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Song 485 - elupputh thOl (chidhambaram)

elupputh thOl mayir nAdi kuzhAm idai
     iRukku chee puzhuvOd adai mULaigaL
          iraththa sAgara neer mala mEviya ...... kumbiyOdai

iLaippu sOgaigaL vAtham vilA vali
     uLaippu sUlaiyodE valu vAgiya
          iraippuk kEvala mUla viyAdhiyodu ...... aNdavAtham

kulaippuk kAy kanal neerizhiv eeLaiyodu
     aLaippuk kAdhadai kUnal visUsigai
          kuruttuk kAl mudam UmaiyuL UdaRu ...... kaNta mAlai

kudippuk kUnam idhE satham Amena
     eduththup pAzh vinaiyAl uzhal nAyen
          unidaththu thALpeRa nyAna sadhAsiva ...... anbuthArAy

kelikkap pOr poru sUrar kuzhAm umizh
     iraththa sERezha thEr pari yALigaL
          keduththittE kadal sUr giri thUL pada ...... kaNda vElA

kiLarp potrOLi charAchara mEviye
     asaiththup pUjaikoL Ayi parApari
          kizhappoR kALai melERum enAyaki ...... panginmEvum

valiththuth thOLmalai rAvaNan Anavan
     eduththap pOdhudal keezh vizhavE seydhu
          magizh poRpAdha sivAya namO ara ...... sambu bAlA

malaik oppA mulaiyAL kuRamAdhinai
     aNaiththu seerpuliyUr paramAgiya
          vadakku gOpura vAsalil mEviya ...... thambirAnE.

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

elupputh thOl mayir nAdi kuzhAm idai: Bones, skin, hair, clusters of veins and arteries,

iRukku chee puzhuvOd adai mULaigaL: the dormant puss, worms and germs, various parts of the brain,

iraththa sAgara neer mala mEviya kumbiyOdai: sea of blood, water, faeces - these are all filled in this body, a slimy pond;

iLaippu sOgaigaL vAtham vilA vali: general weakness, anaemia, rheumatism, paralysis,

uLaippu sUlaiyodE valu vAgiya iraippu: stomach ache, chUlai (another kind of stomach pain), extreme breathlessness,

kEvala mUla viyAdhiyodu aNdavAtham: the worst kind of piles, swelling of the testicles,

kulaippuk kAy kanal neerizhiv eeLaiyodu aLaippu: nervous debility, high fever, diabetes, bronchitis causing accumulation of phlegm,

kAdhadai kUnal visUsigai: deafness, hunched back, cholera,

kuruttuk kAl mudam UmaiyuL UdaRu kaNta mAlai: blindness, lameness, itchy ring worm around the neck that eats the flesh from inside,-

kudippuk kUnam idhE satham Amena eduththu: such diseases have settled inside this miserable body; thinking that this body is everlasting,

pAzh vinaiyAl uzhal nAyen: I, the lowly dog, roam about aimlessly afflicted by my bad deeds.

unidaththu thALpeRa nyAna sadhAsiva anbuthArAy: To enable me to attain Your hallowed feet, kindly grant me the Auspicious and Blissful Knowledge.

kelikkap pOr poru sUrar kuzhAm umizh iraththa sERezha: They came to the battlefield in order to win; but the blood gushing from the multitude of demons formed a slimy pond;

thEr pari yALigaLkeduththittE: their armies of chariots, horses and elephants were all destroyed;

kadal sUr giri thUL pada kaNda vElA: The seas, Demon SUran and Mount Krouncha, along with the seven hills, were all smashed by Your Spear, Oh Lord!

kiLarp potrOLi: She has majestic and beautiful shoulders;

charAchara mEviye asaiththup pUjaikoL Ayi: She is the Mother, who mingles with all stationary and moving objects of the Universe and also influences them all and accepts all puja offerings;

parApari: She is the all-pervasive One;

kizhappoR kALai melERum enAyaki panginmEvum: She mounts Her favourite Bull, Nandi; She is Our Goddess PArvathi, and He is Her consort by Her side;

valiththuth thOLmalai rAvaNan Anavan eduththap pOdhu: when RAvaNan exerted the strength of his shoulders fully and attempted to lift Mount KailAsh*,

udal keezh vizhavE seydhu magizh poRpAdha: He gleefully made Ravanas's body fall under the Mount by the force of the big toe of His lovely feet;

sivAya namO ara sambu bAlA: and He is the fundamental substance in the five- lettered ManthrA "SivAyanamaha". He is Lord SivA Sambu, and You are His son!

malaik oppA mulaiyAL kuRamAdhinai aNaiththu: You embraced VaLLi, the KuRavAs' damsel, who has mountain-like bosoms!

seerpuliyUr paramAgiya vadakku gOpura vAsalil mEviya thambirAnE.: In this famous town called PuliyUr (Chidhambaram), You remain the highest principle by the side of the northern temple tower, Oh Unique Lord!

* When RAvaNan was victoriously travelling all over the world, his plane (Pushpaka) was unable to cross over Mount KailAsh. Enraged RAvaNan decided to uproot the mount using only his hands and began to shake the mount. Lord SivA simply pressed His big toe on the mount, and RAvaNan was crushed underneath. He later sang SAma GAnam in praise of Lord SivA who was pleased and let him off the mount.