Thirumurai Series - 39

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Doesnt 'Pinakane' translate as 'One with the Pinaka bow' rather than 'One

ornated by skulls'? correct me if i'm wrong .

 

what a beautiful verse! reminds us of 'avyaja Karuna murthy' of the

sahasranama- unconditional grace.

 

thanks

 

bala

 

 

 

 

 

>Subramanian Ganesh <sgesh

>

>sgesh

> Thirumurai Series - 39

>Sat, 19 Jan 2002 05:57:10 -0800 (PST)

>

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>thirunyAna sambandhar thirukkaDaikkAppu

>talam n^eDuN^kaLam

>paN pazan^thakkarAgam

>mudhal thirumuRai

>

>thiruchchiRRambalam

>

>maRaiyuDaiyAy thOluDaiyAy vArchaDaimEl vaLarum

>piRaiyuDaiyAy pi~n~nakanE enRunaip pEchinallAl

>kuRaiyuDaiyAr kuRRam OrAy koLgaiyinAl uyarn^dha

>n^iRaiyuDaiyAr iDarkaLaiyAy n^eDuN^kaLam mEyavanE

>

>thiruchchiRRambalam

>

>Meaning:

>The Lord of vedas, the Lord with skin (clothing), the

>Lord having the growing moon on the long matted hair,

>ornated with the skulls - apart from thus speaking

>your glory, (even if) the devotees have flaws, you do

>not care about that ! Oh the One in thirun^eDuN^kaLam,

>remove the hurdles faced by the highly principled

>perfect (devotees).

>

>Notes:

>1. The Lord is called "Asutosha" - Onw who is fast

>pleased. Lots of purANa episodes including that of

>pradoSha, suggest that Lord shiva gets pleased very

>easily provided there is sincerity in worship.

>"kuRaiyuDaiyAr kuRRam OrAy" is a beautiful depiction

>of the Lords this Supreme Grace on pashus !

>2. This great song is in the form of pleading the Lord

>to clear all the hurdles of the devotees who with

>superior motives, come to serve.

>(The complete padhikam is available through

>http://www.shaivism.org/pal.htm)

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