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Song 1157 - surudhi vegumuga (common)

suruthi vekumukapu rANa kOdikaL
     sariyai kiriyaimaka yOka mOkikaL
          thuritha parasamaya pEtha vAthikaL ...... enRumOdith

thodara vuNara ari thAya thUriya
     poruLai yaNukiyanu pOka mAnavai
          tholaiya iniyavoru SvAmi yAkiya ...... ninprakAsam

karuthi yurukiyavi rOthi yAyaruL
     peruku paramasuka mAma kOthathi
          karuNai yadiyarodu kUdiyAdima ...... kizhnthuneepak

kanaka maNivayira nUpu rAriya
     kiraNa saraNa api rAma kOmaLa
          kamala yukaLamaRa vAthu pAdani ...... nainthidAthO

maruthu neRuneRena mOthi vErOdu
     karuthu malakaimulai kOthi veethiyil
          mathukai yoduthaRuka NAnai veerida ...... venRuthALAl

valiya sakadidaRi mAya mAymadi
     padiya nadaipazhaki yAyar pAdiyil
          vaLaru mukilmaruka vElvi nOthasi ...... kaNdiveerA

viruthar nirutharkula sEnai sAdiya
     vijaya kadathadaka pOla vAraNa
          viputhai puLakathana pAra pUshaNa ...... angirAtha

vimalai nakilaruNa vAku pUthara
     viputha kadakakiri mEru pUthara
          vikada samarasatha kOdi vAnavar ...... thambirAnE.

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

suruthi vekumuka purANa kOdikaL: The VEdAs, millions of diverse mythologies (purANams),

sariyai kiriyai maka yOka mOkikaL: people who offer services for worship (sariyai), people whose oblations are ritual offerings of flowers (kiriyai), people who zealously practise the yOgA method (yOgam)*,

thuritha para samaya pEtha vAthikaL enRum Odi: people who endlessly argue citing contradictory and confusing tenets of other religions - all these run about forever to research,

thodara uNara arithAya thUriya poruLai aNuki: comprehend and grasp It; however, It is beyond their reach. It is that Pure and Supreme principle with which I wish to have a close encounter

anupOkamAnavai tholaiya ini oru SvAmiyAkiya nin prakAsam karuthi uruki: to destroy my worldly experiences and desires. You are such a nonpareil and exhilirating Lord that I want to meditate, with a melting heart, on your dazzling form of effulgence.

avirOthiyAy aruL peruku parama suka mA makA uthathi: I wish to gain the true spiritual knowledge with which I could see all lives as non-distinct parts of myself; in that blissful and great ocean of kindness,

karuNai adiyarodu kUdi Adi makizhnthu: I wish to happily mingle with Your compassionate devotees.

neepak kanaka maNi vayira nUpura: Adorned with kadappa flowers, golden anklets embedded with gems and diamonds,

Ariya kiraNa saraNa apirAma kOmaLa kamala ukaLam maRavAthu pAda ninainthidAthO: radiating bright rays, and offering refuge are Your gorgeous and youthful lotus feet; will You not kindly bless me with the ability to remember and sing the glory of those hallowed feet?

maruthu neRu neRu ena mOthi vErOdu: He rammed into the two marutha trees (with the stone-barrel tied to His waist), uprooting and felling them with a thunderous noise;

karuthum alakai mulai kOthi: He killed the fiend (PUthanai) who plotted to murder Him (with poisonous milk) by sucking her breast and life away;

veethiyil mathukaiyodu thaRukaN Anai veerida venRu: when the ferocious and arrogant elephant (KuvalayApeetam) came charging in the street, He fought with and defeated the treacherous elephant which screamed in pain;

thALAl valiya sakadu idaRi mAyamAy madi padiya nadai pazhaki: with His foot He forcefully kicked the demon (ChakatAsuran) who came disguised as a cart-wheel and killed him craftily; after accomplishing such miracles, He casually crawled and walked about like a child,

Ayar pAdiyil vaLarum mukil maruka: growing up in the shepherds' quarters; He is of the hue of dark cloud; He is Krishna, and You are the nephew of that Lord VishNu!

vEl vinOtha sikaNdi veerA: You hold the spear in Your hand, Oh wonderful Lord! You mount the peacock valiantly!

viruthar niruthar kula sEnai sAdiya vijaya: You conquered the valorous armies of the demons and killed them triumphantly!

kada thada kapOla vAraNa viputhai puLaka thana pAra pUshaNa: You wear on Your chest the precious jewels of the enthralled bosom of DEvayAnai, who was reared by the celestial and wide-jawed elephant (AirAvadham)!

am kirAtha vimalai nakil aruNa vAku pUthara: You have mountain-like reddish shoulders that embrace the bosom of VaLLi, the blemishless and beautiful damsel of the hunters!

viputha kadaka kiri mEru pUthara vikada samara: You are the Commander-in-Chief of the armies of the celestials! You found fault with Mount MEru, the mountain of mountains, and fought with it, Oh Lord!

satha kOdi vAnavar thambirAnE.: You are the Lord of millions of celestials, Oh Great One!