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Song 729 - kaNkayaR piNai (ThiruvAmAththUr)

kaNka yaRpiNai mAnOduRa vuNde nakkazhai thOLAnathu
     nanka maikkina mAmAmena ...... mukaiyAna

kanja moththezhu kUrmAmulai kunja raththiru kOdOduRa
     vinju maipporu kArkOthaiko ...... duyarkAlan

peNda nakkuLa kOlAkala minRe duththiLai yOrAvikaL
     manpi dippathu pOlneeLvadi ...... vudaimAthar

pinpo zhiththidu mAmAyaiyi lanpu vaiththazhi yAthEyuRu
     kinji laththanai thALpENida ...... aruLthArAy

viNda nakkuRa vAnOnudal kaNpa daiththavan vEthAvodu
     viNdu viththakan veezhthALinar ...... vidaiyERi

ventha naththumai yALmEviya santha nappuya mAtheesurar
     venga yaththuri yArpOrvaiyar ...... mikuvAzhvE

thaNpu daippozhil cUzhmAthaiyil naNpu vaiththaruL thArAthala
     mungi Laiththida vAneeLthisai ...... yoduthAvith

thaNda rakkarkaL kOkOvena viNdi daththada mAmeemisai
     chaNda vikrama vElEviya ...... perumALE.

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

kaN kayal piNai mAnOdu uRavu uNdu enak kazhai thOLAnathu nanku amaikku inam Am Am ena: Their eyes are akin to kayal fish and female deer; their sugarcane-like shoulders are akin to bamboo of good species; yes, yes, it is indeed so;

mukaiyAna kanjam oththu ezhu kUr mA mulai kunjaraththu iru kOdOdu uRa: just like the budding lotus blossoms, their prominent, pointed and large bosom could be compared to the two tusks of the elephant;

vinju maip poru kAr kOthai kodu uyar kAlan peN thanakku uLa kOlAkalam inRu eduththu: their dark cloud-like hair is comparable to dense darkness of the night; it is as though the notorious Yaman (God of Death) himself came today in the disguise of a pompous woman with those features

iLaiyOr AvikaL man pidippathu pOl neeL vadivudai mAthar pinpu ozhiththidu mA mAyaiyil anpu vaiththu azhiyAthE uRu: in order to capture the lives of young men; I do not wish to go on the destructive path of frittering away my wealth on these exquisitely beautiful women in a fit of passionate deluge;

kinjil aththanai thAL pENida aruL thArAy: for that, kindly bless me with the wisdom to seek, even though slightly, Your hallowed feet!

viN thanakku uRavAnOn udal kaN padaiththavan vEthAvodu viNdu viththakan veezh thALinar vidai ERi: Lord IndrA who governs the celestial land and who has prolific eyes all over his body, along with Brahma and the wisest Lord VishNu, assembled to prostrate at His hallowed feet; He mounts Nandi, the great bull, as His vehicle;

vem thanaththu umaiyAL mEviya santhanap puya mAthu eesurar vem kayaththu uri Ar pOrvaiyar miku vAzhvE: UmAdEvi, bestowed with pleasing bosom, is concorporate with relish on His left shoulders smeared with sandalwood paste; He is of the form of Half God and Half Goddess (ardhanAreesurar); He wears as a shawl the hide of a wild elephant; and You are the great Treasure of that Lord SivA!

thaN pudaip pozhil cUzh mAthaiyil naNpu vaiththu aruL thArAthalamum kiLaiththida: You are delightfully seated in ThiruvAmAththUr* surrounded by cool groves; with Your gracious blessings the entire world prospers;

vAn neeL thisaiyodu thAvith thaNdu arakkarkaL kO kO ena viNdida: the demons who were spread in all the directions reaching sky-high and who resorted to harassing everyone were driven away shrieking in fear

thada mA meemisai saNda vikrama vEl Eviya perumALE.: when You wielded the raging and powerful spear on the huge mango tree (in which disguise was the demon SUran), Oh Great One!

* ThiruvAmAththUr is located 4 miles northwest of Vizhuppuram Railway Station.