Part 3 - ThiruAvinankudi (Pazhani)
" seerai thai-iya udukkaiyar seerodu - - - - - - - - - 126
vamburi puraiyum vAl-narai mudiyinar
mAsu-aRa imaikkum uruvinar mAnin
urivai thai-iya Unkedu mArbin
enbu-ezhundhu iyangkum yAkkaiyar nanpagal - - - - - - - - - 130
pala-udan kazhindha uNdiyar igalodu
setram neekkiya manaththinar yAvadhum
katrOr aRiyA aRivinar katrOrkkuth
thAm-varampu Agiya thalaimaiyar kAmamodu
kadumsinam kadindha kAtchiyar idumbai - - - - - - - - - 135
yAvadhum aRiyA iyalbinar mEvarath
thuni-il kAtchi munivar munpuga ... " - - - - - - - - - 137
"Among the first to enter the precincts of Lord Murugan's sanctuary at Thiru-Avinankudi [Pazhani] are the sages [munivar முனிவர்], who are wearing the garment made of the bark of trees; the knotted-tuft-of-grey-white-hair on their heads resembles the conch-shell turning to the right; their limbs shine with flawless purity; they are draped with deer-skin as a shawl; their bodies are lean without much flesh and their chest-bones are thrusting out; they abstain from food even during the daytime for several days; their minds are free of hatred and malicious anger; they have such great knowledge, of which even the learned-persons are not aware; they provide leadership to all the other learned-persons by virtue of having attained the ultimate limit of knowledge; they have renounced lust and cruel anger; they know of no suffering whatsoever; their minds are attuned to be wise, and they bear no ill-will towards others."
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" pugai mugandhanna mAsu-il thU-udai - - - - - - - - - 138
mugai-vAi avizhndha thagaisUzh Agaththu
sevinErbu vaiththa seyvuRu thivavin
nalyAzh navindra nayanudai nenjin
menmozhi mEvalar, innarambu uLara " - - - - - - - - - 142
The next group to enter the precincts consists of [celestial] minstrels; they are wearing flawlessly pure and thin mist-like garment; their chest is adorned with garland of blooming buds; they have wound the flawless strings of their lutes to a proper pitch so as to produce melodious music pleasant to the ears; they have kind hearts, and their speech is gentle; and, while they are playing their melodious tunes, they are following the sages ... "
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" nOi-indru iyandra yAkkaiyar mAvin - - - - - - - - - 143
avir-thaLir puraiyum mEniyar avir-thoRum
ponnurai kadukkum thidhalaiyar innagaip
parumam thAngkiya paNindhu-Endhu alkul
mAsu-il magaLirodu maRu-indri viLanga ... " - - - - - - - - - 147
"[the female minstrels] are endowed with such body which knows of no illness; they are of bright complexion resembling the colour of young mango-shoots; they have beauty-spots, which shine like streaks of gold appearing over touchstone; they are wearing the lustrous waist-belt of mEgalai of eighteen beads; the faultless minstrels are together with their flawless mates ... "
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" kaduvodu odungkiya thUmbudai vAl-eyitru - - - - - - - - - 148
azhal-ena uyirkkum anjuvaru kadunthiRal
pAmbu-padap pudaikkum palvarik kodunjiRaip
puL-aNi neeLkodich chelvanum ... "- - - - - - - - - 151
"Next comes Lord ThirumAl, who has the flag of the garudan-bird of multi-streaked-feathers of curved wings, which beat so fiercely as to cause fear to the serpents with fiery breath and white teeth possessing tubular cavity of venom ... "
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" ... veL ERu
valam-vayin uyariya palarpugazh thiNidhOL - - - - - - - - - 152
umai-amarndhu viLangkum imaiyA mukkaN
mU-eyil murukkiya muraNmigu selvanum ... "- - - - - - - - - 154
"Next comes Lord SivaperumAn, bearing the flag of white bull on the right; the Lord has strong shoulders which are praised by many; the Lord's divine consort UmAdhEvi abides [within the left side of] Himself; the Lord has three sacred eyes that do not ever wink; the Lord, who destroyed the three airborne-demonic-fortresses of the sky, is the most powerful one ... "
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" nUtrup-paththu adukkiya nAttaththu nURupal - - - - - - - - - 155
vELvi mutriya vendru-adu kotraththu
eer-iraNdu Endhiya maruppin ezhilnadai
thAzh-perun thadakkai uyarththa yAnai
eruththam ERiya thirukkiLar selvanum ... " - - - - - - - - - 159
"Next comes Indhiran of a thousand-eyes; he has performed more than a hundred sacrificial rituals and has succeeded in destroying the enemies who opposed him; he is mounted on the neck of an elephant with four upward-rising-tusks, beautiful stride and a large curved trunk reaching the ground ... "
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" nARperun dheivaththu nalnagar nilai-iya - - - - - - - - - 160
ulagam kAkkum ondrupuri koLgaip
palarpugazh mUvarum thalaivar Aga
EmuRu njAlam thannil thOndri
thAmaraip bayandha thA-il Uzhi
nAnmuga oruvaR sutti ... " - - - - - - - - - 165
"The four deities are functioning well in their respective stations, guarding the world; their policy is one of righteousness. They are praised by many; they appeared in this world of joy; they have come to see Lord Murugan in respect of Lord Biraman [BrahmA] who appeared on the lotus-flower [springing from the navel of Lord ThirumAl] ... "
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" ... kANvara - - - - - - - - - 165
pagalil thOndrum ikal-il kAtchi
nAlvERu iyaRkaip padhinoru mUvarodu
onpadhitru iratti uyarnilai peReeiyar
meenpUththanna thOndralar meensErpu
vaLi-kiLarndhanna selavinar vaLiyidaidh - - - - - - - - - 170
thee-ezhundhanna thiRalinar theeppada
urum-idith thanna kuralinar vizhumiya
uRukuRai marungkil thampeRu muRaikoNmAr
andharak kotpinar vandhu udan-kANa
thA-il koLgai madandhaiyodu silnAl
Avinankudi asaidhalum uriyan, adhAndru ... " - - - - - - - - - 176
"Then, the numerous celestial beings and eighteen gaNas ['the retinue of the Lord'] are arriving under the effulgent light of the Sun; they appear like stars in the sky; they have the ability to move swiftly like the wind; they have the prowess of fire which burns fiercely when fanned by the wind; their voice is loud like the peals of thunder followed by the flash of lightning in the sky; they have come revolving in a circle in the sky for the redress of their woes and for their traditional celestial functions to be graciously affirmed by the Lord.
Lord Murugan usually abides with the flawless maiden TheivayAnai at the sanctuary of ThiruAvinankudi [Pazhani] for some days, not only that ... "
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