Prayers to Lord shiva from Tirumandiram
By
Tirumoolar
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
(The Tirumandiram, by Siddha Tirumular is a sacred,
monumental work of philosophical and spiritual wisdom rendered in verse
form. Encyclopedic in its vast scope, and written perhaps as early s 200
B.C., it is one of India’s greatest texts, a spiritual treasure-trove, a Sastra
containing astonishing insight.Here is a small selection of prayers to Lord Shiva.)
aI.Prayer to Ganesa
1.Iynthu karathanai , aanaimukhathanai,
Indhinilampiraipoalumyeyithanai,
Nandhimakanthanai, jnana kozhunthinai,
Punthiyilvaithadipothukindrene
I keep in my
mind and praise ,
The one who has five hands, elephant
face,
Who has tusks like the
crescent of moon,
Who is son of Lord Shiva and who is extremely wise
2.Shivanodu okkumdeivam, thedinumillai,
Avanoduoppaaringuyaarumillai,
Bhuvanamkadanthandru, ponoliminnum,
Thavachadaimudinthiruppone.
There is no God comparable to Lord
Shiva,
There is no one comparable to him here,
He is beyond the worlds, who has a tuft ,
Which shines like gold and sits in lotus
like mind of people.
3.Avanai ozhiyaamararumillai,
Avanandricheyyum arum thavamillai,
Avanandrimoovaraalaavathondruillai,
Avanandrioorpugumaaruariyene
There is
no gods except him,
There is no great penance, which avoids him,
Without him , the trinity cannot do anything,,
Without him, I do not know the way to heaven.
4.Theeyinum veyyan, punalinumthanniyan,
AAyinumeesanarularivaarillai,
Cheyinumnallan, aniyannalanbarkku,
Thaayilumnallan, thaazhchadayone.
He is hotter than fire, colder than water,
But there is no one who knows his
greatness,
He is better than our child, he is ornament to
his friends,
He is better than our mother and he has
low hanging tuft.
5.POnnaal purinthittaponchadaiyena,
Pinnaalpirangayiranthavan per Nandi,
Yennalthozhapadummyemiraimattavan,
Thannalthozapaduvarillaithaane.
He , whose golden braid made
of gold,
Is going down below him is
called Nandi,
And He is the God whom
I salute,
And there are no
Gods whom he salutes, is it not?
6.Thaane irunilamthangiviNNainirkkum,
Thaanechudumangijnayiruthingalum,
Thaanemazhaipozhithayyalumaainirkkum,
Thaanethadavarai than kadalaage.
HE is the one who lifts the two worlds and also carries
the sky,
He himself is the hot fire as
well as moon and sun,
And he himself is the blessing
that showers as rain,
And he himself is
the cool sea as well as huge
mountain.
7.KaNNuthalaan , our kaadhalinnirkkavum,
ENNilithevariranthaaryenappalar,
MaNNuruvaarkalumvvanuruvaarkalum,
ANNalivanyendruariyakillaarkale,
He has an extra eye,
stands with great love,
And several people say
that innumerable devas died,
And those in the earth and heaven knowing
this,
Are nor having an understanding , that
he is the greatest
8.Kaayam irandumkalanthukodhikkinum,
Maayamkathooriathumigumavvazhi,
Desamkalanthorudevanyendrennilum,
EEsanuravukkuyethirillai thane.
Though we mix asafoetida and
onion ,
Musk alone would
have more perfume,
Thinking Of matchless of god in all countries,
We realise there is no relative like him.
9.Pirappili pinjakanperarulalan,
Irappiliyaavarkkuminbamarulum,
Thurappilithannaithozhuminthozhuthaal,
Marappilimayaaviruthamumaame .
Lord Shiva without
birth gives great blessings,
Has no death and grants pleasure for all,
He also never leaves you, so salute him and if
you do,
He will never forget you and
will grant you stable wisdom.
10.Inangi nindraan, yemgumaaginindraanum,
Pinanginindran , pin munaaginindraanum,
Unanginindraan, amarapathinaathan,
Vananginidraarkke, vazhithunaiyaame.
Lord Shiva mixes and stands everywhere
and is everywhere,
Even if he dislikes a person , he is the one before and
after the world,
He is also one who hides and stands and is
the Lord of Indra,
He is the help on your path
only to those who salute him.
11.Appanai , nandiyai ,
aaraavamudhinai,
Oppilivallalai , oozhimudhalvanai,
Yepparisaayinumyethumin , yethinaal,
Appariseesanarulperalaame .
You have to praise the lord,
who is Shiva , the nectar you never get satisfied,
The
incomparable philanthropist , the
first one of the world,
Under all circumstances and if
you praise him,
By that you would get the blessing
of that god.
12.Vazhtha vallaarmanathurujothiyai,
Theerthanaiange , thilaikkindradevanai,
Yethiyum m yemperumaanyendruirainjiyum,
AAthamcheithueesanarulperalaame,
The light who lives in mind of
those who can praise,
The pure one who is in
the god boiling in the mind,
If we praise him and beg from him saying “My
lord”,
And make him our friend , we can
get his blessings.
13.POththi yenbaaramararpunithanadi,
Pothiyenbaar . asurarpunithanadi,
POthiyenbaarmanitharpunithanadi,
Pothi yen anbulpoliyavaithene.
The devas will say , he is pure, praise his feet,
The asuras will say , he is pure ,
praise his feet,
The humans will say , he is
pure , praise his feet,
And praising him and I made him
shine in my love.
14.Manayul irunthavar , maathavaroppar,
VInayulirunthavar, nesathulnirppar,
Panyulirunthaparnthuathupoala,
Ninayathavarkkuillai , nininbam thane.
Those who live in their
home are equal to those who do
great penance,
Those who always think of
him , would live as his friends,
It is like a
eagle that lives on a palm tree ,
Not thinking about his fruit and not getting
it.
15.Adiyaar paravum , amararpiraanai,
Mudiyaalvanangi , mudhalvanaimunnip,
Padiyaararulumparambaranyenthai,
Vidiyaavilakkendrumevinindrene.
The devotees who
pray to the lord of devas,
Salute him by head and think about ,
The one who is first is the
greatest God,
And I thought he is the forever
lamp and attained him.
16.Chooduvan nenjidai , vaippanpiraanyendru,
Paaduvan pal malar thoovipaninthunindru-,
AAduvan, aadiamararpiraanyendru,
Naaduvanyaannindruarvthu thane.
I will keep his feet on my chest, I will
make the lord to sit on my mind,
I will sing that he is the lord, I
would worship him with several flowers,
I will dance and wish to go near him as
lord of all the devas,
And I would wish to have him and try to
know him.
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