhar and Sage Pathanjali.