á¸õ ...
¾¡Çõ ...

¾ÉÉ ¾¡É ¾¡É¡É ¾ÉÉ ¾¡É ¾¡É¡É
     ¾ÉÉ ¾¡É ¾¡É¡É ...... ¾É¾¡É

......... À¡¼ø .........

þþ Á¡É §¾ëÈ Ä¾Ã Á¡É Á¡Á¡¾
     ¦Ã¾¢¡¢ Ä¡¾ ⽡à ...... Ó¨ÄÁ£§¾

þɢР§À¡Î §Á¸¡º ¯¨¼Â¢ É¡Ö Á¡Ä¡Ä
     Å¢Æ¢Â¢ É¡Ö Á¡Ä¡¸¢ ...... ÂÑá¸

Ţø Á¡¸¢ §ÂÀ¡Â Ä¢¨¼Å¢ ¼¡Áø ¿¡§¼¡Ú
     õÕ¸Á ¾¡¾¢ §º§Ã¡¾¢ ...... ¿¢Æøãú¸¢

Å¢¨ÇÔ §Á¡¸ Á¡Á¡¨Â ¸ÆÖ Á¡Ú ¿¡§ÂÛõ
     Å¢ÆÄ É¡öÅ¢ ¼¡§¾¿¢ ...... ÉÕû¾¡Ã¡ö

«Ã¸ á± É¡ã¼÷ ¾¢Õ¦Å ½£È¢ ¼¡ã¼÷
     «Ê¸û ⺢ ¡ã¼÷ ...... ¸¨Ã§ÂÈ

«È¢× áø¸ Ä¡ã¼÷ ¦¿È¢Â¢ §Ä¿¢ Ä¡ã¼÷
     «ÈõÅ¢ º¡¡¢ ¡ã¼÷ ...... ¿Ã§¸Æ¢ü

ÒÃÇ Å£úÅ ¡£Ã¡Ú ¸ÃÅ¢ §¿¡¾ §ºö§º¡¾¢
     Òý âà ½¡¸¡Ã ...... ÓÕ§¸¡§É

ÒÂÖ Ä¡× §º½¡Î ÀÃÅ¢ ¿¡Ù Á£§¼Ú
     Ò¸Ä¢ §ÁÅ¢ Å¡ú§¾Å÷ ...... ¦ÀÕÁ¡§Ç.

......... ¦º¡ø Å¢Çì¸õ .........

þþÁ¡É §¾ý °Èø «¾ÃÁ¡É Á¡ Á¡¾÷ ... ͨŠ¿¢ÃõÀ¢Â §¾ý §À¡Ä °Úõ Å¡ö þ¾ú °È¨Ä ¯¨¼Â «Æ¸¢Â Å¢¨ÄÁ¡¾÷¸Ç¢ý

±¾¢÷ þÄ¡¾ âñ ¬Ãõ  Á£§¾ ... ¿¢¸÷ þøÄ¡¾ «½¢¸Ä Á¡¨Ä¸û ¦¸¡ñ¼ Á¡÷À¸í¸Ç¢ý §Áø

þɢР§À¡Îõ ²¸¡ºõ ¯¨¼Â¢É¡Öõ ¬Ä¡Ä ŢƢ¢ɡÖõ Á¡ø ¬¸¢ ... «Æ¸¡¸ «½¢óÐûÇ §ÁÄ¡¨¼ ¯¨¼Â¢É¡Öõ, ¬Ä¸¡Ä Å¢„ò¨¾ô §À¡ýÈ ¸ñ¸Ç¡Öõ ¸¡Á ÁÂì¸õ ¦¸¡ñÎ,

«ÑḠŢøõ ¬¸¢§Â À¡Âø þ¨¼Å¢¼¡Áø ¿¡§¼¡Úõ õÕ¸Á¾ ¬¾¢§º÷ µ¾¢ ¿¢Æø ãú¸¢ ... ¸¡Áô ÀüȢɡø §Å¾¨ÉôÀðÎ, ÀÎ쨸¢ø ±ô§À¡Ðõ ¿¡û §¾¡Úõ ¸Šà¡¢ ӾĢ ¿Ú Á½í¸û §º÷óÐûÇ Üó¾Ä¢ý ¿¢ÆÄ¢§Ä ãú¸¢ÉÅÉ¡ö,

Å¢¨ÇÔõ §Á¡¸ Á¡ Á¡¨Â ¸ÆÖÁ¡Ú ... («¾É¡ø) ²üÀÎõ ¸¡Á ÁÂì¸õ ±ýÛõ ¦À¡¢Â Á¡¨Â ±ý¨É Å¢ðÎ «¸ÖÁ¡Ú,

¿¡§ÂÛõ Å¢ÆÄÉ¡ö Å¢¼¡§¾ ¿¢ý «Õû ¾¡Ã¡ö ... ¿¡Â¢Ûõ «ÊÂÅÉ¡¸¢Â ¿¡Ûõ Å£½ý ¬¸¡¾Å¡Ú ¯ýÛ¨¼Â ¾¢ÕÅÕ¨Çò ¾ó¾ÕÙ¸.

«Ã¸Ã¡ ±É¡ ã¼÷ ¾¢Õ ¦Åñ ¿£Ú þ¼¡ ã¼÷ «Ê¸û ⺢¡ ã¼÷ ... «Ã¸Ã¡ ±ýÚ ÜÈ¡¾ ã¼÷¸û, ¾¢Õ¿£ü¨Èô ⺡¾ ã¼÷¸û, «ÊÂÅ÷¸¨Çô À½¢Â¡¾ ã¼÷¸û,

¸¨Ã ²È «È¢× áø ¸ (ø) Ä¡ ã¼÷ ¦¿È¢Â¢§Ä ¿¢ (ø) Ä¡ ã¼÷ ... ¸¨Ã ²Úžü¸¡É ¿øÄ «È¢¨Åò ¾Õõ »¡É áø¸¨Çì ¸øÄ¡¾ ã¼÷¸û, ¿øÄ ¦¿È¢¨Âì ¸¨¼À¢Ê측¾ ã¼÷¸û,

«Èõ Å¢º¡¡¢Â¡ ã¼÷ ¿ÃÌ ²Æ¢ø ÒÃÇ Å£úÅ÷ ... ¾ÕÁõ þýɦ¾ýÚ Ü¼ Å¢º¡Ã¨½ ¦ºö¡¾ ã¼÷¸û ²Ø* ¿Ã¸í¸Ç¢Öõ ÒÃÙõÀÊ Å¢ØÅ¡÷¸û.

®Ã¡Ú ¸Ã Å¢§¿¡¾ §ºö §º¡¾¢ ... ÀýÉ¢ÃñÎ ¾¢Õì ¸Ãí¸¨Ç ¯¨¼Â Å¢§¿¡¾§É, ¦ºù§Å§Ç, §ƒ¡¾¢ ÅÊÅ¡ÉŧÉ,

Òýõ âý¡¸¡Ã ÓÕ§¸¡§É ... ¿¢¨Èó¾ ´Ç¢ ¦À¡Õó¾¢Â âý ¯ÕÅò¾§É, ÓÕ¸§É,

ÒÂø ¯Ä¡× §º½¡Î ÀÃÅ¢ ¿¡Ùõ ®§¼Ú ҸĢ §ÁÅ¢ Å¡ú §¾Å÷ ¦ÀÕÁ¡§Ç. ... §Á¸õ ¯Ä¡×õ Å¢ñ ¿¡ð¼Å÷ §À¡üÈ¢ô ÀÃÅ¢ ¿¡û§¾¡Úõ ®§¼Ú¸¢ýÈ º£¸¡Æ¢Â¢ø** Å£üÈ¢ÕóÐ Å¡ú¸¢ýÈ, §¾Å÷¸Ç¢ý ¦ÀÕÁ¡§Ç.

* ²Ø ¿Ã¸í¸û À¢ýÅÕÁ¡Ú: ܼ¡ºÄõ, ÌõÀ¢À¡¸õ, «ûÇø, «§¾¡¸¾¢, ¬÷Åõ, â¾¢, ¦ºóÐ (À¢í¸Äõ).

** º£¸¡Æ¢ º¢¾õÀÃò¾¢üÌ 11 ¨Áø ¦¾ü§¸ ¯ûÇÐ.
¨ºÅì ÌÚÅ÷¸û ¿¡øÅ¡¢ø ´ÕÅÃ¡É ¾¢Õ»¡ÉºõÀó¾÷ À¢Èó¾ ¾Äõ..

º£¸¡Æ¢ìÌ ¯¡¢Â ÁüÈ ¦ÀÂ÷¸û:

º£¸¡Æ¢ - ¸¡Ç¢ ±ýÛõ ¿¡¸õ ⃢ò¾ ¾Äõ,
À¢ÃÁÒÃõ - À¢ÃÁý ⃢ò¾ ¾Äõ,
§ÅÏÒÃõ - ¸ƒÓ¸ «ÍÃÛìÌô ÀÂó¾ §ÅÏ ±ýÛõ þó¾¢Ãý ⃢ò¾ ¾Äõ,
§¾¡½¢ÒÃõ - À¢ÃÇ ¸¡Äò¾¢ø §¾¡½¢ §À¡Ä Á¢¾ó¾ ¸¡Ã½ò¾¡ø þô ¦ÀÂ÷ Åó¾Ð,
âó¾Ã¡ö - â×õ ¾¡¨ÃÔõ ⃢ò¾ ¾Äõ,
º¢ÃÒÃõ - «Á¢÷¾õ ÅÆí¸ôÀð¼§À¡Ð ¾¢ÕÁ¡Ä¡ø º¢Ãõ ¾È¢ì¸ôÀð¼ Ã¡Ì §¸Ðì¸û ¾¨Ä¨Âò ¾¢ÕõÀô ¦ÀÈ âƒ¢ò¾ ¾Äõ,
ÒÈÅõ - ÒÈ¡Å¡É À¢Ãƒ¡À¾¢ ±ýÛõ ÓÉ¢Å÷ ¾õ ¯¼ø Á¡Á¢ºò¨¾ì ¦¸¡ÎòÐ «Ãº¨Éì ¸¡òÐô §ÀÚ ¦ÀüÈ ¾Äõ,
ºñ¨À - ºñ¨À ÓÉ¢ ±ÉôÀð¼ Ð÷Å¡º÷ ⃢ò¾ ¾Äõ,
¦¸¡î¨º - ÀáºÃ ÓÉ¢Å÷ ÁüÈ ¡¢„¢¸Ç¢ý º¡Àò¾¡ø Ð÷ì¸ó¾õ ¯¼Ä¢ø ¦ÀüÚ, «Ð ¿£í¸ô ⺢ò¾ ¾Äõ,
¦ÅíÌÕ - À¢Ã¸ŠÀ¾¢ ⃢ò¾ ¾Äõ,
¸ØÁÄõ - ¬ýÁ¡ì¸Ç¢ý ÁÄõ ¸ØÅôÀθ¢ýÈ ¾Äõ,
Óп¸÷ - ,
ҸĢ -
     ... ±ýÀÉ.

Song 765 - iradhamAna (seegAzhi)

iratha mAna thEnURa lathara mAna mAmAtha
     rethiri lAtha pUNAra ...... mulaimeethE

inithu pOdu mEkAsa udaiyi nAlu mAlAla
     vizhiyi nAlu mAlAki ...... yanurAka

viraka mAki yEpAya lidaivi dAmal nAdORu
     mrukama thAthi sErOthi ...... nizhalmUzhki

viLaiyu mOka mAmAyai kazhalu mARu nAyEnum
     vizhala nAyvi dAthEni ...... naruLthArAy

araka rAe nAmUdar thiruve NeeRi dAmUdar
     adikaL pUsi yAmUdar ...... karaiyERa

aRivu nUlka lAmUdar neRiyi lEni lAmUdar
     aRamvi sAri yAmUdar ...... narakEzhiR

puraLa veezhva reerARu karavi nOtha sEyjOthi
     puraNa pUra NAkAra ...... murukOnE

puyalu lAvu sENAdu paravi nALu meedERu
     pukali mEvi vAzhthEvar ...... perumALE.

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

irathamAna thEn URal atharamAna mA mAthar: The trickle oozing out of the beautiful whores' mouth is sweet like honey;

ethir ilAtha pUN Aram mulai meethE inithu pOdum EkAsam udaiyinAlum AlAla vizhiyinAlum mAl Aki: obsessed with passion by looking at the nicely clad garment covering their bosom adorned by matchless ornamental chains and their eyes filled with AlakAla poison,

anurAka virakam AkiyE pAyal idaividAmal nAdORum mrukamatha AthisEr Othi nizhal mUzhki: I became miserable, smitten by love, and always reclined on the bed day in and day out, drowned in the shade of their hair, with the fragrance of musk and other scents;

viLaiyum mOka mA mAyai kazhalumARu: in order that the delusory and fanatic passion of mine is shaken off,

nAyEnum vizhalanAy vidAthE nin aruL thArAy: and lest I, meaner than the dog, become a total waste, kindly bestow Your grace upon me!

arakarA enA mUdar thiru veN neeRu idA mUdar adikaL pUsiyA mUdar: The stupid people who do not say the name of the Lord as "Hara, Hara", those fools who do not wear the holy ash,

karai ERa aRivu nUl ka(l)lA mUdar neRiyilE ni(l)lA mUdar: those unwise ones who never learn texts of knowledge that show them the way to cross over this birth, the foolish people who never follow the virtuous path,

aRam visAriyA mUdar naraku Ezhil puraLa veezhvar: and those idiots who do not even inquire into what righteousness is will all fall into the seven* worst hells.

eerARu kara vinOtha sEy jOthi: Oh Wonderful Lord with twelve hallowed hands, Oh reddish One in the form of an Effulgence,

puraNam pUraNAkAra murukOnE: Oh MurugA, You are the all-inclusive Lord, full of bright light.

puyal ulAvu sENAdu paravi nALum eedERu pukali mEvi vAzh thEvar perumALE.: The people of the celestial land, over which clouds drift about, come everyday to this place SeegAzhi**, and worship You and attain salvation, and You have chosen this place as Your abode, Oh Great One!

* The seven hells are: kUdAsalam, kumbipAkam, aLLal, athOkathi, Arvam, pUthi and chenthu (pingalam).

** SeegAzhi is 11 miles south of Chidhambaram. It is the place of birth of one of the Saivite Quartets, ThirugnAna SambandhAr.

The other names for SeekAzhi are as follows:

1. vENupuram: The shrine where Indra named VENu worshipped to overcome his fear of a demon, Gajamuka.
2. Thiruppukali: It is the place of refuge for the celestials who were terrified by the demon SUran.
3. Venguru: It is the shrine where Brahaspathi (Jupiter) worshipped.
4. PUntharAy: It is the shrine where Earth and ThArai worshipped.
5. Sirapuram: When the nectar was distributed by Lord VishNu to the celestials, Rahu and KEthu stealthily came as DEvAs and were beheaded by VishNu; at this shrine, they worshipped and got their heads back.
6. PuRavam: At this shrine a sage PrajApathi came in the disguise of a pigeon and offered his flesh as a sacrifice to save the king.
7. SaNpai: Sage DurvAsA, kinown as Sanpaimuni, worshipped at this shrine.
8. SeekAzhi: A serpent named KALi worshipped at this shrine.
9. Kocchai: Sage ParAsara was cursed by other sages and developed a stench all over his body which was removed after his worship at this shrine.
10. Kazhumalam: This is a shrine where all the sins of souls are washed away.
11. Piramapuram: This is a shrine where Lord Brahma offered worship.
12. ThONipuram: This shrine had the distinction of floating like a boat during the devastating flood at the end of the aeons.