(appAlum atichArnthAr nAyanAr purANam - Periyapuranam as English poetry)

 
 
        "I am a servitor of the servitors of Appalum Ati-ch-Chaarnthaar" 
     
                            - The Tiru-th-Tonda-th-Tokai. 
 
1.     Those devotees that dwell beyond the realms of the three 
    Tamil monarchs and who are blessed with at-one-ment 
    With the feet of the First One, and those serviteurs 
    That flourished before the advent of the holy 
    Tiru-th-Tonda-th-Tokai inseparable from the lips 
    Of Nampi Aaroorar and those that would flourish after 
    Its advent, for ever linked to the feet of the Lord 
    Whose flag sports the Bull and in whose flower-bedecked 
    And long matted hair adampu, tumpai, Ganga and Konrai 
    Flourish, are indeed hailed as Appaalum Ati-ch-Chaarnthaar.”        (4169) 
 

                                                         
 
 
2.     When he was on his way to the opulent Tirumurukanpoondi 
    Of the Lord who with His bow of Mount Meru 
    Burnt the triple hostile cities, all the heaps of riches 
    Wrenched from (his retinue) by the encircling bowmen, 
    Were borne by the pre-eminent Bhootha Ganas of the Lord 
    Who is concorporate with Uma of ever-tender breasts; 
    Such was his boundless beatitude; so, I, the humble servitor 
    Should have truly wrought great tapas in my previous births 
    To hail his aukleted feet divine.                    (4170) 
 
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NOTES 
 
Verse No. 
 
    Servitors of Siva are ubiquitous.  There was no time when these were not.  In one  
    sense Prof. Shulman, Prof. Yocum, Ms. Koppedrayer and the like come under this  
    category.  May their tribe increase. 
 
    Place or time cannot constrict them.  They flourish for ever.  It is these who really,  
    actually and factually sustain Saivism.  Their number is legion. 
 
 
            Here ends the Puranam of Appaalum Ati-ch-Chaarnthaar 
 
Sincere thanks to Sri. T N Ramachandran of thanjavur, for permitting his English rendering of the holy text periyapurANam be published here.

See Also: 
1. appAlum adichchArndhAr nAyanAr purANam in English prose 
2. அப்பாலும் அடிச்சார்ந்தார் நாயனார் புராணம் (தமிழ் மூலம்) 
3. thiruththoNDar purANam main page
4. 12 shaivite thirumuRais