“Nila-neer neruppuyir neel-visumbu nilaap-pagalonPulanaaya mainthanau denvagaiyaai punarndhu ninraanUlagae lenathisai pathenathaan oruvanumaePalavaagi ninravaa thonoakkam aadamo” After starting to write this commentary […]
These are joyful songs sung and danced to, celebrating Lord Shiva’s divine sports (Thiruvilaiyadal) and glories! Here too, states of
Manikkavasagar stated that the innermost central part—the pupil of the eye—within the flower/petal of the lotus-like eye where the divine
Manikkavasagar has composed these songs about the glory of the Lord in the form of a question-and-answer dialogue! Pūcuvatum veṇṇīṟu
Thirumaalum pandriyaaych chendrunaraath thiruvadiyaiUrunaam ariyavoor anthananaay aandukondaanOrunaamam oruruvam ontrumillaarku aayiramThirunaamam paadinaam thellenaam kottaamoo Uneducated people with no true knowledge who
Nāṉār eṉ uḷḷamār ñāṉaṅkaḷār eṉṉaiyāraṟivār Vāṉōr pirāṉeṉṉai āṇṭilaṉēl Who am I? Who is my mind? What is mine? They speak
Māvin vaḍuvaki raṉṉa kaṇṇīr Vammiṉkaḷ vandhuḍaṉ pāḍumiṉkaḷ “O devotees with eyes as graceful as the cleft of a tender, sliced
“Kandang kariyaanshem maeniyan vennittraan” “Kandam kariyaan” (He whose throat is dark in purana)—when the thiruparkadal – sacred Ocean of Milk
“Aathiyum anthamum illaa arumperunj Sothiyai yāmpāḍa…” This sacred decad, the Thiruvempavai, is entirely about our Paavai (the pupil of the
In many verses of this chapter, Manikkavasagar praises the Lord by singing to Him as the “King of Uthirakosamangai“! In
