(tiruvArUr-p-piranthAr nAyanAr purANam - Periyapuranam as English poetry)

 
 
        "I am a servitor of all born at Tiruvaaroor" 
         
                        - The Tiru-th-Tonda-th-Tokai. 
 
1.     He is with form and without form; He is the Lord 
    Who is omneity; he is the bridegroom of Umai of fragrant hair; 
    Does it lie in my power to articulate with my lips 
    The servitorship of those born at Tiruvaroor 
    Which is joyously ruled by the Lord?                    (4158) 

 

                                                             

 
 
2.    As those born at Tiruvaaroor of ever-crescent glory 
    Are truly the divine Ganas of Lord Siva Himself who is 
    Enthroned at Tiru-k-Kayilai, the noble way 
    Is theirs, who having quelled their prideful 
    Pentad of senses, adore and get 
    Endowed with integrated consciousness.                     (4159) 
 
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NOTES 
 
Verse No. 
 
   1.    Tiruvaaroor is a hoary city.  It is truly Sivapuram.  The adage says that he who  
    gets born at Tiruvaaroor is twin-born with mukti (deliverance).  It was here the  
    Sangita Mummoorti-s, namely Tyagaraja, Mutthuswamy Dikshitar and Shyamaa  
    Saastrikall were born.  Every being born in Tiruvaaroor is sacred.  When the  
    ministers of Manuniti Chola appealed to him not to punish with death his only  
    son whose chariot fortuitously ran over a calf, the king answered thus: “He  
    killed a being that took birth in Tiruvaaroor where abides peerlessly enshrined  
    the Lord-God, Hailed gloriously by Indra, Vishnu, Brahma and others; So, death  
    is the punishment meet for him; Know this to be my well-considered verdict  
    irrevocable.” 
 
 
            Here ends the Puranam of Tiruvaaroor-p-Piranthaar 
 
Sincere thanks to Sri. T N Ramachandran of thanjavur, for permitting his English rendering of the holy text periyapurANam be published here.

See Also: 
1. thiruvArUrp piRandhArkaL purANam in English prose 
2. திருவாரூர் பிறந்தார் புராணம் (தமிழ் மூலம்) 
3. thiruththoNDar purANam main page
4. 12 shaivite thirumuRais