தலம் : பொது
தனித் திருத்தாண்டகம்
ஆறாம் திருமுறை.
திருச்சிற்றம்பலம்
திருநாமம் அஞ்செழுத்துஞ் செப்பா ராகிற்
தீவண்ணர் திறமொருகால் பேசா ராகில்
ஒருகாலுந் திருக்கோயில் சூழா ராகில்
உண்பதன்முன் மலர்பறித்திட் டுண்ணா ராகில்
அருநோய்கள் கெடவெண்ணீ றணியா ராகில்
அளியற்றார் பிறந்தவா றேதோ வென்னிற்
பெருநோய்கள் மிகநலியப் பெயர்த்துஞ் செத்துப்
பிறப்பதற்கே தொழிலாகி இறக்கின் றாரே. 6.95.6
திருச்சிற்றம்பலம்
thirun^Avukkarachar thEvAram
thalam : podhu
thiruththANDakam
ARAm thirumuRai
thiruchchiRRambalam
thirun^Amam anycezuththum ceppArAgil
thIvaNNar thiRamorukAl pEcArAgil
orukAlum thirukkOyil cUzArAgil
uNbadhan mun malar paRiththiTTu uNNArAgil
arun^OykaL keDa veNNIRu aNiyArAgil
aLiyaRRAr piRan^dhavARu EdhO ennil
perun^OykaL miga n^aliyap peyarththum ceththum
piRappadhaRkE thozilAgi iRakkinRArE
thiruchchiRRambalam
Meaning of Thevaram
If one does not pronounce the Holy Five Syllables,
if does not speak the glory of the Fire-like One,
if never circumambulates the divine abode,
if does not offer flowers before having food,
if does not get adorned with white ash to destroy the severe sickness,
if you ask why did those graceless ones were born,
taking birth and death full of worst diseases
they die only to be born again !
Notes
1. The saint could have said, if one does not
pray to Lord shiva, one would be pushed into the
burning hells, as some other religions do, but he didn't.
It is not the divine concept to prosecute one for
not worshiping. "Typically" one would get the fruit
of the deeds done in the past. The God Who raised
the flag of bull indicating justice, maintains the system
fairly.
We seek God not out of the fear that otherwise It
would torture us, but we pray to God seeking Its Grace
to act as the powerful merciful external force to pull us
out of the wheel of continuous birth and death that has
the cycles of pleasures and pains. If we don't seek the
Help of that Almighty, we would be dead to be born
again and keep getting crushed under the wheel !
2. thiRam - glory; aLi - grace; n^aliya - in abundanceWhat if God is not worshipped ?