ThirumuRai Series - 760

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thirunAvukkaracar aruLiya thEvAram

thalam thirukkoNDiccaram

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4th thirumuRai

thirucciRRambalam

bAlanAyk kazin^tha n^ALum panimalark kOthaimAr tham

mElanAyk kazin^tha n^ALum melivoDu mUppu van^thu

kOlanAyk kazin^tha n^ALum kuRikkOL ilAthu keTTEn

cElulAm pazana vElith thirukkoNDIccaraththuLAnE.

thirucciRRambalam

Meaning:

The days that went off in childhood,

the days that went off staying on the snow-petal-floral-plait ladies,

the days that went off having the staff weakened by age,

I ruined myself without goal,

oh the Lord of thirukkoNDIccaram where in the fields cEl fishes wander!

Notes:

1. It is well known that appar was not married. He joined

the jaina schools very early in his life and returned to

shaivism at much later point in life. How is he saying,

"panimalark kuzal kOthaimAr mElanAy"? The answer is

this is a song that is sung from a generic human life cycle

perspective not necessarily his own life. Childhood,

youth and aged are the three stages sung by many other saints

as well. For example shankara bhagavatpAda who did not

live the aged life talks about all the three stages in the

shivAparAda kshamApana stotram. (http://www.shaivam.org/siddhanta/sta.htm )

2. Our saint beautifully portrays the problem of most people.

They are all lost in the daily routines and die with no

difference than an insect that works to eat, eats,

sleeps, multiplies and dies off! They do not know

what they need to do. The environment sets them

the directions. The wander in the sea as pilot-less

boats swayed all the directions by the winds. Only

those who make at least an earnest attempt to move

towards the Bliss that Lord shiva is showering, have

made any benefit of the life.

c.f. peRuthaRkariya piRaviyaip peRRum

peRuthaRkariya pirAn aDi pENAr

peRuthaRkariya pirANikaL ellAm

peRuthaRkariya pERu izan^thArE. - thirumanthiram

( http://www.shaivam.org/siddhanta/thisl/thisl636.htm )

3. pazanam - (agricultural) field.

 

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