12. Thiruchaazhal
Manikkavasagar has composed these songs about the glory of the Lord in the form of a question-and-answer dialogue! Pūcuvatum veṇṇīṟu […]
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11. Thiruthellenam
Thirumaalum pandriyaaych chendrunaraath thiruvadiyaiUrunaam ariyavoor anthananaay aandukondaanOrunaamam oruruvam ontrumillaarku aayiramThirunaamam paadinaam thellenaam kottaamoo Uneducated people with no true knowledge who
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10 Thirukkothumbi
Nāṉār eṉ uḷḷamār ñāṉaṅkaḷār eṉṉaiyāraṟivār Vāṉōr pirāṉeṉṉai āṇṭilaṉēl Who am I? Who is my mind? What is mine? They speak
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9. Thirup por sunnam (The Sacred Golden Dust)
Māvin vaḍuvaki raṉṉa kaṇṇīr Vammiṉkaḷ vandhuḍaṉ pāḍumiṉkaḷ “O devotees with eyes as graceful as the cleft of a tender, sliced
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8. Thiruvammaanai
“Kandang kariyaanshem maeniyan vennittraan” “Kandam kariyaan” (He whose throat is dark in purana)—when the thiruparkadal – sacred Ocean of Milk
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7. Thiruvempavai
“Aathiyum anthamum illaa arumperunj Sothiyai yāmpāḍa…” This sacred decad, the Thiruvempavai, is entirely about our Paavai (the pupil of the
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6 Neethal Vinnappam (Plea for Deliverance)
In many verses of this chapter, Manikkavasagar praises the Lord by singing to Him as the “King of Uthirakosamangai“! In
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5. Thiruchathakam
5.1. Meyyunarthal (Realizing the Truth) “Uthaman aththan udaiyaan adiye ninainthurugi” (Melting in devotion, thinking of the feet of the Supreme
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4. Potrith Thiruagaval (The Sacred Verse of Praise)
The flower-like feet that even Thirumal (Vishnu)—who was worshipped by Brahma (the four-faced one) and all other Devas, and who
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3. Thiruvandap paguthi
The region or place where the holy Lord resides is the Andam (universe)! This itself is Thiruvandappaguthi. Andam means the