(paramanaiyE pAtuvAr nAyanAr purANam - Periyapuranam as English poetry)

 
 
        "I am a servitor of the servitors 
        Of Paramanaiye Paatuvaar" 
         
                    - The Tiru-th-Tonda-th-Tokai. 
 
1.     We hail the glory of the psalmodists who sing 
    Only the Supreme One--the Destroyer of the triple citadels, 
    The Wearer of snakes as jewels, the peerless Ens 
    That manifests when wisdom ripens into Gnosis, 
    The Lord-Author of all the worlds and the Omniscient One 
    Who is not to be perceived by sense or sense-organs.            (4166) 
 

                                                    
 
 
2.     In whatsoever language they have mastery-- 
    Be it southern Tamil or northern Sanskrit 
    Or any other tongue of the foreign region--, 
    With inly, melting devotion and integrated  
    And true consciousness, they sing, and the object 
    Of their hymns is the Lord-Patron who dances 
    In the Ambalam--the supreme Lord unknown 
    To the Vishnu Boar and the Brahma Swan.                    (4167) 
 
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NOTES 
 
Verse No. 
 
   1.    These, for ever, magnify the Lord and His servitors. 
 
   2.    They sing in many languages.  Their message is but the glory of God. 
 
 
            Here ends the Puranam of Paramanaiye Paatuvaar 
 
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. paramanaiyE pAduvAr purANam in English prose 
2. பரமனையே பாடுவார் புராணம் (தமிழ் மூலம்) 
3. thiruththoNDar purANam main page
4. 12 shaivite thirumuRais