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Song 775 - pUmAdhu uramEyaNi (seegAzhi)

pU mAdhura mEyaNi mAn maRai
     vAy nAl udaiyOn mali vAnavar
          kOmAn munivOr mudhal yArumi ...... yambu vEdham

pUrAya madhAy mozhi nUlgaLum
     ArAyvadhi lAthada lAsurar
          pOrAl maRai vAyuRu beethiyin ...... vandhu kUdi

neemARaru LAyena eesanai
     pA mAlaigaLAl thozhudhE thiru
          neeRAr tharu mEniya thEn iyal ...... kondRaiyodu

neerErtharu jAnavi mAmadhi
     kAkOdhara mAdhuLai kUviLai
          nErOdam viLA mudhalAr sadai ...... empirAnE

pOmARini vERedhu vOdhena
     vEyAr aruLAl avaree tharu
          pOrvElava neela kalAviyi ...... varndhu needu

bUlOkamo dEyaRu lOkamu
     nErOr nodiyE varu vOy sura
          sEnApathi AyavanE unai ...... anbinOdung

kAmAvaRu sOma samAnana
     dhAmA manamAr tharu neepa su
          dhAmA venavE thudhiyA dhuzhal ...... vanjanEnai

kAvay adi nALa surEsarai
     yEsAdiya kUrvadi vElava
          kArArtharu kAzhiyin mEviya ...... thambirAnE.

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

pU mAdhura mEyaNi mAn: Vishnu, Who wears Sri Lakshmi, seated on the lotus, on His chest,

maRai vAy nAl udaiyOn: BrahmA, the four-mouthed, Who recites the VEdAs (Scripture),

mali vAnavar kOmAn: IndrA, the Leader of the Celestials,

munivOr mudhal yArum: sages and all others

pOrAl maRai vAyuRu beethiyin: went into hiding frightened by the battling demons.

iyambu vEdham pUrAya madhAy mozhi nUlgaLum ArAyvadhi lAthada lAsurar: Those mighty demons did not explore the holy Texts that seek to explain the essence of the spoken VEdAs.

vandhu kUdi: All those assembled, terror-stricken,

neemARaru LAyena eesanai: entreated Lord SivA, to bless them with an adversary to destroy the inimical demons,

pA mAlaigaLAl thozhudhE: by worshipping SivA with garlands of poems and prayed

thiruneeRAr tharu mEniya: "Oh Lord! Lustrous is Your body sprinkled with the sacred ash!

thEn iyal kondRaiyodu: With honey-filled kondRai (Indian laburnum) flowers

neerErtharu jAnavi mAmadhi: Jhanvi* (River Ganga) beautified by water, the great crescent moon,

kAkOdhara mAdhuLai kUviLai: the cobra, the pomegranate flower, leaves of vilwa,

nErOdam viLA mudhalAr sadai empirAnE: nAval and viLA, Your tresses are elegant, Oh our Lord!

pOmARini vERedhu vOdhenavE: You alone are our solace. Do we have any other refuge but you?"

Ar aruLAl avaree tharu pOrvElava: Out of boundless compassion, SivA gave You, Oh VElavA, (to the tormented world!)

neela kalAviyi varndhu: Muruga, You mounted on the blue-feathered Peacock,

needubUlOkamo dEyaRu lOkamu: flew around the earth and six other worlds

nErOr nodiyE varu vOy: and returned in just a moment!

surasEnApathi AyavanE: You became the Commander-in-Chief of the Celestials!

unai anbinOdung: I do not say with love

kAmAvaRu sOma samAnana: "Oh Lord, You are handsome as Manmathan (Love God), Your six faces match six full moons,

dhAmA manamAr tharu neepa: You wear the fragrant kadappa garlands,

sudhAmA venavE thudhiyA dhuzhal vanjanEnai kAvay: and possess dazzling brilliance", and I, the spiteful me, simply roam about not caring to worship thus. Still, You must protect me, Oh Lord!

adi nALa surEsarai yEsAdiya kUrvadi vElava: Once You killed the demon king SUran with Your sharp spear, Oh VelavA!

kArArtharu kAzhiyin mEviya thambirAnE.: You reside in the cloud-filled prosperous town of SeegAzhi**, Oh Great One!

(Nearly three-fourth of this song is the synopsis of Kantha PuraNam, the Story of Lord Murugan).

* Jhanvi is another name of River Ganga as She flowed through the ears of Sage Jhannu.

** 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.