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Song 272 - thAkku amarukku (thiruththaNigai)

thAkkama rukkoru sAraiyai vER oru
     sAkshi aRappasi ARiyai neeR idu
          sAsthra vazhikku athi dhUranai vErvizha ...... thavamUzhgum

thARparya matruzhal pAviyai nAvalar
     pORpari vutrunayE karu dhAdhigal
          sAtru thamizhkkurai nyALiyai nALvarai ...... thadumARi

pOkkidam atra vridhAvanai nyAnigaL
     pOtrudhal atra dhurOgiyai mA maruL
          pUththa malathraya pUriyai nEriya ...... pulaiyEnai

pOkkividak kadanO adiyArodu
     pOy perugaik kilaiyO gathi yAnadhu
          pOr sudar vajra vai vEl mayilA aruL ...... purivAyE

mUkkaRai mattai mahA bala kAraNi
     sUrppanakai padu mULi udhAsani
          mUrkka kulaththi vibeeshaNar sOdhari ...... muzhumOdi

mUththa arakkani rAvaNa nOdiyal
     pEtrividak kamalAlaya seethaiyai
          mOttan vaLaiththoru thErmisaiyE kodu ...... mugilE pOy

mAggana chiththira gOpura neeL padai
     veettil iruththiya nAL avan vEr aRa
          mArga mudiththa vilALigaL nAyagan ...... marugOnE

vAchchiya maththaLa bErigai pOl maRai
     vAzhththa malark kazhuneer tharu neeL sunai
          vAyththa thiruththaNi mA malai mEviya ...... perumALE.

......... Meaning .........

thAkkama rukkoru sAraiyai: I am like a rattle snake daring to fight a fierce battle ("coward");

vER oru sAkshi aRappasi ARiyai: I am a loner eating without offering to anyone ("selfish miser");

neeR idu sAsthra vazhikku athi dhUranai: I am far away from the ritual of wearing SivA's holy ash ("anti-saivite");

vErvizha thavamUzhgum thARparya matruzhal pAviyai: I am a sinner, roaming around denying myself the benefit of any deep-rooted meditation which sustains life like the root sustaining the tree ("atheist");

nAvalar pORpari vutru: I pose like an eloquent person,

unayE karu dhAdhigal sAtru thamizhkkurai nyALiyai: and, without thinking about You, argue with others barking abusive language ("dog");

nALvarai thadumARi pOkkidam atra vridhAvanai: Until today, I have faltered wastefully, without knowing where my solace can be found ("scum");

nyAnigaL pOtrudhal atra dhurOgiyai: I am a treacherous person without any respect for the enlightened people ("traitor");

mA maruL pUththa malathraya pUriyai: Due to acute ignorance, I am possessed by the three evil characteristics (haughtiness, karmA and illusion);

nEriya pulaiyEnai: and I am baser than the basest.

(All these self-deprecating attributes, namely coward, selfish miser, anti-saivite, atheist, dog, scum, traitor, etc., are heaped by AruNagirinAthar upon himself).

pOkkividak kadanO: Should You decide to get rid of such a hopeless person?

adiyArodu pOy perugaik kilaiyO gathi yAnadhu: Am I not eligible to get salvation if I go to heaven along with Your devotees?

pOr sudar vajra vai vEl mayilA: You have the golden spear, sharp and sparkling like a diamond, and the peacock!

aruL purivAyE: Will You shower Your grace on me?

(Hereafter, ArunagirinAthar launches into an elaborate description of Ramayana).

mUkkaRai: She got her nose cut off;

mattai mahA bala: she was stupid and yet had a lot of muscle-power;

kAraNi: she was the root cause (for the downfall of RavaNA's dynasty);

sUrppanakai padu mULi: her name was SUrpanakai and she was cruel;

udhAsani: she deserves to be disrespected;

mUrkka kulaththi: she belonged to an obstinate breed;

vibeeshaNar sOdhari muzhumOdi: although she was the sister of good VibheeshanA, she was a consummate temptress;

mUththa arakkani rAvaNa nOdu: and that SUrpanakai went to her elder brother and Rakshasa King, RAvaNA,

iyalpEtrividak kamalAlaya seethaiyai: and described Sita's beauty in such a tempting way that Sita, who is none other than Lakshmi in the temple of lotus,

mOttan vaLaiththu: was kidnapped in a cunning manner by that Rakshasa;

oru thErmisaiyE kodu mugilE pOy: and he took her in his chariot which flew off towards the clouds to

mAggana chiththira gOpura neeL padai veettil iruththiya: LankA, which has tall and picturesque buildings, armies and towers. There, in Ashokavanam, he imprisoned her.

nAL avan vEr aRa mArga mudiththa: On that day, it was resolved that his dynasty would be rooted out; that resolution was carried out by

vilALigaL nAyagan marugOnE: expert archers, whose leader was Rama, and You are his nephew!

vAchchiya maththaLa bErigai pOl: Sounding like many percussion instruments as drums (maththaLam) and trumpet (pErikai),

maRai vAzhththa: is the chanting of VEdAs (scriptures) at Your shrine.

malark kazhuneer tharu neeL sunai vAyththa: There is a perennial fountain yielding kazhuneer flowers (red water lilies), daily at

thiruththaNi mA malai mEviya perumALE.: ThiruththaNigai; and You reside on its hill, Oh Great One!

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