Tamil Lyrics
பூமேவ செங்கமலப் புத்தேளும் தேற்றிய
பாமேவ தெய்வப் பழமறையும் - தேமேவுநாதமும் நாதாந்த முடியும் நவைதீர்ந்த
போதமும் காணாத போதமாய் - ஆதிநடுஅந்தம் கடந்த நித்தியானந்த போதமாய்ப்
பந்தம் தணந்த பரஞ்சுடராய் - வந்தகுறியும் குணமும் ஒரு கோலமும் அற்றுளங்கும்
செறியும் பரம சிவமாய் - அறிவுக்குஅனாதியாய் ஐந்தொழிற்கும் அப்புறமாய் அன்றே
மனாதிகளுக்கு எட்டா வடிவாய்த் - தனாதருளின்பஞ்சவித ரூப பரசுகமாய் எவ்வுயிர்க்கும்
தஞ்சமென நிற்கும் தனிப்பொருளாய் - எஞ்சாதபூரணமாய் நித்தமாய்ப் போக்குவரவும் புணர்வும்
காரணமும் இல்லாக் கதியாகித் - தாரணியில்இந்திரசாலம் புரிவோன் யாவரையும் தான்மயக்கும்
தந்திரத்தில் சாராது சார்வதுபோல - முந்தும்கருவின்றி நின்ற கருவாய் அருளே
உருவின்றி நின்ற உருவாய்த் - திரிகரணம்ஆகவரும் இச்சை அறிவு இயற்றலால் இலய
போக அதிகார பொருளாகி - ஏகத்துஉருவும் அருவும் உருவருவும் ஆகிப்
பருவ வடிவம் பலவாய் - இருள்மலத்துள்
English Meaning
"O, God Kantharperumān [who abides in Thiruccenthūr], Brahmā, who is seated on the best of all flowers, namely, the red lotus flower, the ancient divine Vedas of abstruse prosody, the nāda and the nādānta philosophy, as well as the faultless knowledge of those mortals, who are free of the blemish of the result of their former deeds, are unable to perceive you in the form of Real Knowledge.
You are in the form of eternal bliss [sat-cit-ānantham] of Real Knowledge, transcending the beginning [creation], the middle [preservation] and the end [dissolution];
you are in the form of supremely effulgent flame, naturally free of bondage;
you are the omnipresent Supreme Being [Paramacivam] without any given (or imagined) name, characteristic, or form;
you are the most auspicious Supreme Knowledge, which is unattainable by any other knowledge [of merely ephemeral kind] within the frontier of empirical time;
you are beyond the five-fold divine function [creation, preservation, concealment, bestowal of grace and dissolution];
you are beyond the reach of various internal instruments [such as the mind, language, and body];
you, who are in the form of Eternal Bliss, are capable of assuming of five-fold sacred forms [of Brahmā, Vishṇu, Rudra, Mahēshvara, Sadāshiva];
you are the eternal and incomparable Real Supreme Being, providing shelter of support to all beings;
you are of un-diminishing perfection;
you are eternal;
you are the unique Supreme Being, that knows of no death, birth, attachment, or any reason for birth;
you are like an illusionist, who performs an illusory trick, with which the minds of all the spectators are entranced, though the illusionist himself is not likewise entranced with the illusion created by him;
you have no primordial source of origin; and you are the source of all things;
you have no other form except the sacred form of gracious compassion;
you are the Supreme Being, having the power of motivation [iccā-cakthi], the power of wisdom [ñāna-cakthi], and the power of action [kiriyā-cakthi] to carry out the three-fold tasks of creation, maintenance, and dissolution; you are the incomparable one, having form [uruvam (Mahēshan, Thirumāl)], formlessness [aruvam, Shivam, Shakthi], and also form with formlessness [uruvaruvam, Sadāshivam], and is thus capable of assuming various sacred forms, bestowing grace on all beings in accordance with their respective spiritual merits …"