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Song 604 - pon sithra (thiruchchengkOdu)

poRsithrap pacchaip pattuk
     kacchittuk kattip pathmap
          putpaththuk koppak kaRpith ...... thiLainjOrkaL

putpattuc cheppath thuppaR
     koththappot Riththath thitpap
          poRpiRpet Rukrac chakrath ...... thanamAnAr

kaRchiththac chuththap poyppith
     thaththiRpuk kittap pattuk
          kaikkuththit tittuc chutRith ...... thiriyAmal

katRutRuc chiththik kaikkuc
     chiththippap pakshath thiRchoR
          kaRpiththop piththuk kotRak ...... kazhalthArAy

kuRchiththuk kottuk kottuth
     thukkacchath thukkuk kukkuk
          kukkukkuk kukkuk kukkuk ...... kenamARA

kutchikkup pakshik kaikkuk
     kakshaththiR patchath thaththak
          kotticchut tikkok rikkuk ...... kudathAri

saRchiththuth thoRputh thippat
     chaththarkkop piththat chaththuc
          chaththaththaic chaththik kocchaip ...... pathivAzhvE

thakshappat Rukkerp paththiR
     cheRpatRaic chetRit tucchac
          chaRpappot Raikkut chokkap ...... perumALE.

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

poR chithrap pacchaip pattuk kacchu ittuk kattip pathmap putpaththukku oppak kaRpiththu: Imagining that the bosom, tightly compressed by a fitting blouse made of beautiful and unique silk, is comparable to the lotus,

iLainjOrkaL puL pattu seppaththup pal koththa: these young men fall prey, like birds, into the net spread by the whores and even get bitten by their neat row of teeth;

pon thiththath thitpap poRpil petRu ukrac chakrath thanam mAnAr: those women, with bosom like round and evil wheels, are capable of smooth and matured speech in order to fleece out gold;

kal siththac chuththap poyp piththu aththil pukku ittappattuk kaik kuththittu ittic chutRith thiriyAmal: their heart is hard like stone, and trying to passionately enter that maddening delusion which is nothing but a total myth, sometimes one ends up in bouts of wrestling (vying with other suitors who also visit there); I do not wish to roam about like that;

katRu utRuc chiththikkaikkuc chiththippap paxaththil sol kaRpiththu oppiththuk kotRak kazhal thArAy: I wish to speak Your glory alone; kindly bless me with realisation and the ability to conceive the choicest words to praise You; and grant me Your triumphant and hallowed feet giving me the ability to recite such words!

kuRchiththuk kottuk kottuth thukka acchaththukku: It is so frustrated due to the lack of nourishment that it stays awake with hunger, agony and fear;

kukkuk kukkukkuk kukkuk kukkuk ena mARA kutchikkup pakshaikkaikkuk kakshaththil patchaththu aththak kotti: it continually crows like "kukkuk kukkukkuk kukkuk kukkuk" yearning for food, beating the two sides of its stomach with its feathers;

chuttik kokrik kukkuda thAri: that Rooster makes a significant and shrill noise; and You have placed it on Your staff, Oh Lord!

saR chiththuth thol puththip patcha aththarkku oppiththu: He is immortal, omniscient, primordial and full of knowledge; He is Your beloved Father, Lord SivA; and You preached to Him, Oh Lord!

atcha(ra)ththuc chaththaththaith saththik kocchaip pathi vAzhvE: You came as ThirugnAna Sambandhar in the powerful place SeegAzhi and sang the ThEvaram hymns, giving divine sound to letters!

thaksha(sam) patRuk kerppaththil sel patRaic chetRitta: This desire, capable of catching like wild-fire, could enter the body right from the womb; such a desire (for women, earth, and gold) is eradicated in

ucchac chaRpap potRaikkuL chokkap perumALE.: the lofty mountain of the Serpent (NAgamalai, also known as ThiruchchengkOdu*) which is Your abode, Oh Handsome and Great One!

* ThiruchchengkOdu is in SAlem District of Tamil NAdu, 6 miles away from Sankaridurgam railway station.
As the mount is reddish in colour, the name ThiruchchengkOdu -Red Hill- was given.

In Kandhar AlangkAram, Saint AruNagirinAthar sings about ChenkOdan (Murugan): to see His beauty, he wishes BrahmA, the Creator, had blessed him with 4,000 eyes!