Tevaram - Some select verses.

[Subramanian.R]

The following verse and the Padigam has been composed and sung by Tiru Jnana Sambandhar on Siva,
in the temple of Brahmapuam, another name for Sikazhi.  This is in 3.067 of Saiva Canon.

The location of the temple, the names of Siva and Uma, the holy tree, the holy tirtham -- all these details
have been given in the first Padigam on Sirkazhi, see elsewhere in this serial post.


சுரருலகு நரர்கள்பயில் தரணிதலம் முரணழிய அரணமதில்முப்
புரமெரிய விரவுவகை சரவிசைகொள் கரமுடைய பரமனிடமாம்
வரமருள வரன்முறையி னிரைநிறைகொள் வருசுருதி சிரவுரையினாற்
பிரமனுயர் அரனெழில்கொள் சரணவிணை பரவவளர் பிரமபுரமே.


To grant boon to him with the words found in the upanishads which are full of meaning and chanted in the traditional
way and being in an order, Brahmapuram, which prospers by its fame as Brahma, adored the beautiful feet of the
exalted Hara (Siva), as the world of the celestial beings and this world in which there are human beings which have
lost their might.  The three cities which have the protection of the wall of enclosure were set ablaze by Him.  This
is the place of the Supreme God who has in His hand, an arrow of high speed by which the fire spread everywhere.
This verse gives the reason for Srikazhi, getting the name of Brahmapuram.

Arunachala Siva.

[Subramanian.R]

The following verse and the Padigam has been composed and sung by Tiru Jnana Sambandhar on Siva
in Tiruk Kailayam, (Sri Kailash). This is 3.068 of Saiva Canon.

About Kailash, the details have already been given in the first Padigam, see elsewhere in this serial post.

 
வாளவரி கோளபுலி கீளதுரி தாளின்மிசை நாளுமகிழ்வர்
ஆளுமவர் வேளநகர் போளயில கோளகளி றாளிவரவில்
தோளமரர் தாளமதர் கூளியெழ மீளிமிளிர் தூளிவளர்பொன்
காளமுகில் மூளுமிருள் கீளவிரி தாளகயி லாயமலையே.


Siva rejoices always as the skin of the tiger which has bright stripes and is capable of killing. If one touches
His feet. He admits such people as His protege and they will be without sin.  He is cherished with love by all.
He subdued the elephant which is capable of killing and which can split the opposing beasts with its tusks.
He is the God who carries on His shoulders a superior bow. He is the Chief who dances to the measure of time
kept by the proud ghosts. He smears Himself with shining sacred ash. With the peaks rending the darkness
caused by the sable clouds, He is in His Kailamalai, the mountain of Kailash, which emits rays of silver in its
foot portion.

Arunachala Siva.

[Subramanian.R]

The following verse and the Padigam has been composed and sung by Tiru Jnana Sambandhar on Siva,
in Tiruk Kaalatti, (Sri Kalahasti). This is in 3.069 of Saiva Canon.

The location of the temple, the names of Siva and Uma, the holy tree, the holy tirtham -- all these details
have been given in the first Padigam on Kalahasti, see elsewhere in this serial post.
 

வானவர்கள் தானவர்கள் வாதைபட வந்ததொரு மாகடல்விடந்
தானமுது செய்தருள் புரிந்தசிவன் மேவுமலை தன்னைவினவில்
ஏனமின மானினொடு கிள்ளைதினை கொள்ளஎழி லார்க்கவணினாற்
கானவர்தம் மாமகளிர் கனகமணி விலகுகா ளத்திமலையே.


If one asks about the mountain where Siva who granted his grace by consuming the poison that appeared
in the ocean to distress the celestial beings and a class of demons who are descendants of Tanu, is the hill,
Kaaiatti, (Kalahast), where as the wild pig, herds of deer and parrots eat with avidity ears of millet the big
girls of the hunters scare them by throwing gold and gems fixing them in their beautiful stings.

Arunachala Siva.

[Subramanian.R]

The following verse and the Padigam has been composed and sung by Tiru Jnana Sambandhar on Siva,
in the temple of Mayiladuthurai. This is in 3.070 of Saiva Canon.

The location of the temple, the names of Siva, Uma, the holy tree, the holy tirtham -- all these details
have been given in the first Padigam on Mayiladuthurai, see elsewhere in this serial post.   


ஏனவெயி றாடரவோ டென்புவரி யாமையிவை பூண்டிளைஞராய்க்
கானவரி நீடுழுவை யதளுடைய படர்சடையர் காணியெனலாம்
ஆனபுகழ் வேதியர்கள் ஆகுதியின் மீதுபுகை போகியழகார்
வானமுறு சோலைமிசை மாசுபட மூசுமயி லாடுதுறையே.

Mayiladuthurai, is the place, where smoke that is produced by the oblations in the consecrated fire offered by
brahmins of established fame, rises above and cover to create darkness in the gardens in heaven.He is having
the appearance of a youth, adorning Himself with a hog`s tusk, dancing cobra, bones, shell of a tortoise, which
has lines. These can be said to be the rightful possession of Siva, who has a spreading matted locks, and has the
skin of a long tiger with stripes, that lives in the forest.

Arunachala Siva.

[Subramanian.R]

The following verse and the Padigam has been composed and sung by Tiru Jnana Sambandhar on Siva,
in the temple of Tiru Vaikavoor. This is in 3.071 of Saiva Canon. 

This temple is in Kumbakonam taluk, Thanjavur district. One can go by bus from Kumbakonam or Thanjavur.

Siva - Vilva Vaneswarar..

Uma - Valaikkai Nayaki, one who wear nice bangles.
 
Holy tree - Bhilva tree.

Holy tirtham - Yama tirtham.


கோழைமிட றாககவி கோளுமில வாகஇசை கூடுவகையால்
ஏழையடி யாரவர்கள் யாவைசொன சொன்மகிழும் ஈசனிடமாந்
தாழையிள நீர்முதிய காய்கமுகின் வீழநிரை தாறுசிதறி
வாழையுதிர் வீழ்கனிகள் ஊறிவயல் சேறுசெயும் வைகாவிலே.


Though it is a throat choked with phlegm though the devotees may not sing slowly so as to understand the
meanings of the poems, devotees who are not endowed with much intelligence. This is the place of Siva, who
rejoices in the words of the poems combined with music which they are capable of, and sung out of love whatever
defect there might be. When the tender coconut matures into a seed falls on the areca trees and scatters the
rows of cluster of areca-nuts, the plaintain fruits which shed and fall and get soaked. This is Vaikavil, Vaikavoor,
in which the fields are full of mire of plaintain fruits.

Arunachala Siva.

[Subramanian.R]

The following verse and the Padigam has been composed and sung by Tiru Jnana Sambandhar on Siva,
in the temple of Tiru Maakaral.  This is in 3.072 of Saiva Canon.

This temple is in Kanchipuram taluk, Kanchipuram district. One can go by bus from Kanchipuram town,
to reach the temple.

Siva - Adaikkalam Kaatha Nathar.

Uma - Bhuvana Nayaki.

Holy tree - Lime tree.

Holy tirtham - Seyaaru, a river, Agni tirtham, a tank.
   

விங்குவிளை கழனிமிகு கடைசியர்கள் பாடல்விளை யாடல்அரவம்
மங்குலொடு நீள்கொடிகள் மாடமலி நீடுபொழில் மாகறலுளான்
கொங்குவிரி கொன்றையொடு கங்கைவளர் திங்களணி செஞ்சடையினான்
செங்கண்விடை யண்ணலடி சேர்பவர்கள் தீவினைகள் தீருமுடனே.


Siva who is in Maakaral, which has long gardens, and many mansions which have long flags and clouds and the
sound of the sport and singing of the lowest caste women working in the agricultural tracts in the fields which
produce abundant crops. He who has red matted locks, on which He wears a waxing crescent, Ganga and konrai
flowers, which spread fragrance.  The sins of those who approach the feet of Siva who has a bull of red eyes will
at once leave them.


Arunachala Siva.

[Subramanian.R]

The following verse and the Padigam has been composed and sung by Tiru Jnana Sambandhar on Siva,
in the temple of Tirup Patteeswaram.  This is in 3.073 of Saiva Canon.

This temple is in Kumbakonam taluk, Thanjavur district.  One can go by bus from Kumbakonam or Thanjavur
to reach this temple.

This temple along with Mazhapadi which is in suburb, are mentioned in the verse.

Siva - Patteeswarar.

Uma -PalvaLai Nayaki, one who wears many bangles.

Holy tree - Vanni tree.

Holy tirtham -  Jnana tirtham.

Patti the daughter of Kamadenu is said to have prayed to Siva here.  Tiru Jnana Sambandhar  received a
pearl palanquin from Siva here.  The bull which is usually in front of Siva, has moved a little away, to enable
the child saint Jnana Sambandhar to have darshan of Siva without any obstacle. Sri Rama is said to have
prayed to Siva to have his brahma hatti (sin of killing a brahmin, Ravana) defect removed here.  This
place was called Pazhaiyaarai in the olden days and Pazhayaarai was the capital of Chozha Kings. 

பாடன்மறை சூடன்மதி பல்வளையோர் பாகமதில் மூன்றோர்கணையாற்
கூடஎரி யூட்டியெழில் காட்டிநிழல் கூட்டுபொழில் சூழ்பழைசையுள்
மாடமழ பாடியுறை பட்டிசர மேயகடி கட்டரவினார்
வேடநிலை கொண்டவரை வீடுநெறி காட்டிவினை வீடுமவரே.


What Siva sings is Veda, what he adorns on His head is the crescent moon. He has as  half the lady goddess,
wearing many bangles. Having set fire to the three forts with a single arrow, simultaneously exhibiting the beauty
of His valor, He stays here. Though Siva had made all preparations for a fight, He burnt the three cities by His smile
to snub the pride of the devas, who thought that without their help, Siva could not do anything. He is in
Pazhayaarai,  surrounded by gardens which afford shade from sun. Siva who ties a cobra in His waist and dwells
in the suburb, Mazhapadi, which has storeyed buildings, is the God who destroys lives, showing the path to liberation
to those who are steadfast in the right path suited to their external appearance.

Arunachala Siva.

[Subramanian.R]

The following verse and the Padigam has been composed and sung by Tiru Jnana Sambandhar on Siva,
in the temple of Tiruth Thevur. This is in 3.074 of Saiva Canon.

The location of the temple, the names of Siva and Uma, the holy tree and the holy tirtham -- all these details
have been given in the first Padigam on Tiruth Thevur, see elsewhere in this serial post.

காடுபயில் வீடுமுடை யோடுகலன் மூடுமுடை யாடைபுலிதோல்
தேடுபலி யூணதுடை வேடமிகு வேதியர் திருந்துபதிதான்
நாடகம தாடமஞ்ஞை பாடவரி கோடல்கைம்ம றிப்பநலமார்
சேடுமிகு பேடையனம் ஊடிமகிழ் மாடமிடை தேவூரதுவே.

The cremation ground is the abode where Siva stays. The skull with the stench of flesh is His ornament. The
mendicant`s bowl with the stench of flesh is His vessel for receiving alms.  The tiger`s skin is the dress that
covers the waist. His food is the alms that He procures.  The perfect shrine of the brahmin who has the above-
mentioned form, where the peacocks are dancing and the bees hum like music, the white species of malabar
glory lily seem to applaud loudly by clapping hands, is Tevur, where the mansions are close to each other and
the female swan of beauty and increasing gracefulness is sulky with its male and feels happy as the sulkiness
is removed by pacifying it.  Swans are kept as pet-birds by wealthy people in their mansions.

Arunachala Siva.

[Subramanian.R]

The following verse and the Padigam has been composed and sung by Tiru Jnana Sambandhar on Siva,
in the temple of Tiruch Chanbai, another name for Sirkazhi. This is in 3.075 of Saiva Canon.

The location of the temple, the names of Siva and Uma, the holy tree, the holy tirtham -- all the deails
have been given in the first Padigam on Sirkazhi, see elsewhere in this serial post.


எந்தமது சிந்தைபிரி யாதபெரு மானெனஇ றைஞ்சியிமையோர்
வந்துதுதி செய்யவளர் தூபமொடு தீபமலி வாய்மையதனால்
அந்தியமர் சந்திபல அர்ச்சனைகள் செய்யஅமர் கின்றஅழகன்
சந்தமலி குந்தளநன் மாதினொடு மேவுபதி சண்பைநகரே.


the celestial beings who do not wink, worship saying He is the god who do not leave our minds, and have come
to this world to praise Him and perform many archanas in the evenings and mornings according to special rituals
with lights and increasing incense.  The handsome God who desires them is the city of Chanbai, the place where
He resides with the good Uma, having beautiful tresses of hair.

Arunachala Siva.

[Subramanian.R]

The following verse and the Padigam has been composed and sung by Tiru Jnana Sambandhar on Siva,
in the temple of Tiru Vedavanam, that is, Vedaranyam or Tiru Maraikkaadu.  This is in 3.076 of Saiva Canon.

The location of the temple, the names of Siva and Uma, the holy tree, the holy tirtham -- all these details
have been given in the first Padigam on Tiru Maraikkaadu, see this serial post elsewhere. 


கற்பொலிசு ரத்தினெரி கானினிடை மாநடம தாடிமடவார்
இற்பலிகொ ளப்புகுதும் எந்தைபெரு மானதிடம் என்பர்புவிமேல்
மற்பொலிக லிக்கடன்ம லைக்குவடெ னத்திரைகொ ழித்தமணியை
விற்பொலிநு தற்கொடியி டைக்கணிகை மார்கவரும் வேதவனமே.

Performing the great dance in the scorching cremation ground which is like the desert which is abounding in stones,
learned people say it is the place of our Father and Master who enters into every house to receive alms from the
ladies, on this earth, is Vedavanam, (Vedaranyam, Tiru Maraikkaadu),  where the young unmarried women of the fishermen who have waists as slender as a creeper, and beautiful forehead like the bent bow gather eagerly the
pearls washed and sifted by the waves which rise like the peaks of the mountains in the roaring sea abundant with
the wealth of the sea, on this earth.

Arunachala Siva.

[Subramanian.R]

The following verse and the Padigam has been composed and sung by Tiru Jnana Sambandhar on Siva,
in the temple of Tiru Maanikuzhi.  This is in 3.077 of Saiva Canon.

The temple is in Cuddalore taluk, Cuddalore district.  One can go by bus from Cuddalore or Chidambaram.

Siva - Manikka Varadhar.

Uma - Manikka Nayaki.

Holy tree - Konrai tree.

Holy tirtham -  Kedila river.


பொன்னியல் பொருப்பரையன் மங்கையொரு பங்கர்புனல் தங்குசடைமேல்
வன்னியொடு மத்தமலர் வைத்தவிறல் வித்தகர் மகிழ்ந்துறைவிடங்
கன்னியிள வாளைகுதி கொள்ளவிள வள்ளைபடர் அள்ளல்வயல்வாய்
மன்னியிள மேதிகள் படிந்துமனை சேருதவி மாணிகுழியே.


The place where Siva who has the lady goddess, the daughter of the mountain which is gold, and who is a
strong able person, who placed on the matted locks, in which water stays, leaves of indian mesquit and datura
flowers, dwells with joy, when the very young seabbard fish leap in the fields which are miry where the tender
creeping bindweed is spreading. The young buffaloes bathe for a long time, in rivers, is Udhavi Maanikuzhi, where
they return to their houses.

Arunachala Siva.

[Subramanian.R]

The following verse and the Padigam has been composed and sung by Tiru Jnana Sambandhar on Siva,
in the temple of Tiru Vedigudi. This is in 3.078 of Saiva Canon.

This temple is in Tiruvaiyaru taluk, Thanjavur District.  One can go by bus from Thanjavur to reach the temple.

Siva - Vedapureeswarar..

Uma - Mangaiyarkarasi.

Holy tree - Bhilva tree.

Holy tirtham - Vaidha tank. 

Vedas are said to have prayed to Siva here.

நீறுவரி ஆடரவொ டாமைமன என்புநிரை பூண்பரிடபம்
ஏறுவரி யாவரும் இறைஞ்சுகழல் ஆதியர் இருந்தவிடமாந்
தாறுவிரி பூகம்மலி வாழைவிரை நாறவிணை வாளைமடுவில்
வேறுபிரி யாதுவிளை யாடவள மாரும்வயல் வேதிகுடியே.


As the areca-palm which unfolds its spathe and abundant plantain trees spread their fragrance and the pairs
of scabbard fish without separation from each other play in the deep pool,  Vedikudi has fertile fields.
Siva who wears sacred ash, dancing cobra with lines, tortoise shell, pearl beads and garlands of bones,
who rides on a bull, is  in this place.  He is the origin of all things, and they worship His feet and dwells.,

Arunachala Siva.

[Subramanian.R]

The following verse and the Padigam has been composed and sung by Tiru Jnana Sambandhar, on Siva,
in the temple of Gokarnam. This is in 3.079 of Saiva Canon. 

The temple is in Gokarnam taluk, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka. One can go by bus from Bangalore
city. 

Siva - Mahabali Nathar.

Uma -  Gokarna Nayaki.
 
Holy tree - Bhilva tree.

Holy tirtham - Kodi tirtham.

When Ravana got a Lingam, he came on his way to Lanka, to this place. He placed the Lingam on this spot
and went for bath. Due to Ganesa's will, he could not take out the Lingam from this place again. He tried
to dlslodge it from the place by pulling the top of the Lingam. Hence the Lingam has got a bent top like
a cow's ears.  (Go =Cow; karna = ears).   

என்றுமரி யானயல வர்க்கியலி சைப்பொருள்க ளாகியெனதுள்
நன்றுமொளி யானொளிசி றந்தபொன்மு டிக்கடவுள் நண்ணுமிடமாம்
ஒன்றிய மனத்தடியர் கூடியிமை யோர்பரவும் நீடரவமார்
குன்றுகள் நெருங்கிவிரி தண்டலை மிடைந்துவளர் கோகரணமே.


Siva is difficult to be known to others who are not His devotees. He is the big light within me. The division
of Tamizh poetry or prose, conforming to the rules of Tamizh grammar and Tamizh poetry composed to suit the several melody-types and time measures, are sung here to Him by devotees. This is the place which the God who has 
matted locks, coiled into a crown glittering like superior gold, remains. This is Gokarnam, where the blossomed
gardens are close to each other and hills are close to each other and the loud sound of the celestial beings, who praise joining with devotees of concentrated minds, fills the whole place.


Arunachala Siva.

[Subramanian.R]

The following verse and the Padigam has been composed and sung by Tiru Jnana Sambandhar on Siva,
in the temple of Tiru Veezhimizhalai.  This is in 3.080 of Saiva Canon.

The location of the temple, the names of Siva and Uma, the holy tree, the holy tirtham -- all these details
have been given in the first Padigam on Tiru Veezhimizhalai,. see elsewhere in this serial post.

சீர்மருவு தேசினொடு தேசமலி செல்வமறை யோர்கள்பணியத்
தார்மருவு கொன்றையணி தாழ்சடையி னானமர்ச யங்கொள்பதிதான்
பார்மருவு பங்கயமு யர்ந்தவயல் சூழ்பழன நீடஅருகே
கார்மருவு வெண்கனக மாளிகை கவின்பெருகு வீழிநகரே.

As the brahmins who possess eminent lustre and wealth of devotion to God which are praised throughout
Tamizh Nadu, do obeisance, is the place which is victorious among the shrines, and where Siva, who has hanging
matted locks, in which he wears konrai flowers which blossom in garlands. When the agricultural tracts are excessively fertile which are surrounded by fields where lotus which has roots in the earth grows tall, nearby, is the city of Veezhi,
of increasing beauty where the white colored mansions which abound in wealth and on which clouds settle.

Arunachala Siva.

[Subramanian.R]

The following verse and the Padigam has been composed and sung by Tiru Jnana Sambandhar on Siva,
in the temple of Tiruth ThONipuram, another name for Sirkazhi. This is in 3.081 of Saiva Canon.

The location of the temple, the names of Siva and Uma, the holy tree, the holy tirtham -- all these
details have been given in the first Padigam on Sirkazhi, see elsewhere in this serial post.

சங்கமரு முன்கைமட மாதையொரு பாலுடன் விரும்பி
அங்கமுடல் மேலுறவ ணிந்துபிணி தீரஅருள் செய்யும்
எங்கள்பெரு மானிடமெ னத்தகுமு னைக்கடலின் முத்தந்
துங்கமணி இப்பிகள் கரைக்குவரு தோணிபுர மாமே.


Having placed on one half with him, the young lady goddess,  who has on her forearm bangles made of conches
and having profusely adorned the body with bones, Thonipuram can be said to be the place of our great one who
bestows His grace to remove the three ills pertaining to the soul.  Thonipuram whose banks the pearls, superior
precious stones and oysters are carried by the energetic waves, reach.

Arunachala Siva.