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Song 471 - katti muNdaga (chidhambaram)

katti muNdakara pAli angithanai
     mutti aNdamodu thAvi vindhu oli
          kaththa manthir avadhAna veNpuravi ...... misaiyERi

kaRpagam theruvil veedhi koNdu sudar
     patti mandapam udAdi indhu vodu
          katti vindhu pisagAmal veN podi kod ...... asaiyAmal

suttu vempura niRAga vinjai kodu
     thaththuvangaL vizha chAdi eNguNavar
          sorggam vandhu kaiyuL Aga endhai padham ...... uRamEvi

dhukkam vendhu vizha nyAnam uNdu kudil
     vajjirangaLena mEni thangam uRa
          sudhdhagam pugudha vEdha vindhaiyodu ...... pugazhvEnO

ettiraNdum aRiyAdha en seviyil
     ettiraNdum idhuvAm ilingamena
          ettiraNdum veLiyA mozhindha guru ...... murugOnE

ettiraNdu dhisai Oda senkurudhi
     ettiraNdum uruvAgi vanchakar mel
          ettiraNdu dhisaiyOrgaL pondra ayil ...... viduvOnE

chetti endru sivakAmi than padhiyil
     kattu sengkai vaLai kURum endhai ida
          chiththamum kuLir anAdhi vaN poruLai ...... navilvOnE

chetti endru vana mEvi inbarasa
     saththiyin seyalinALai anburuga
          thetti vandhu puliyUrin mandruL vaLar ...... perumALE.

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

katti: (Not letting the pranic air -oxygen- to be dissipated and) holding it in its place (*1),

muNdakara pAli angithanai mutti: arousing the auspicious flame of SivA located in the lotus of MUlAdhara ChakrA (*2)

aNdamodu thAvi vindhu oli kaththa: making it leap right up to the cosmic zone (Brahamaranthiram), creating the union of SivA and Sakthi with a deafening sound,

manthir avadhAna veNpuravi misaiyERi: mounting the white horse (*3) that remains numinously standing in the hall specially built,

kaRpagam theruvil veedhi koNdu: driving that horse along the street of SivA that yields all wishes like the KaRpaga tree,

sudar patti mandapam udAdi: arriving at the plank called lalAtam (*4) where all tenets converge, practicing there many yOgA methods (*5) (such as DhyAnam, PrathyAkaraNam, DharaNai),

indhu vodu katti vindhu pisagAmal: carefully binding the breath so as to hold the nectar from the moon from spilling and the energy from slipping,

veN podi kod asaiyAmal: wearing the holy ash and standing still,

suttu vempura niRAga vinjai kodu: burning into ashes the three slags (thiripuram - represented by arrogance, karma and delusion), acquiring the eight siddhis (*6),

thaththuvangaL vizha chAdi: knocking down the mischief created by the ninetysix tenets,

eNguNavar sorggam vandhu kaiyuL Aga: attaining the heavenly pinnacle of SivA, the Lord of eight characterestics (*7),

endhai padham uRamEvi: remaining entrenched in that bliss of my Lord,

dhukkam vendhu vizha nyAnam uNdu: burning away the misery of birth, imbibing the nectar of true knowledge,

kudil vajjirangaLena mEni thangam uRa: turning my body into a solid diamond rock, changing my complexion into a golden hue,

sudhdhagam pugudha vEdha vindhaiyodu pugazhvEnO: and attaining pure liberation, will I be able to sing Your glory in an amazing Vedic meter?

ettiraNdum aRiyAdha en seviyil: Into my ears, a stupid fool who does not even know that eight and two make ten,

ettiraNdum idhuvAm ilingamena ettiraNdum veLiyA mozhindha guru murugOnE: You preached that those numbers are the symbols of SivA (*8) and further elucidated that they represent the PraNava ManthrA OM (*9), Oh Muruga, my Master!

ettiraNdu dhisai Oda senkurudhi: In all the ten directions (the usual eight directions, along with zenith and nadir, the top and the bottom of the celestial sphere), You let the red blood flow;

ettiraNdum uruvAgi vanchakar mel ettiraNdu dhisaiyOrgaL pondra ayil viduvOnE: You assumed sixteen postures (*10) and wielded the spear upon the treacherous demons in the battlefield and also those demons in many worlds situated in the ten directions, Oh Lord!

chetti endru sivakAmi than padhiyil: He assumed the appearance of a bangle-vendor and went around the streets of Madhurai ruled by AngayaRkaNNi (an incarnation of PArvathi);

kattu sengkai vaLai kURum endhai ida(m): He placed the bangles on the wrists of the Queen squeezing until they turned red and bargained for a price of the bangles; He is my Lord SivA;

chiththamum kuLir anAdhi vaN poruLai navilvOnE: to the cool content of His heart, You preached to Him the powerful principle of PraNava ManthrA, which is without a beginning, Oh Master!

chetti endru vana mEvi: You also assumed the appearance of a bangle-vendor and reached the forest in VaLLimalai;

inbarasa saththiyin seyalinALai anburuga: You fell deeply in love with VaLLi, representing the Divine Energy of desire;

thetti vandhu puliyUrin mandruL vaLar perumALE.: and then You abducted her, Oh Lord, and came to be seated in the golden shrine of Chidhambaram, Oh Great One!