Guest guest Posted January 4, 2002 Report Share Posted January 4, 2002 mANikka vAsagar thiruvAsagam eTTAm thirumuRai thiruchiRRambalam pORRien vAzmudhal Agiya poruLE pularn^dhadhu pUN^kazaR kiNaithuNai malarkoNdu ERRin^in thirumugath themakkaruL malarum eziln^agai koNdun^in thiruvadi thozokOm chERRidhazk kamalaN^gaL malarumthaN vayalchUz thirupperun^ thuRaiyuRai chivaperu mAnE ERRuyar kodiyudai yAy enai udaiyAy emperu mAnpaLLi ezun^dharu LAyE thiruchiRRambalam Meaning: Praises, Oh The Thing that is the principal for my life ! It is dawn, hailing the floral feet with alike flowers, with the glorious smile in Your Rich Face blooming grace to us, (we) worship Your Rich foot. Oh Lord shiva residing at thirupperun^thuRai encircled by the lotuses of muddy petals blooming chill fields ! Oh, Owner of the Bull raised flag ! Oh, my Master !! my Lord ! Bless getting up !! (The complete thiruvempAvai and thiruppaLLiezuchchi are available in Tamil PDF with English translation at http://www.shaivism.org/pal.htm) ===== --------------------------- Visit Shaivism Home Page at http://www.shaivam.org --------------------------- I said I gave my body - became far off from guru's teachings I said I gave my mind - became far off from the linga I said I gave my wealth - became far off from the devotees There is nothing more disasterous than the disaster I got ito by saying "I did for You", kUDalasangamadEva ! - basavaNNa Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2002 Report Share Posted January 11, 2002 , Subramanian Ganesh <sgesh> wrote: > > mANikka vAsagar thiruvAsagam > eTTAm thirumuRai thiruvadi thozokOm (we) worship Your Rich foot. should it not be translated as "sacred feet". Thiru is tamil of Sri - which has many meanings, and sacred or auspicious is appropriate here. Even though "aDi" is singular, the common usage thiruvaDi should be taken in plural. My 2c. Ravi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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