Taniyan

Aruḷāḷap Perumāḷ Emperumānār aruḷic ceydadu

 kāsiniyōr tām vāḻak kali yugattē vandudittu * 

 āsiriyap pāvadanāl arumaṛai nūl virittānait * 

 desikanaip parāṅgusanait tihaḻ vaguḷat tārānai * 

 māsaḍaiyā manattu vaittu maṛavāmal vāḻttudumē

“Let us keep Nammāḻvār—who appeared in Kali Yuga to liberate the people by spreading Vedic knowledge through the divine songs of Āsiriappā; who is an ācārya; and, who is adorned with an effulgent garland of Spanish cherry flowers—in our pure hearts, remember him always, and glorify him.”   

2578 * cekkarmā mugil uḍuttu mikka señjuḍarp paridi sūḍi * añjuḍar madiyam pūṇḍu * 

 pala suḍar punainda pavaḷac cevvāy * tigaḻ pasuñjōdi maragadak kunṛam * 

 kaḍalōn kaimisaik kaṇ vaḷarvadu pōl * pītahavāḍai muḍi pūṇ mudalā * 

 mēdagu palkalan aṇindu * sōdi vāyavum kaṇṇavum sivappa * mīdiṭṭup 

 paccai mēni mihap pagaippa * naccu vinaik kavar talai aravin amaḷi ēṛi * 

 eṛikaḍal naḍuvuḷ aṛituyil amarndu * sivan ayan indiran ivar mudal anaittōr * 

 deyvak kuḻāṅgaḷ kaitoḻak kiḍanda * tāmarai undi tanip perum nāyaka! * 

 mūvulagaḷanda sēvaḍiyōyē!      1

“Like an effulgent green-hued mountain of emerald with coral-red shades (lips) covered with (a reddish vest of) a reddish cloud, adorning a bright reddish sun (crown) on the head and (a neck choker of) the moon with cool rays, and decorated with a multitude of bright stars, reclining on the palm of the ocean king, the peerless Supreme Personality of Godhead sprouting a lotus flower from the naval, donning a yellow silk vest, a resplendent crown, a shining neck choker, and many bright ornaments, with reddish eyes and a beautiful mouth, the greenish-hue of His divine body competing with and subduing all other bright hues, reclines in the stormy ocean on the many poison-spitting-headed Ananta Śeṣa, enjoying yoga-nidrā, worshipped by Śiva, Brahmā, Indra and other demigods, and possessing beautiful lotus feet which measured the planetary systems! (Long Live!)           

2579 ulagu paḍaittuṇḍa endai * aṛai kaḻal suḍarp pūntāmarai sūḍudaṛku * avāvā 

 ruyir uruhi ukka * nēriya kādal anbil inbu īn tēṛal * amuda 

 veḷḷattānām siṛappu viṭṭu * oru poruṭku 

 asaivōr asaiha * tiruvoḍu maruviya iyaṛkai * māyāp peru viṛal ulagam 

 mūnṛinōḍu nalvīḍu peṛinum * koḷvadeṇṇumō teḷḷiyōr kuṛippē?     2

“Instead of desiring to hold, as a crown on the head, the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord who created and swallowed the three planetary systems, and rejecting the nectarean flood of devotion which is sweet like honey, pleasurable and makes one humble and compassionate, many people long for material benefits; let them be so (why should we worry about them?). Will the consciousness of the devotees accept having material opulence, pride, ruling the three planetary systems, and heavenly abode? (Never).”      

2580 kuṛippil koṇḍu neṛippaḍa * ulagam mūnṛuḍan vaṇaṅgu tōnṛu pugaḻ āṇai * 

 mey peṛa naḍāya deyvam mūvaril mudalvanāhi * suḍar viḷaṅgagalattu * 

 varai purai tirai pora peru varai veruvara * urumural oli mali naḷir kaḍal paḍavara 

 varasu uḍal taḍa varai suḻatṛṛiya * tanimāt deyvattu aḍiyavarkku ini nām āḷāhāvē 

 isaiyum kol? * ūḻitōṛūḻi ōvādē     3 

“Are we qualified to eternally serve the devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead who always desires that the three worlds follow dharma and get liberated; who is glorious and is worshipped by the three worlds; who executes His will freely; the chief among the three gods (Viṣṇu, Brahmā, and Śiva); whose chest is illuminated by the ornaments worn; who tied the serpent king Vāsuki around the huge Mandara Mountain and churned the stormy Ocean of Milk, with a thunderous roar which shook the mountains?”

2581 ūḻitōṛūḻi ōvādu * vāḻiya enṛu yām toḻa isaiyum kol? * 

 yāvagai ulagamum yāvarum illā * mēl varum perum pāḻ kālattu * irum poruṭ 

kellām arumpeṛal tani vittu * oru tān āhit deyva nānmugak koḻumuḷai 

 īnṛu * mukkaṇ īsanoḍu dēvu pala nudali * mūvulagam viḷaitta undi * 

 māyak kaḍavuḷ māmudal aḍiyē      4 

“Will we get the fortune to eternally worship and glorify the lotus feet of the incredible Supreme Lord who became the astonishing cause of the unlimited material objects and living beings when all the worlds and the living beings have been destroyed during mahā-pralaya; who created the expert secondary creator Brahmā, the three-eyed Śiva and other demigods; and, who recreated the three worlds (in the lotus stem) from His navel?”                                         

2582 māmudal aḍip pōdu onṛu kaviḻttalartti * maṇ muḻudum ahappaḍuttu * oṇ suḍar aḍip pōdu 

 onṛu viṇ selīi * nānmugap puttēḷ nāḍu viyanduvappa * vānavar muṛai muṛai 

 vaḻipaḍa neṛīi * tāmaraik kāḍu malark kaṇṇoḍu kani vāy uḍaiyadu 

 māy * irunāyiṛu āyiram malarndanna * kaṛpagak kāvu paṛpalavanna * 

 muḍi tōḷ āyiram taḻaitta * neḍiyōykku alladum aḍiyadō ulagē?     5 

“Will this world surrender to You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead—who extended one of the lotus feet, the anchor of the worlds, and covered the middle planetary system, and stretched up another luminous lotus feet and covered the upper planetary system to the great joy and wonder of Brahmaloka and other demigods who worshipped it with devotion; who possesses eyes resembling multitude of bloomed lotus flowers, reddish lips like the ivy gourd fruit, a head bright like one thousand large suns, and one thousand shoulders like many groves of desire trees—or someone else?”      

2583 ōō! ulaginadu iyalvē! * īnṛōḷ irukka maṇai nīrāṭṭi * paḍaittiḍandu uṇḍumiḻn 

 daḷandu * tērndu ulagaḷikkum mutaṛperum kaḍavuḷ niṛpa * puḍaip pala tān aṛi 

 deyvam pēṇudal * tanādu pullaṛivu āṇmai porundak kāṭṭi * 

 kolvana mudalā allana muyalum * inaiya seygai inba tunbaḷi * 

 tolmā māyap piṛaviyuḷ nīṅgā * palmā māyattu aḻundumā naḷirndē     6

“Alas! Alas! Instead of surrendering to the Supreme Personality of Godhead Śrī Nārāyaṇa—who created the cosmic world, once lifted the earth (as Varāha), another time (during pralaya) swallowed the planetary systems, later (after pralaya) brought them out, and measured and secured them (as Vāmana); and always thinking of ways to protect the worlds—akin to ignoring one’s own mother but taking care of some unknown person (imposters) the people display their lowly mind by worshipping various demigods mentioned in some scriptures or mentioned by others; they indulge in sinful actions like sacrificing a goat or a chicken and take that as prasādam; they engage in material activities and sense gratification and thereby never think of getting out of the eternal karmic cycle; O what a pity!”

2584 * naḷir madic caḍaiyanum nānmugak kaḍavuḷum * taḷir oḷi imaiyavar talaivanum mudalā * 

 yāvahai ulagamum yāvarum agappaḍa * nilam nīr tī kāl suḍar iruvisumbum * 

 malar suḍar piṛavum siṛiduḍan mayaṅga * oruporuḷ puṛappāḍinṛi muḻuvadum 

 agappaḍak karandu * ōr ālilaic cērnda em 

perumā māyanai alladu * orumā deyvam matṛṛuḍaiyamō yāmē?     7

“The incredible Lord Nārāyaṇa swallowed everything, without leaving anything—including Śiva who keeps the cool moon on his matted hair, Brahmā, the opulent and luminant Indra, and other demigods and all living beings, all planetary systems including earth, water, fire, air, sky, and all the luminous objects like the sun, and the moon—and kept them in a corner of His stomach and reclined on a tender banyan leaf; leaving such a Supreme Lord performing amazing activities will we surrender to a tiny demigod? (Never)”     

Nammāḻvār tiruvaḍihaḷē śaraṇam