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Song 808 - pachchai yoNgiri (thirunaLLARu)

pachchai oNgiripOl iru mAthana
     mutri tham poRi sErkuzhal vALayil
          patru puNdarikA mena Eykayal ...... vizhi nyAnA

baththi veNdaraLAm enum vANagai
     vidhru mansilai pOlnudhal Aridhazh
          padhma seNpaga mAm anubUthiyin ...... azhagALendru

ichchai anthari pArvathi mOhini
     thaththai pon kavin Alilai pOlvayi
          RiRpasung kiLiyAna minUlidai ...... abirAmi

ekkulang kudilOdula giyAvaiyum
     iRpadhin dhiru nAzhi nelAl aRam
          eppodhum pagir vAL kumarA ena ...... urugEnO

kachchaiyun thiruvALum irARudai
     poR buyangaLum vElum irARuLa
          katchivang kamalA mukam ARuLa ...... murugOnE

kaRpagam thirunA duyar vAzhvuRa
     sidhdhar vinjaiyar mAgar sabAshena
          katta vengkodu sUrkiLai vEraRa ...... vidum vElA

nachchu veNpada meedhaNai vArmugil
     pachchai vaNbuyanAr garudAsanar
          naR karandhanu kOlvaLai nEmiyar ...... marugOnE

naRpunan thanil vAzhvaLi nAyaki
     icchai koNdoru vAraNa mAdhodu
          naththi vandhu naLARuRai thEvargaL ...... perumALE.

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

pachchai oNgiripOl iru mAthana: She has two bosoms like green and bright mountains;

mutri tham poRi sErkuzhal: Around Her hair, beetles swarm in absolute bliss;

vALayil patru puNdarikA mena Eykayal vizhi: Her kayal-fish-like eyes sparkle like the spear and the lotus;

nyAnA baththi veNdaraLAm enum vANagai: Her teeth are like white pearls arranged neatly in a row of radiant wisdom;

vidhru mansilai pOlnudhal Aridhazh padhma seNpaga mAm: Her forehead is like a bow; Her lips are comparable to coral, lotus and sheNbaga (champak) flowers;

anubUthiyin azhagALendru: Her blissful beauty is realisable only through experience.

ichchai anthari pArvathi mOhini: She is the enchanting Goddess PArvathi in the form of the Supreme Cosmos, granting all wishes.

thaththai pon kavin Alilai pOlvayiRu: She is like a parrot. Her belly is like the golden banyan leaf.

iRpasung kiLiyAna minUlidai abirAmi: She is the green parrot that carries out all chores of the family life. Her waistline is slender like the lightning and a thread. She is exceedingly beautiful.

ekkulang kudilOdula giyAvaiyum: For the benefit of the entire world, irrespective of any lineage or any physical body,

iRpadhin dhiru nAzhi nelAl aRam eppodhum pagir vAL: She evenly distributes to everyone at all times, (thirtytwo) religious duties* with two measures of paddy, without moving away from Her abode.

kumarA ena urugEnO: You are the son of that PArvathi - why do I not simply melt praising You with such words?

kachchaiyun thiruvALum irARudai poR buyangaLum: You are known for Your waistband, bright sword, twelve broad shoulders,

vElum irARuLa katchivang kamalA mukam ARuLa murugOnE: the spear, twelve eyes and six hallowed lotus faces, Oh Muruga!

kaRpagam thirunA duyar vAzhvuRa: The holy land of the celestials, which has the wish-yielding KaRpaga Tree, regained its prosperity;

sidhdhar vinjaiyar mAgar sabAshena: the SidhdhAs (achievers through penance), vinjayars (performing artists) and the DEvAs hailed You by cheering with the word "SabAsh"**;

katta vengkodu sUrkiLai vEraRa vidum vElA: when You threw Your spear to annihilate the vexatious and evil demons and their clan, Oh Lord!

nachchu veNpada meedhaNai vAr: He slumbers on the bed of the serpent, Adhiseshan, with a poisonous white hood;

mugil pachchai vaNbuyanAr garudAsanar: His broad shoulders bear the complexion of dark cloud and emerald green; He mounts the eagle, Garuda;

naR karandhanu kOlvaLai nEmiyar marugOnE: He holds in His hallowed hands a bow (SArangam), arrows, a conch shell (Panchajanyam) and a wheel (Sudharsanam); He is Lord Vishnu, and You are His nephew!

naRpunan thanil vAzhvaLi nAyaki: The damsel VaLLi lived in a nice millet field;

icchai koNdoru vAraNa mAdhodu: You won her love, and then, along with DEvayAnai, the maiden reared by AirAvadham,

naththi vandhu naLARuRai thEvargaL perumALE.: You sought to be seated with relish in ThirunaLLARu. You are the Lord of the DEvAs, Oh Great One!

** The use of the Arabic word 'sabAsh' indicates the Moghul influence during the time of AruNagirinAthar.

*** ThirunaLLARu is 3 miles west of KAraikkAl; it has the famous temple for one of the planets, SaneeswarA, the Saturn.