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Poor God

 

திருநாவுக்கரசர் அருளிய தேவாரம்
தலம்    திருக்காளத்தி
திருத்தாண்டகம்
6-ம் திருமுறை

திருச்சிற்றம்பலம்

விற்றூண் ஒன்றில்லாத நல்கூர்ந்தான் காண்
    வியன் கச்சிக் கம்பன் காண் பிச்சையல்லால்
மற்றூண் ஒன்றில்லாத மா சதுரன் காண்
    மயானத்து மைந்தன் காண் மாசொன்றில்லாப்
பொற்றூண் காண் மாமணி நற்குன்றொப்பான் காண்
    பொய்யாது பொழில் ஏழுந்தாங்கி நின்ற
கற்றூண் காண் காளத்தி காணப்பட்ட
    கண நாதன் காண் அவன் என் கண்ணுளானே.

திருச்சிற்றம்பலம்

thirunAvukkaracar aruLiya thEvAram
thalam    thirukkALaththi
thiruththANTakam
6th thirumuRai

thirucciRRambalam

viRRUN onRillAtha n^alkUrn^thAn kAN
    viyan kaccik kamban kAN piccaiyallAl
maRRUN onRillAtha mA cathuran kAN
    mayAnaththu main^than kAN mAconRillAp
poRRUN kAN mAmaNi n^aRkunRoppAn kAN
    poyyAthu pozil Ezum thAN^ki n^inRa
kaRRUN kAN kALaththi kANappaTTa
    gaNan^Athan kAN avan en kaNNuLAnE.

thirucciRRambalam


Meaning of song:


Without anything to (even) sell and eat, the Poor, see!
Ekamban at grand kanchipuram, see!
The very Smart One, Who does not eat anything other than alms, see!
The Unique at cemetery, see!
The immaculate golden Pillar, see!
Like the nice hill of grand gem, see!
The Pillar of rock, without fail holding up the seven continents, see!
Lord of gaNas seen at thieukkALaththi, see!
He is in my eyes.

Notes:
1. "Is there anybody more poor than our Lord? 
While we can own grand properties, does God have even
a small "worthy" thing to sell and eat?", saint
appar puts jocularly a great attribute of Lord shiva.
Since we are incomplete and not self reliable 
we seek things "worthy" to make ourselves better.
Our Lord neither has a need to look for betterment
being in eternal bliss, nor can It find anything worthy
other than Itself!! Isn't that poverty ultimate?
   vedas also call the Lord "daridra" (poor).
(drApE andhasaspate daridran nIlalohita - shrI rudram)
2. Why does appar call the Lord very smart for eating
nothing other than the alms? All the things we offer to 
God are not enjoyed by God. (If God does, then the
absence of offering will make God less happy. So God
cannot be ever Blissful.) However through that the
only thing God accepts is our love. (Again not for Its
benefit, but for the benefit of the soul!) Since love is the
cement that would hold the souls with God making them
receive the Bliss from God, the all Merciful Lord looks
for this bonding, not for It to be more happy, but to 
put us in Bliss. But for this smartness of our Lord,
will we ever be uplifted? Hail that Lord!
3. pozilEum ... kaRRUN kAN
 c.f. veLippaDa maNNil thiNmai vaiththOn - thiruvAcakam
4. It is notable the name gaNanAthan used many times
in this padhikam by appar is used by sundharar also
"gaNan^Athan em kALaththiyAy"
5. n^alkuravu - poverty; viyan - grand; pozil Ezu - seven
continents.

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