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Song 795 - padi punal neruppu (thiruvidaikkazhi)

padi punal nerup padaR pavanam veLi poy karup
     bavamuRai avaththai muk ...... guNa needu

payil piNigaL machchai sukkilam udhira maththimeyp
     pasipadu niNach chadak ...... kudil pENum

udaladhu poRuth thaRak kadai peRu piRappinuk
     uNar vudaiya chiththamatr ...... adinAyEn

uzhalum adhu kaRpalak kazhaliNai enak kaLith
     unadhu thamarOkka vaith ...... aruLvAyE

kodiya oru kukkudak kodiyavadi viRpunak
     kodi padar buyakgirik ...... kadhir vElA

kumara samara sinak kumaravaNi aththan meyk
     kumara magizh muththamizh ...... pulavOnE

thata vikata maththagath thadavarai araththarath
     adal anuja viththagath ...... uRaivOnE

tharu maruvu meththalath tharum aruva muththiyaith
     tharu thiruvidak kazhip ...... perumALE.

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

padi punal nerup padaR pavanam veLi: The five elements, namely, Earth, Water, Fire, the strong Air and the Cosmos;

poy karup bavamuRai avaththai: falsehood, the agony of entering the pit called the womb, with births increasing,

muk guNa: the three characterestics, namely Tranquility (SAthvikam), Aggressiveness (RAjasam) and Lethargy (ThAmasam);

needu payil piNigaL: the ever-lingering diseases;

machchai sukkilam udhiram aththi: the brain; the sperm; the blood; the bones;

meyp pasipadu niNach chadak kudil pENum: the various hungers of the body; and the underlying flesh have all formed this body, a stupid conglomerate like a thatched hut!

udaladhu poRuth thaRak kadai peRu piRappinukku: Bearing this body, and having taken this meanest birth,

uNar vudaiya chiththamatr adinAyEn: I possess a mind bereft of True Knowledge; and I am worse than a lowly dog!

uzhalum adhu kaRpala: My roaming about is absolutely unfair and meaningless.

kazhaliNai enak kaLithu: You should grant me Your two lotus feet wearing the victorious anklets;

unadhu thamarOkka vaith aruLvAyE: and You should kindly include me among Your elite group of devotees!

kodiya oru kukkudak kodiya: You hold in Your staff the incomparable and fierce Rooster!

vadiviRpunak kodi padar buyakgirik kadhir vElA: Your mountainous shoulders embrace beautiful VaLLi, the damsel of the millet field, and You hold the sparkling Spear in Your hand!

kumara samara sinakkum aravaNi aththan meykkumara: Oh Kumara! You are the great Son of SivA who wears the serpent that leaps out fiercely in the battlefield!

magizh muththamizh pulavOnE: You revel in the three branches of Tamil, Oh Great Scholar!

thata vikata maththagath thadavaraiyar aththar aththa: He has a unique elephant face and mountainous body; and He is Ganapathi. You are the Master of His Father (Lord SivA)!

adal anuja: You are also His powerful younger brother!

viththagath uRaivOnE: You reside at the pinnacle of True knowledge!

tharu maruvu meththalath tharum aruva muththiyaith tharu: This place has plenty of trees; and whosoever from anywhere in the earth comes and prays here is assured of heavenly bliss at

thiruvidaik kazhip perumALE.: Thiruvidaikkazhi, which is Your abode, Oh Great One!

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