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Song 487 - vAtha piththamodu (chidhambaram)
vAtha piththamodu cUlai vippuruthi
yERu kaRpaduva neeLai pokkirumal
mAlai putRezhutha lUsal paRcaniyo ...... danthimAlai
mAsa daikkurudu kAtha daippu sevi
dUmai kettavali mUla mutRutharu
mAlai yutRathoNu RARu thaththuvarka ...... LuNdakAyam
vEtha viththupari kOla mutRuviLai
yAdu viththakada lOda moyththapala
vEda mittuporu LAsai patRiyuzhal ...... singiyAlE
veedu kattimaya lAsai pattuvizha
vOsai kettumadi yAmal muththipeRa
veeda Liththumayi lAdu suththaveLi ...... sinthiyAthO
Otha aththimuki lOdu sarppamudi
neeRu pattalaRa cUra veRpavuNa
rOdu pattuvizha vElai vittapuka ...... zhangivElA
Ona macsivaya sAmi suththAdi
yArka Lukkumupa kAri paccaiyumai
Orpu RaththaruLsi kAma NikkadavuL ...... thanthasEyE
Athi kaRpakavi nAya karkkupiRa
kAna poRcarava NApa rappirama
nAthi yutRaporuL Othu viththamaiya ...... RinthakOvE
Asai petRakuRa mAthai niththavana
mEvi suththamaNa mAdi naRpuliyu
rAda kappadika kOpu raththinmakizh ...... thambirAnE.
......... Meaning .........
vAtha piththamodu cUlai vippuruthi: Diseases caused by excessive rheumatism and biliousness, eczema,
yERu kaRpaduva neeLai pokkirumal: stone-like abcess of carboncle, bronchitis, whooping cough,
mAlai putRezhutha lUsal paRcaniyo danthimAlai: ringworm around the neck, cancer, dizziness and vertigo, acute fever, night-blindness,
mAsa daikkurudu kAtha daippu sevidUmai: blindness caused by gingivitis, deafness due to blockage of ear, speech-impairedness,
kettavali mUla mutRutharu: spasmic fits and seizures, and bleeding piles - these are some of the diseases grown and ripened in the tree of this body!
mAlai yutRathoNu RARu thaththuvarka LuNdakAyam: This body is the seat where the ninetysix tenets* seek orderly occupation;
vEtha viththupari kOla mutRuviLai yAdu viththakada lOdam: This body is the arena many games of Lord Almighty, the essence of all scriptures, who takes many forms and tosses it like a little boat on the high seas;
moyththapala vEda mittuporu LAsai patRiyuzhal singiyAlE: this body also puts on various costumes and roams about greedily to make money, and in that process, poisons itself slowly;
veedu kattimaya lAsai pattuvizha: it builds a house and, therin, crumbles due to passionate lust.
vOsai kettumadi yAmal muththipeRa veeda Liththu: I do not want to miss the inner musical tone and die in vain; for that, You will have to grant me liberation and a place in the heaven.
mayi lAdu suththaveLi sinthiyAthO: May I not meditate on You and have the blissful vision of Your cosmic dance, mounted on the Peacock?
Otha aththimuki lOdu sarppamudi neeRu pattalaRa: The seas with roaring waves, the clouds and thousands of hoods of the serpent-king (AdhisEshan) were all shattered to pieces;
cUra veRpavuNa rOdu pattuvizha: the demon SUran, his protective (seven) hills and the demons living thereon were all destroyed;
vElai vittapuka zhangivElA: when You wielded the fiery and famous Spear of Yours into the seas, Oh Lord!
Ona macsivaya sAmi suththAdi yArka Lukkumupa kAri: He is the primordial substance of the five lettered ManthrA coupled with "OM", namely, "OM NAMASIVAYA"; He is benevolent to all His pure devotees;
paccaiyumai Orpu RaththaruLsi kAma NikkadavuL thanthasEyE: He is concorporate with UmAdEvi, the emerald-green Goddess, as a part of His side; He is the gracious jewel on the crown, Lord SivA; and You are His Son!
Athi kaRpakavi nAya karkkupiRakAna poRcaravaNA: You emerged after the Primeval VinAyagA, who is like the wish-yielding KaRpaga tree, Oh Handsome Saravanabava!
pa rappirama nAthi yutRaporuL Othu viththamaiya RinthakOvE: Oh Lord, You knew the meaning and the method of interpretation of the Primordial PraNava ManthrA!
Asai petRakuRa mAthai niththavana mEvi: You went to the millet-field everyday to meet Your beloved VaLLi, the damsel of the KuRavAs,
suththamaNa mAdi: and eventually married her in the pure traditional manner!
naRpuliyur Ada kappadika kOpu raththinmakizh thambirAnE.: In the great town of PuliyUr (Chidhambaram), You are seated with relish at the beautiful tower, shining like gold and marble, Oh Great One!
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