Prayer of the Day

Prayer song in Tamil

 

வாளால் மகவரிந்து ஊட்டவல்லேன் அல்லேன்; மாதுசொன்ன
சூளாலிளமை துறக்கவல்லேன் அல்லன்; தொண்டுசெய்து
நாளாறில் கண்ணிடந்து அப்பவல்லேன் அல்லன்; நான் இனிச்சென்று
ஆளாவது எப்படியோ திருக்காளத்தி அப்பருக்கே?
            - பட்டிணத்துப் பிள்ளையார் 
                
Padal as Romanized text

 

vALAl magavarin-thu UTTavallEn allEnl mAthu sonna
sULAl iLamai thuRakka vallEn allan; thoNDu seythu
n-ALARil kaNNIDan-thu appa vallEn allan; n-An inichchenRu
ALAvathu eppaDiyO thirukkALathhti apparukkE?
            - paTTiNaththup piLLaiyar

Meaning of the Prayer Song:

I am not capable of slicing the child to feed!
I am not capable of renouncing the youth on the word of the lady!
I am not capable of doing service to pluck and paste the eye in six days!
How can I get enfolded to the Father at Srikalahasti?!

 Notes: 

1.  வாளால் மகவரிந்து ஊட்டவல்லேன் அல்லேன் 
This is the great devotion of Siruthonda Nayanar,
who dared to slice his only loving son to feed the devotee.

2.  மாதுசொன்ன சூளாலிளமை துறக்கவல்லேன் அல்லன்
This is the marvellous conviction of Thirunilakanta Nayanar.
It is tough to conquer lust.
It is even tougher to renounce it in the youth.
Even tougher is to live together with a beautiful wife and still not give in to lust.
The apex is to have the conviction of not touching any women even in thoughts!
Thirunilakanta Nayanar renounced all his lust for an impulsive statement from his wife
that called out the Lord Nilakanta!
He led the celibate life within the household that none other than he and his wife knew about!
What a great conviction of this saint and the reverence he had for the name of the Lord!

3.  தொண்டுசெய்து நாளாறில் கண்ணிடந்து அப்பவல்லேன் அல்லன்
This is the complete offering of self by Kannappa Nayanar for the Kalahasthishwara.
An uneducated hunter sublimates in just six days. He becomes the form of devotion
that celebrated wise saints like Manikkavasagar wonder and praise! 
He demonstrated in action the tyaga or losing the self that the upanishads explain.
He is indeed the love personified!

4. I do not have the conviction of this great kinds. 
What qualification have I got to become one of His devotees!!