Thiruvempavai- 8

கோழி சிலம்பச் சிலம்பும் குருகு எங்கும்
ஏழில் இயம்ப இயம்பும் வெண்சங்கு எங்கும்
கேழில் பரஞ்சோதி கேழில் பரங்கருணை
கேழில் விழுப்பொருள்கள் பாடினோம் கேட்டிலையோ
வாழி ஈதென்ன உறக்கமோ வாய்திறவாய்
ஆழியான் அன்புடைமை ஆமாறும் இவ்வாறோ
ஊழி முதல்வனாய் நின்ற ஒருவனை
ஏழைபங்காளனையே பாடேலோர் எம்பாவாய்.

koli silamba silambum kurugu eṅgum
elil iyamba iyambum veṇcaṅgu ĕṅgum
kelil parañcoti kelil paraṅkaruṇai
kelil vilupporulgal pādinom keṭṭilaiyo
vāli ītenna urakkamo vāitiravāi
āliyān anbudaimai āmārum ivvāro
ūli mudalvanāi ninra oruvanai
yelaipaṅgālanaiye pādelor empāvāi.

"The roosters began crowing and all the birds started to twitter. The sound of Vīna and the sacred white conches is heard everywhere. O lady, haven't you heard us sing about Him, who is the incomparable light (Jvālāliṅga)? His incomparable mercy and His incomparable glories? What kind of sleep is this? Oh dear, long live your sleep! Be pleased to open your mouth. Do you worship that ocean of mercy like the one holding the spinning discus does? Oh friend, please sing with us about Him, who remains after the great dissolution, about Him who shares his left half with His consort."

It's dawn and the roosters started to crow and the sounds of birds chirping can be heard. In the temple, instruments such as Vīna is played to awaken the Lord and conches are loudly blown to wake up the people of the village. Above all these, the friends are loudly singing the names and wonders of Śiva. They praise Him to be the incomparable light as His splendour cannot be compared to anything, even millions of Suns are put to shame by His brilliance. He is the ocean of mercy and one with infinite and imperishable glories. However, even after hearing all these sounds and the praises of Śiva, the young lady didn't wake up. Her friends are surprised and ask her what kind of sleep is she sleeping, which doesn't let one wake up even after hearing the names of Śiva? They sarcastically praise the sleep. All of them mock the young lady by asking her if she is worshipping the lord like the one holding the discus, lord Viṣṇu does (lord Viṣṇu meditates on Śiva while sleeping and vice versa). All the friends request her to wake up and sing the praises of the Lord who alone remains after the Mahāpralaya (Great dissolution), of Him, on whose left half our mother Umā resides.

Hara! Hara!

Yours,

Śivapādahṛdaya.

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