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Song 575 - aindhu bUdhamum (virAlimalai)

aindhu bUthamum ARu samayamum
     manthra vEdha purANa kalaigaLum
          aimba thOr vidha mAna libigaLum ...... vegurUpa

aNda rAdhi sarAsa ramum uyar
     puNda reeKanu mEga niRavanum
          andhi pOluru vAnu nilavodu ...... veyil kAlum

chandhra sUriyar thAmum asabaiyum
     vindhu nAdhamum Eka vadivam
          adhan sorUpam adhAga uRaivadhu ...... siva yOgam

thangaL ANava mAyai karuma ma
     langaL pOyupa dhEsa gurupara
          sampra dhAyamo dEyu neRiyadhu ...... peRuvEnO

vandha dhAnavar sEnai kedi puga
     indhra lOkamvi bUthar kudipuga
          maNdu bUthapa sAsu pasi keda ...... mayidAri

vankaN veeri pidAri harahara
     sanka rA ena mEru girithalai
          maNdu thUL ezha vElai uruviya ...... vayalUrA

vendha neeRaNi vENi irudigaL
     bandha pAsa vikAra paravasa
          vendri yAna samAdhi muRugugal ...... muzhaikUdum

viNdu mElmayi lAda iniyakaL
     uNdu kAraLi pAda idhazhi pon
          vinja veesu virAli malai uRai ...... perumALE.

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

aindhu bUthamum: All the five Elements (Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Cosmos),

ARu samayamum: the six religious sects (Saivam, Vaishnavam, SAktham, GANApathyam, Kaumaram and Sauram),

manthra vEdha purANa kalaigaLum: the ManthrAs, the scriptures, the purANAs*, the arts,

aimba thOr vidha mAna libigaLum: the fiftyone different alphabets (of the Sanskrit language),

vegurUpa aNda rAdhi sarAsa ramum: the DEvAs in different forms, the movable and immovable animate forms,

uyar puNda reeKanu mEga niRavanum: the Great BrahmA, Vishnu with the complexion of dark cloud,

andhi pOluru vAnu: SivA with the reddish complexion of the setting sun,

nilavodu veyil kAlum chandhra sUriyar thAmum: the moon and the sun radiating cool moonlight and hot rays,

asabaiyum: the Hamsa ManthrA**,

vindhu nAdhamum: and the phallus (lingam) and the receptacle (peetam), namely SivA and Shakthi,

Eka vadivam: are all in combination, nothing but one and only one form.

adhan sorUpam adhAga uRaivadhu siva yOgam: Knowing the oneness of that form, and not differentiating it, and being rooted in it, one has to realize the Universal aspect of Siva-yOgA.

thangaL ANava mAyai karuma malangaL pOy: For the destruction of egoes, delusions and karmas of individuals,

upa dhEsa gurupara sampra dhAyamodu: one has to follow the conventional Master-Student tradition;

Eyu neRiyadhu peRuvEnO: and will I be fortunate to fall in that traditional line and obtain Your preaching?

vandha dhAnavar sEnai kedi puga: The confronting armies of asuras (demons) were scared away;

indhra lOkamvi bUthar kudipuga: the land of IndrA was redeemed, and the DEvAs resettled in their homeland;

maNdu bUthapa sAsu pasi keda: the devils and ghosts were able to quench their hunger in the battlefield;

mayidAri vankaN veeri pidAri: the destroyer of the demon Mahisha, the fierce and valorous Durga,

harahara sanka rA ena: rejoiced and chanted "Hara Hara, SankarA";

mEru girithalai maNdu thUL ezha: and the peaks of Mount MEru were swept by enormous dust;

vElai uruviya vayalUrA: when You threw Your mighty Spear, Oh Lord of VayalUr!

vendha neeRaNi vENi irudigaL: The sages with matted lock who wear the holy ash roasted in fire on their foreheads,

bandha pAsa vikAra: and who have won over the bondages of attachment, desire and other vascillations,

paravasa vendri yAna samAdhi muRugugal muzhaikUdum: ultimately attain their blissful tranquility at the stony caves of this mountain (VirAlimalai);

viNdu mElmayi lAda: On that mountain, the peacocks dance;

iniyakaL uNdu kAraLi pAda: the dark beetles, intoxicated from the sweet honey sucked by them, sing hummingly;

idhazhi pon vinja veesu: and the kondRai (Indian laburnum) trees abundantly shed gold instead of flowers.

virAli malai uRai perumALE.: That VirAlimalai*** is Your abode, Oh Great One!

* The 18 purANAs are as follows: Saivam, Paushyam, MArkandEyam, Lingam, SkAndham, VarAgam, VAmanam, Mascham, KUrmam, BrahmAndam, Garudam, NAradheeyam, Vishnu, BhAgavatham, Brahmam, Padhmam, AagnEyam and Brahmakaivarththam.

** Asabhai is the Hamsa ManthrA which is "SOham" in Sanskrit; meaning, SO - He, and aham - Myself, that is to say, He is Myself, a ManthrA depicting the merger of Jeeva Athma and Parama Athma.

*** KOnAdu is the region west of Mount eRumbeesar, east of MathiRkarai, south of River KAvEri and north of PirAnmalai; VirAlimalai is in this area situated 20 miles from Tiruchi on the route to Madhurai, near MaNappARai.