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Song 558 - buvanaththoru (thiruchirAppaLLi)

buvanath thorupotrodi chitrudharak
     karuvil bavamutru vidhippadiyiR
          puNar dhukka sugap payil vutru marith ...... thidilAvi

puriyat tagamittadhu kattiyiRuk
     kadikuth thena accham viLaith thalaRap
          puraLvithth uvaruththi maNaR soriviththu ...... analUdE

dhavanap padavit tuyirsek kilaraith
     thaNipaR kaLudhirth therisep puruvaith
          thazhuvap paNi mutkaLilkat tiyisith ...... thidavAykaN

chalanappada etriyiRaich chiyaRuth
     thayilviththu muriththu nerith thuLaiyath
          thaLaiyittu varuththum yamap ragarath ...... thuyartheerAy

pavanath thaiyoduk kumanak kavalaip
     bramaiyatr aivagaip pulaniR kadidhiR
          padar icchaiyozhith thathavach chariyaik ...... kriyaiyOgar

paripak kuvar nishtai nivirth thiyiniR
     parisudhdhar viraththar karuththadhanil
          paravappadu seyppadhiyil parama ...... gurunAthA

sivan uththama niththa uruddhiran muk
     kaNanakkan mazhukkaran ugraraNath
          thiripuraththai eriththaruL siRguNa niR ...... guNan Adhi

jegaviththa nijapporuL chiRparan aR
     buthan oppiliyuR bava padhmathadath
          thirisirAppura veRpuRai saR kumarap ...... perumALE.

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

buvanath thorupotrodi chitrudharak karuvil bavamutru: In this world, birth takes place in the little womb of a pretty woman.

vidhippadiyiR puNar dhukka sugap payil vutru: According to fate, life experiences happiness and misery.

marith thidilAvi puriyat tagamittu: Upon death, life is encompassed in a virtual body (SUkshma Sareeram also known as puriashtagam*)

adhu kattiyiRukka adikuththena accham viLaiththu alaRa: and that body is tightly bound in ropes (in hell) and is subjected to beatings and blows, leading to scary screams.

puraLviththu varuththi maNaR soriviththu: The body is rolled over and tortured by splattering hot sand all over it

analUdE dhavanap padavittu: It is thrust into fire and roasted.

uyirsekkilaraiththu: The life in that body is crushed in a crusher (chekku).

aNipaRkaLudhirththu: The neat row of teeth is knocked out.

erisep puruvaith thazhuvap paNi: The body is forced into hugging a copper statue that is smoulderingly hot.

mutkaLilkattiyisiththida: It is bound with thorns and dragged along.

vAykaN chalanappada etri: The body is kicked so hard that the mouth and eyes are shaken.

yiRaichchiyaRuththu ayilviththu: The flesh of the body is sliced and forcibly fed into the mouth.

muriththu neriththu uLaiya thaLaiyittu: The feet are crushed and squeezed painfully by heavy chains.

varuththum yamapragarath thuyar theerAy: These are the punishments meted out in the Land of Yaman (God of Death). Please spare me such misery!

pavanath thaiyodukkumanak kavalai bramaiyatru: These people are free from the illusion or mental pressure to control and regulate their breath;

aivagaip pulaniR kadidhiR padar icchaiyozhiththa: they have conquered the five senses (namely, taste, smell, sight, hearing and perception) through which desire spreads fast;

thavach chariyaik kriyaiyOgar paripakkuvar: these are exalted people who have performed sariyai, kiriyai, and yOgA and are mature consummate gnAnis**.

nishtai nivirththiyiniR parisudhdhar: these have attained the purest mind through renunciation and deep meditation;

viraththar: these people have given up all desires and attachments.

karuththadhanil paravappadu seyppadhiyil parama gurunAthA: In their thoughts, this place, VayalUr, is worshipped with reverence. You reside there, Oh Supreme Master!

sivan uththaman niththa uruddhiran mukkaNan: Lord SivA, the most virtuous, the immortal one, Rudra MUrthi, one who has three eyes (the Sun, the Moon and the Fire),

nakkan mazhukkaran: the Dhikambaran (one who wears the directions as His clothing), one who holds in his hand the pickaxe,

ugraraNath thiripuraththai eriththaruL: one who burnt down Thiripuram in a fierce battle,

siRguNa niRguNan Adhi: one who is Wisdom itself, one who does not have any attributes, one who is primordial,

jegaviththa nijapporuL chiRparan: one who is the seed for the entire universe, one who is truth incarnate, one who is beyond comprehension,

aRbuthan oppili yuRbava: one who is the most wonderful and is matchless - that SivA delivered You to us!

padhmathadath thirisirAppura veRpuRai saR kumarap perumALE.: You reside in the mountain of ThirisirAppaLLi, which is full of lotus ponds, Oh Great One!

* Puriashtagam means the virtual body in which the five senses, mind, intellect and ego (in all, eight) are encompassed together. This is not the mortal body, but is the one that is carried by messengers of the God of Death.