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தலம்    திருக்கேதாரம்
பண்    செவ்வழி
இரண்டாம் திருமுறை

திருச்சிற்றம்பலம்

தொண்டர் அஞ்சு களிறும் மடக்கி சுரும்பார் மலர்
இண்டைக்கட்டி வழிபாடு செய்யும் இடம் என்பரால்
வண்டு பாட மயில் ஆல மான் கன்று துள்ள வரி 
கெண்டை பாயச் சுனை நீல மொட்டு அலரும் கேதாரமே.

திருச்சிற்றம்பலம்

thirunyAna camban^dhar thirukkaDaikkAppu
thalam     thirukkEdhAram
paN     cevvazi
iraNDAm thirumuRai

thiruchchiRRambalam

thoNDar anychu kaLiRum maDakki curumbAr malar
iNDaikkaTTi vazipADu ceyyum iDam enbarAl
vaNDu pADa mayil Ala mAn kanRu thuLLa vari
keNDai pAyach chunai n^Ila moTTu alarum kEdhAramE.

thiruchchiRRambalam

Meaning:
The devotees (servants) holding back the five elephants
(senses), with the flowers on which the bees ring around
making garlands, worship there, they say ! 
Bees sing; peacocks dance; deer-cubs jump;
striped keNDai fishes zip through; in the tanks
blue buds bloom - such a place is thirukkEdhAram.

Notes:
1. All the five senses - they are very immense and
powerful - so powerful that they can tramp the individual
held hostage to them - they are like the gigantic elephants.
By doing service to Lord shiva at thirukkEdhAram, the
wise devotees have their senses in control - that they
serve like the tamed elephants, as the devotee converges
in the Lord's feet.
c.f. patanjali yogasUtra - ways of achieving focus of mind.
2. The floral worship is a great form of praying and it
is praised across thirumuRai and other scriptures.
3. cambandhar physically did not go to kEdhAram when he
sang this padhikam. From thirukkALaththi itself he sang
the Lord of thirukkEdhAram. Exclaiming the service the
devotees do even in the extreme terrain, as heard from
the fellow devotees, he sang. The word, "enbarAl" to
be noted in this context.
4. kaLiRu - male elephant; curumbu - bee; 
iNDai - garland; Ala - dance; alarum - bloom.