Verse 30
Transliteration
pālen pathu-moli, pan-jan pathu-patham, pāvai-yar-kan,
sël-enpa-thāga thiri-kinra-nee, senthilōn-thirukkai—
vël engilai, kotrra-mayūram engilai, vetchith-thandai—
kāl engilai, manamë, en-yanë, mukthi kān-pathuvë.
English Meaning
Oh Mind, don't wander around praising the harlots with comments like these: if it is milk it is supposed to taste sweet like your speech; if it is cotton it is supposed to be as soft as your feet; if they are the eyes of kendai fish, they should resemble your eyes. On the other hand, you have never praised the spear in the hands of the Lord of Tiruchendur; you never talked about the triumphant peacock or about His holy feet wearing anklets and the vetchi flower. How would you ever hope to reach heaven?
Verse 31
Transliteration
pokkak kudilil pugudhā vagai pundarigaththum
sekkas siva-ndha kalal viidu tha-ndhu arul! si-ndhu ve-ndhu
sokkuth tharipattu eripattu udhiram kumu kumenak
kakkak giri uruvak kadhirvël thotta kāvalanë.
English Meaning
Oh King, You thrust your luminous spear so forcibly that it pierced through the Kravunja as well as (Suran's) seven mountains and shattered them to pieces. Even the ocean dried up and the body of Suran who was hiding there in the shape of a mango tree was split into two halves that were thrown away with blood gushing out noisily. My request to you is not to make me enter again into another impermanent body that will crumble like a hut. Therefore please bless me with eternal happiness that I can find only around your holy feet redder than the lotus flower.
Verse 32
Transliteration
kilaiththhup purappatta sūr mārbudan giri ūduruvath
tholaiththhup purappatta vël ka-ndhanë! thura-ndhōr ulaththai
valaiththhup pidiththhup padhaikkap padhaikka vadhaikkum kannārk
kilaiththhuth thavikkinra ennai e-n-nāl va-ndhu ratsippaiyë.
English Meaning
Oh Kantha, You are holding the spear, which pierced through the chests of Suran and his war-mongering relatives as well as through the seven mountains that were protecting them. Here I am pining for love of prostitutes whose eyes are capable of mesmerizing even the stern ascetics who have forsaken all worldly pleasures, making them suffer with pangs of love. Would you ever come and save me from the clutches of these immoral women?
Verse 33
Transliteration
mudiyā-piravik kadalil-pukār, mulu-thum-gedukkum,
midiyāl-padiyil, vithanap-padār, vetri-vël-perumāl,
adiyārkku nalla perumāl, avunar-gulam adanga,
podiyā-kiya perumāl, thiru-nāmam, pugal-pavarë.
English Meaning
Oh Men, though the eminent Kanthan carrying the triumphant spear completely demolished Suran and his clan to dust, He is always good to his devotees. In fact those who keep on chanting His holy name need not worry about getting stuck in the cycle of births and deaths in this world. Even if they are born again, they need not have to go through poverty and other afflictions. Therefore chant His good name continuously to avoid the ocean of births.
Verse 34
Transliteration
pottāga verpaip porudha ka-ndhā thappip pōnadhu onrarku
ettādha njāna kalai tharuvāy irungkāma vidāyp
pattār uyiraith thirugip parugip pasi thanikkum
kattāri vël viliyār valaikkë manam kattundadhë.
English Meaning
Oh Kantha, you fought against the illusive Kravunja Mountain bravely and shattered it to pieces. My mind was stuck with insatiable lust for the sharp bright-eyed prostitutes earning their livelihood by draining the lives of those who fall into their trap. I realize that I have strayed too far from the straight behavior and was leading an immoral life so far. Will you please give this unfortunate person the rare spiritual knowledge to guide me along the virtuous path?
Verse 35
Transliteration
paththhiththhuurai ili-ndhu āna-ndhavāri padivadhināl
budhdhith tharanggam thelivadhu enrō ponggu vengkurudhi
meththhik kudhi kolla venjsuuranai vitta suttiyilë
kuththhiththhu arangkondu amarāvathi konda kotravanë.
English Meaning
Oh victorious King! You saved the capital city of Amaravathi in the celestial kingdom by piercing your spear through the forehead of the terrible Suran from whose body bubbles of blood poured out. When do you think I will venture into the bakthi tradition and come under the influence of the sea of absolute knowledge? This will help me think clearly and intelligently and avoid indulging in sinful activities to redeem myself.
Verse 36
Transliteration
suliththhōdum ātril perukkānadhu selvam thunbam inbam
kaliththhōduginradhu ekkālam nenjsë karikkōttu muththhaik
koliththhōdu kāviris senggōdan enkilai kunram ettum
kiliththhōdum vël enkilai engganë muththhi kittuvadhë.
English Meaning
Oh mind, wealth is like the whirls seen in a river in floods; when the flood subsides the whirls also disappear. Similarly pleasure and sorrow appear and disappear like the whirls. (Forgetting this fact) I am always immersed in my problems. I have never praised you as the Lord of Tiruchengodu, a town surrounded by the river Kaveri. The banks of this river are sprinkled with pearls fallen from the tusks of elephants that were washed away in the flood. I have not praised your spear that pierced through the seven mountains. How could a mean person like me ever hope to reach heaven?
Verse 37
Transliteration
kattunda solliyar melliyar kāmak kalavik kallai
mondu undu ayarkinum vël maravën maravën mudhu kūlith thiral
dundun dudududu dudu dudududu duna dudundu
din dindenak kotti āda venjsūrk konra rāvuthththanë.
English Meaning
I have been enjoying the sugar-candy like sweet words of the slim prostitutes. I have also been gulping the liquor of enjoyment derived from sexual relationship with them to the point of exhaustion. In spite of this I never forgot your spear. Oh chief of cavalry! You destroyed the terrible Suran in the battlefield where a large number of old goblins were hailing your victory, singing and dancing to the sound of loud music. (Won't you please salvage me from my immoral activities?)
Verse 38
Transliteration
nāl-en-seiyum? vinai-thān-en-seiyum? enai-nādi-vantha—
kōl-en-seiyum? kodum-kūtru-en-seiyum? kumarësar iru—
thālum, silambum, sathang-kaiyum, thandai-yum, shanmuga-mum—
thōlum, kadam-bum — enakku-munnë-vantha, thōnri-di-në! 38*
English Meaning
Of Kumara, if both your holy feet, anklets, ornament of small bells, club, six faces, broad shoulders and kadambu flowers appear before me, what effect could inauspicious days, past deeds, harmful planets and even Yama on his way to take my life, have on me! [None of them could harm me because you will be there to protect me.]
[My personal experience has been that this is a very powerful verse worth chanting everyday to do away with the ills and evils of daily life. It has the complete description of the beautiful form of Lord Murugan to protect us!]
Verse 39
Transliteration
uthiththhu āngu ulalvadhum sāvadhum thiirththhu enai unnil onrā
vidhiththhu āndu arul tharum kālam undō? verpu nattu uraga
padhiththhu āmbu vānggi ninru ambaram pambaram pattu ulala
madhiththhān thirumarugā! mayil ëriya mānikkamë.
English Meaning
Oh, rider of the peacock and son-in-law of Tirumal who planted the Mantra Mountain firmly in the Ocean of milk as a churning stick, wound the king of snakes, Adiseshan around it like a strong rope and churned the ocean like a top to generate nectar. Would you ever be gracious enough to relieve me of my worldly sufferings? Please save me from the never-ending cycle of births and deaths and ordain me to be one with you inseparably?
Verse 40
Transliteration
sël-pat-talin-dhathu, sendhūr-vayal-polil, thëng-kadambin—
mālpat-talin-dhathu, pūng-kodiyār-manam, mā-mayilōn—
vëlpat-talin-dhathu, vëlayum, sūranum, vetpum, avan—
kālpat-talin-dhathu, ingu-en, thalai-mël, ayan, kai-yeluthë. 40*
English Meaning
The fertile fields and gardens in Tiruchendur were destroyed by the selfishes that jump high in the water; the minds of slender, creeper like girls got adulterated by their pining for the love of Lord Murukan and His kadambu flowers; the ocean, Suran, his seven hills and the Kravunja Mountain were all destroyed by the spear in the hands of Murukan; my own destiny ordained by Piraman was also altered just by the mere touch of Murukan's holy feet.
Verse 41
Transliteration
pālë anaiya moliyār tham inbaththhaip patri enrum
mālë kondu uyyum vagai ariyën malarththhāl tharuvāy
kālë miga undu kālë ilādha kanabanaththhin
mëlë thuyil kollum mālōn maruga sevvëlavanë.
English Meaning
Oh fair Vela, the holder of the famous spear! You are the son-in-law of Tirumal who has the distinction of sleeping lightly on the snake, Adiseshan, which has several heads, no legs and lives on air. I have been overcome by lust for the prostitutes whose words, I thought, are as sweet as milk. I had wasted all my time deriving pleasure from relationship with them. I do not know how to redeem myself from this evil. Please bless me with your holy feet laden with flowers.