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Song 925 - thasaiyAgiya (karuvUr)

thasaiyA kiyakatR RaiyinAl mudiyath
     thalaikA laLavop ...... panaiyAyE

thadumA RuthalsatR RorunA LulakitR
     RavirA vudalath ...... thinainAyEn

pasupA samumvit taRivA laRiyap
     padupU raNanit ...... kaLamAna

pathipA vanaiyutR RanupU thiyilap
     padiyE yadaivith ...... tharuLvAyE

asalE surarputh thiranE kuNathik
     karuNO thayamuth ...... thamizOnE

akilA kamavith thakanE thukaLatR
     RavarvAzh vayalith ...... thirunAdA

kasivA rithayath thamirthE mathupak
     kamalA layanmaith ...... thunavELE

karuNA karasaR kuruvE kudakiR
     karuvU razhakap ...... perumALE.

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

thasaiyA kiyakatR RaiyinAl mudiya: My body is nothing but a mere bundle of flesh

thalaikA laLavoppanaiyAyE: fully adorned from head to toe.

thadumARuthal satR RorunAL ulakitR: This body is bound to vascillate in this world every day.

RavirA vudalath thinainAyEn: I, the lowly dog, possess such a troublesome body!

pasupA samumvittu: I want to give up my egoism and possessiveness;

aRivAl aRiyappadu pUraNa nitkaLamAna: my intellect must contemplate the Complete Entity, which is shapeless and formless;

pathipA vanaiyutR RanupU thiyil: my meditation should be only on the Supreme One; and my subconscious mind should experience it.

appadiyE yadaivith tharuLvAyE: All these can be granted as wished by me by Your Grace.

asalEsurar puththiranE: You are the son of AsalEsurar* (Lord of Mount KailAsh that cannot be stirred)!

kuNathikk aruNO thaya: You have the complexion of the rising sun in the East!

muth thamizOnE: You revel in all three branches of Tamil, namely literature, music and drama!

akilA kamavith thakanE: You are the expert in all the vedic scriptures!

thukaLatRRavarvAzh vayalith thirunAdA: You reside at VayalUr where blemishless devotees of Yours live!

kasivA rithayath thamirthE: You are the Divine nectar flowing in the hearts of all compassionate people!

mathupak kamalA layan maiththuna vELE: You are the cousin** of BrahmA seated on the Lotus sought by beetles!

karuNA karasaR kuruvE: You are filled with kindness, Oh Great Master!

kudakiR karuvUr azhakap perumALE.: Your Western abode is KaruvUr***, Oh, Beautiful and Great One!

* The main deity, SivA, in ThiruvArUr, is called AsalEsurar according to ThiruvArUr PurANam.

** BrahmA is the Son of Vishnu who is the maternal uncle of Murugan. So Murugan is the first cousin of BrahmA.

*** KaruvUr - now known as KarUr - is 45 miles west of Thiruchi.
It was once the capital city of ChOzha Kingdom.