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Song 793 - irakkum avarkku (thiruvidaikkazhi

irakkumavark kirakkamikuth thaLippanasop panaththilumat
     Renakkiyaluk kisaikkethirep ...... pulavOren

Reduththumudith thadakkaimudith thirattaiyuduth thilacchinaiyit
     tadaippaiyidap prapuththuvamut ...... RiyalmAthar

kurakkumukath thinaikkuzhalaip panippiRaiyop penappuyalop
     penakkuRukik kalaikkuLmaRaith ...... thidumAnin

kuLappadiyiR chaLappadumip pavakkadalaik kadakkainik
     kuRiththirupoR kazhaRpuNaiyaith ...... tharuvAyE

arakkaradaR kadakkaamark kaLaththadaiyap pudaiththulakuk
     kalakkaNaRak kulakkiripot ...... tezhavAri

anaiththumvaRap puRacchurarkaR pakappuriyiR pukakkamalath
     thanaicchiRaiyit tidaikkazhiyiR ...... payilvOnE

karakkaradak kaLitRumarup pulakkaiyiniR kozhiththamaNik
     kazhaiththaraLath thinaiththinaiyiR ...... kuRuvALaik

kaNikkuRavak kuRicchiyiniR chilaikkuRavark kilacchaivarak
     kayaththodukaip pidiththamaNap ...... perumALE.

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

irakkum avarkku irakkam mikuththu aLippana soppanaththilum atRa enakku: I am a miser who never compassionately offers, even in the dream, any alms to the seekers;

iyalukku isaikku ethir ep pulavOr enRu eduththu mudith thadak kai mudiththu irattai uduththu ilaicchinai ittu: I have been arrogantly composing poems bragging that there is no poet who could compete with me in literature or music of Tamil language; I adorned my big head and large hands, wearing classy attire around my waist and fancy clothings over my chest and putting on a ring bearing the sovereign seal in my finger;

adaippai idap prapuththuvam utRu iyal mAthar kurakku mukaththinaik kuzhalaip panip piRai oppu enap puyal oppu enak kuRuki: with a maid following me carrying a spittoon for the betel-leaf that I chew to be spewed out, I carried on pompously like a big leader; I compared the faces of some of the monkey-like women who surrounded me to the cool moon, describing their hair as the dark cloud and then hugged them;

kalaikkuL maRaiththidu mAnin kuLappu adiyil saLappam idum ip pavak kadalaik kadakka inik kuRiththu iru pon kazhal puNaiyaith tharuvAyE: in order that I cross the miserable sea of birth in which I hanker after the female genitals, concealed in their attire, that look like the hoof-mark of the deer, kindly look upon me graciously and grant me the raft of Your hallowed feet, Oh Lord!

arakkar adal kadakka amark kaLaththu adaiyap pudaiththu ulakukku alakkaN aRak kulak kiri pottu ezha: In order to destroy the strength of the demons, You drove them hither and thither in the battlefield and thrashed them, relieving the agony of the world, and shattered the tall mount Krouncha to pieces;

vAri anaiththum vaRappuRac churar kaRpakap puriyil pukak kamalaththanaic chiRaiyittu idaikkazhiyil payilvOnE: all the seas dried up, and the celestials resettled in their golden land with kaRpaga trees; You imprisoned Brahma, who is seated on the lotus, and then settled with relish in this place, Thiruvidaikkazhi*, Oh Lord!

karak karadak kazhitRu maruppu ulakkaiyinil kozhiththa maNik kazhaith tharaLaththinaith thinaiyil kuRuvALai: Feigning playfully as though she is about to grind the choicest gems and the pearls produced by the bamboos as if they were millet seeds, VaLLi selected as the pestle the ivory tusk of an elephant famous for its trunk and the mark of flow of must** on its jaws;

kaNik kuRavak kuRicchiyinil silai kuRavarkku ilacchai varak kayaththodu kaip pidiththa maNap perumALE.: in the mountainous valley of KuRinji Malai where kino trees abound, the KuRavAs holding the bows were put to shame when You held the hand of that VaLLi in Yours as Her Consort, with the help of GaNapathi appearing as an elephant, Oh Great One!

* Thiruvidaikkazhi is 17 miles southeast of MayilAduthurrai (MAyUram) - near Thirukkadaiyur.
Murugan is cosily seated under a KurA tree in this place.

** must = the juice of frenzy that flows on the jaws of the elephant, specially during the rutting season.