From abhiraami antaadi

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Verse 31

 

umaiyum umaiyorupaakanum, Eka uruvil vandhu inku

emaiyum thamakku anbu cheyyavaiththaar; ini eNNuthaRkuch

chamaiyankaLum illai; eenReduppaaL oru thaayum illai;

amaiyum amaiyuRu thOLiyarmEl vaiththa aachaiyumE.

 

Meaning Tamil:

 

umaiyum, umaiyavaLai tha^n iDappagattiLuDaiya parameshvara^num,

Or uruvil, atAvatu, ardha-naariishvara tirukkolattil vandu,

e^n^naiyum e^n^naip pO^nRa bhaktargaLaiyum avartam paal maaRata,

tiDamaa^na a^nbe^num bhaktiyai aLittar. ada^naaL theLindha em

ma^nam maRRa chamaya~NgaLai maalum eNNaatu. avartham

karuNaiyaal, tavattil valiyOraiyum mayakkum muu~Ngilai po~nRa

tOLgaLaiyuDaiya magaLiir mEl koNDa mohamum vilagi em piRavip

piNiyum nii~Ngiyatu.

 

English (approximate)

 

The lord of all

Whose one half is Uma

Came with HER

To end our sorrows

They came as one

In the form of ardhanaari

To fill our hearts

With love for them

The desire for women

With bamboo like shoulders

Vanished away from our thoughts

Like a mist before Sun

Freeing us from the mighty delusion

Now we have no more births

And no more mothers

To carry in their confined wombs

And no other religion

Will enter our thoughts

Glory to their grace

With devotion steadfast

We will adore them forever

 

 

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Chanting this verse will help to overcome the kaamam (sexual

desires) and related problems according to the phala shruti. Ki.

Va jagannaathan (a great tamil scholar) in his translation says

that worshipping ardhanaariishvara will help one overcome sexual

desires and quotes some other tamil texts stating this.

 

 

(No standard transliteration followed. Original is in Adhawin and

my tamil meaning is close to ITRANS).