Tiruvezhukkutrirukkai

by Thirumangai Alwar · 1 pasurams

A single pasuram by Thirumangai Alwar to Aravamudhan of Thirukkudanthai, built so that the numbers one to seven rise and fall in the shape of a temple chariot (ratha bandham). It is counted as one pasuram in the four thousand.

Tiruvezhukkutrirukkai 1 · verse 2672 of the four thousand

oru pēr unti iru malart tavicilorumuṟai ayaṉai īṉṟaṉai oru muṟaiiru cuṭar mītiṉil iyaṅkā mum matiḷilaṅkai iru kāl vaḷaiya oru cilaioṉṟiya īr eyiṟṟu aḻal vāy vāḷiyilaṭṭaṉai mūvaṭi nāṉilam vēṇṭimuppuri nūloṭu māṉ uri ilaṅkumārviṉil iru piṟappu oru māṇ ākioru muṟai īr aṭi mūvulaku aḷantaṉaināl ticai naṭuṅka am ciṟaip paṟavaiēṟi nāl vāy mum matattu iru cevioru taṉi vēḻattu arantaiyai orunāḷiru nīr maṭuvuḷ tīrttaṉai mut tīnāṉmaṟai ai vakai vēḷvi aṟu toḻilantaṇar vaṇaṅkum taṉmaiyai aimpulaṉakattiṉuḷ ceṟittu nāṉku uṭaṉ aṭakkimuk kuṇattu iraṇṭu avai akaṟṟi oṉṟiṉiloṉṟi niṉṟu āṅku iru piṟappu aṟuppōraṟiyum taṉmaiyai muk kaṇ nāl tōḷai vāy aravōṭu āṟu poti caṭaiyōṉaṟivu arum taṉmaip perumaiyuḷ niṉṟaṉaiēḻ ulaku eyiṟṟiṉil koṇṭaṉai kūṟiyaaṟu cuvaip payaṉum āyiṉai cuṭarviṭumaim paṭai aṅkaiyuḷ amarntaṉai cuntaranāl tōḷ munnīr vaṇṇa niṉ īr aṭioṉṟiya maṉattāl oru mati mukattumaṅkaiyar iruvarum malar aṉa aṅkaiyilmuppoḻutum varuṭa aṟituyil amarntaṉaineṟi muṟai nāl vakai varuṇamum āyiṉaimētakum aim perum pūtamum nīyēaṟupatam muralum kūntal kāraṇamēḻ viṭai aṭaṅkac ceṟṟaṉaiaṟu vakaic camayamum aṟivu aru nilaiyiṉaiaimpāl ōtiyai ākattu iruttiṉaiaṟam mutal nāṉku avai āymūrtti mūṉṟu āy iru vakaip payaṉ āyoṉṟu āy virintu niṉṟaṉai kuṉṟāmatu malarc cōlai vaṇ koṭip paṭappaivaru puṉal poṉṉi mā maṇi alaikkumcennel oṇ kaḻaṉit tikaḻ vaṉam uṭuttakaṟpōr puricaik kaṉaka māḷikainimir koṭi vicumpil iḷam piṟai tuvakkumcelvam malku teṉ tiruk kuṭantaiantaṇar mantira moḻiyuṭaṉ vaṇaṅkaāṭu aravu amaḷiyil aṟituyil amarntaparama niṉ aṭi iṇai paṇivaṉvarum iṭar akala māṟṟō viṉaiyē

Meaning

From Your one great navel, on a lotus seat, You once brought forth Brahma. With one bow and fiery arrows, You destroyed Lanka of the triple walls, over which even the sun and moon would not pass. As a young brahmachari with sacred thread and deerskin, You asked for three steps and measured the three worlds in two. Riding Garuda as the four quarters trembled, You ended the lone elephant's distress. Brahmins of the three fires and four Vedas worship You; those who rein in the senses and cut off rebirth know You; Shiva cannot fathom Your greatness. You held the seven worlds on Your tusk; Sri and Bhumi stroke Your feet as You rest in yogic sleep; You subdued seven bulls for Nappinnai; being One, You spread out as all things. O Supreme One, resting on the serpent bed in Thirukkudanthai, where the Kaveri tosses gems: I bow at Your feet. Drive away my karma, so that coming troubles leave me.

Word by word

oru pēr unti: Your one great navel
iyaṅkā mum matiḷ: triple walls over which sun and moon would not pass
iru piṟappu oru māṇ āki: becoming a twice-born young brahmachari, Vamana
oru taṉi vēḻattu arantaiyai: the distress of the lone elephant, Gajendra
aim paṭai aṅkaiyuḷ: the five radiant weapons in Your lovely hands
aṟituyil amarntaṉai: You rest in yogic sleep, awake within
teṉ tiruk kuṭantai: southern Thirukkudanthai (Kumbakonam)
māṟṟō viṉaiyē: remove my karma

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Verse text: the word-separated e-text of the Nalayira Divya Prabandham by Project Madurai, checked verse by verse against its second edition. Meanings are simple renderings in the light of the acharyas' commentaries, written for this site, and are awaiting a scholar's review.