Tiruviruttam and the Lord's qualities Part - 15

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TIRUVIRUTTAM

And

THE AUSPICIOUS QUALITIES OF THE LORD (15)

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71. He has kept, in the world itself, those objects

that make us think of Him.

 

“oozhikaLAy ulakEzhum uNdAn enrilam, pazhankaNdu

AzhikaLAm pazha vaNNam enRERku ahthE koNdu annai

nAzh ivaLO! Ennum, j~nAlamuNdAn vaNNam colliRRu

ennum!

thOzhikaLO uraiyeer, emmai ammanai choozhkinRavE!”

 

(I did not mention openly the name or the greatness or

the job of my Lord, Who rules the Time and Who kept

all the worlds in His stomach. But, on seeing a black

fruit, when I just mentioned without any intention,

that its colour is like that of the ocean, my mother

has taken my words very seriously and complains, ‘This

girl doesn’t listen to me; she does things on her own

with arrogance; and she describes it as the colour of

the Lord Who swallowed the world!’ Oh friends! Please

clarify why my mother thinks wrongly of me.)

[“kaLA pazham” -- a small black edible fruit]

 

72. He has the Tulasi garland which mitigates the

insatiable desire that turns even the things like the

pleasant crescent moon, into irritable items.

 

“choozhkinRa kankul churunkA iruLin karum

thiNimbai

pOzhkinRa thinkaLam piLLaiyum pOzhka, thuzhAy

malarkkE

thAzhkinRa nenjatthoru thamiyAttiyEn mAmaikku

inRu

vAzhkinRavARu ithuvO? vanthu thOnRiRRu

vAliyathE.”

 

(Leave the beautiful, pleasant crescent moon, which

breaks the utter darkness of this night! [Let it break

me too!] This moon is irritable and blackens my skin’s

colour, when I am suffering lonely because of my mind

is obsessed with the thought of the Tulasi garland of

the Lord.)

 

73. He possesses the vigorous Discus which will

conquer all the seven worlds for the sake a devotee

who is mad after Him.

“chudaradal AzhippirAn pozhil

EzhaLikkum

cAlbin thakaimai kolAm? thamiyAtti thaLarnthathuvE.”

 

(This Lady-love feels desperate. Is it the way the

Lord, Who has the bright and vigorous Discus [on His

hands], to protect the seven worlds?)

 

74. Only for that sake, He is resting on the Milky

Ocean; has swallowed the world; lifted the Govardana

hill; and has the Tulasi garland on His crown.

 

 

“varuthiraip pAyal thirunedunkaN

vaLarnthu maRivuRRum vaiyam vizhunkiyum

mAlvaraiyaik

kiLarnthu maRitharak keeNdeduthAn mudi choodu

thuzhAi.”

 

(He rests on the wavy ocean, closing His beautiful

lengthy eyes, but is aware of everything; He swallows

the worlds; He also lifted the big hill, turned it

up-side-down, and held it as an umbrella; and is

adorning the Tulasi garland on His crown.)

 

75. He gives such devotees the Bliss of SrIvaikuNta

life in this world itself.

 

“ ammAn adiyAr nilAkinRa vaikuNthamO num

nilaiyidamE?”

 

(Is this world Your living place? Or SrIvaikuNta of

the Lord, where live the liberated and the nitya

sooris?)

 

(To continue)

dAsan

Anbil S. SrInivAsan

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