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Song 1307 - agaramumAgi (pazhamudhirchOlai)

agaramum Agi adhipanum Agi adhikamum Agi ...... agamAgi

ayanena vAgi ariyena vAgi aranena vAgi ...... avarmElAy

igaramum Agi evaigaLum Agi inimaiyum Agi ...... varuvOnE

irunila meedhil eLiyanum vAzha enathumun Odi ...... varavEnum

magapathi Agi maruvum valAri magizh kaLi kUrum ...... vadivOnE

vanamuRai vEdan aruLiya pUjai magizh kadhir kAmam ...... udaiyOnE

jegagaNa jEgu thagu dhimi thOdhi dhimi ena Adu ...... mayilOnE

thirumali vAna pazhamuthir sOlai malai misai mEvu ...... perumALE.

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

agaramum Agi: Being the foremost as "a" is the foremost letter in all languages

adhipanum Agi: Being the Leader of all

adhikamum Agi: Being the Greatest of all

agamAgi: Being the Inner Self of all

ayanena vAgi: Being BrahmA, the Creator,

ariyena vAgi: Being Vishnu, the Protector,

aranena vAgi: Being SivA, the Destroyer,

avarmElAy: Being Someone transcending the above Trinity

igaramum Agi: Being all the things in this World

evaigaLum Agi: Being whatever things are in whichever world

inimaiyum Agi: Being the embodiment of sweetness

varuvOnE: The One who comes to me.

irunila meedhil: In this vast world

eLiyanum vAzha: In order that this humble self may also survive

enathumun Odi varavENum: You must come running towards me.

magapathi Agi: The Deity presiding over all sacrificial rites

maruvum valAri: being IndrA alias ValAri (enemy of ValAsura)

magizh kaLi kUrum: becomes immensely pleased

vadivOnE: to look at Your lovely figure.

vanamuRai vEdan: The hunter (AnthimAn*) who lived in the forest

aruLiya pUjai magizh: offered worship which You gladly accepted at

kadhir kAmam udaiyOnE: KathirkAmam, Your favourite place.

jegagaNa jEgu thagu dhimi thOdhi dhimi: (very same sound)

ena Adu mayilOnE: On these beats does Your Peacock dance!

thirumali vAna pazhamuthir sOlai: Pazhamudhir chOlai, where wealth is plentiful,

malai misai mEvu perumALE.: the mountain there is Your favourite, You Great One!

* Once BrahmA claimed that for the valour of Muruga's Spear, credit should go entirely to BrahmA. MurugA could not stand BrahmA's egoism and cursed him to be born as a hunter in the jungles near KathirkAmam, now in Sri LankA. The hunter AndhimAn savagely pursues to kill a sage named PippalAtha Munivar who realises that the hunter is none other than BrahmA and advises him to do penance on Krithigai day offering his prayer to KathirkAman who is in the form of VEL (spear). The hunter's pUja is accepted by MurugA who makes him a King who ultimately obtains salvation.

Paraphrase of this Poem:

Being the foremost in the Universe as the letter "a" is in all languages, the Leader, the Greatest and Inner Self of all, the Creator-Protector-Destroyer and the one above the Trinity, being all things in this world and in any other world, an embodiment of sweetness, You are the one who comes to me. In this vast world You have to come running to me so that I too can survive. Your majestic figure immensely pleases IndrA, the Deity who presides over all offerings. The hunter (AnthimAn*) who lived in the forest made an offering which You gladly accepted at KathirkAmam, Your favourite place. You, the rider on the dancing peacock liltingly, reside on the mountain at Pazhamudhir chOlai, where wealth is plentiful.