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How to Thank God?


மாணிக்கவாசகர் அருளிய திருவாசகம்
கோயில் திருப்பதிகம்
எட்டாம் திருமுறை

திருச்சிற்றம்பலம்

தந்தது உன் தன்னை; கொண்டது என் தன்னை;
    சங்கரா ஆர் கொலோ சதுரர்?
அந்தம் ஒன்றில்லா ஆனந்தம் பெற்றேன்
    யாது நீ பெற்றதொன்று என்பால்?
சிந்தையே கோயில் கொண்ட எம் பெருமான்
    திருப்பெருந்துறையுறை சிவனே!
எந்தையே ஈசா உடலிடம் கொண்டாய்!
    யான் இதற்கு இலன் ஓர் கைம்மாறே.

திருச்சிற்றம்பலம்

mANikkavAcakar aruLiya thiruvAcakam
kOyil thiruppadhikam
eTTAm thirumuRai

thirucciRRambalam

than^dhadhu un thannai; koNDadhu en thannai;
    caN^karA Ar kolO cadhurar?
an^tham onRillA Anan^dham peRREn.
    yAdhu n^I peRRadhonRu enpAl?
cin^thaiyE kOyil koNDa em perumAn
    thirupperun^thuRai uRai civanE!
en^thaiyE! IcA! uDal iDam koNDAy!
    yAn idhaRku ilan Or kaimmARE.

thirucciRRambalam


Meaning of song:


Gave Yourself; Got me. Oh shankarA, who is smart?
I got never ending bliss. What single thing You got from me?
Oh shiva residing at thirupperunthuRai, 
my Lord Who has abode in my mind!
My Father! Ishwara! One Who took (my) body as residence!
I do not have anything to return for this favor.

Notes:
1. God came in our way and gave Itself to us.
Got ourselves into Its fold. Sounds like a fair deal.
But actually not. God is ever brimming in bliss.
It has no use of anything else. But the soul is
suffering under the parasite of filth. Due to this
favor of God, the soul reorients away from 
that parasite and towards the bliss showering
Lord shiva. The soul has got a really great
deal. But can it do anything at all to return
this favor to the God Who is always brimming
in Bliss?! It can just hail and cry rejoicing this 
Grace. That is thiruvAcakam.
2. cadhurar - smart; kaimmARu - return favor.

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