Thiruvempavai- 20

போற்றி அருளுக நின் ஆதியாம் பாதமலர்

போற்றி அருளுக நின் அந்தமாம் செந்தளிர்கள்
போற்றி எல்லா உயிர்க்கும் தோற்றமாம் பொற்பாதம்
போற்றி எல்லா உயிர்க்கும் போகமாம் பூங்கழல்கள்
போற்றி எல்லா உயிர்க்கும் ஈறாம் இணையடிகள்
போற்றி மால் நான்முகனும் காணாத புண்டரிகம்
போற்றி யாம் உய்ய ஆட்கொண்டருளும் பொன்மலர்கள்
போற்றியாம் மார்கழி நீராடேலோர் எம்பாவாய்

potri aruluga nin ādiyām pādamalar
potri aruluga nin antamām centalirgal
potri ellā uyirkkum totramām porpādam
potri ellā uyirkkum pogamām pūṅkalalgal
potri ellā uyirkkum īrām iṇaiyadigal
potri māl nānmukanum kāṇāta puṇdarikam
potri yām uyya āṭkoṇṭarulum ponmalargal
potriiyām mārgali nīrādelor empāvāi.

"Glories to the lotus-feet, the beginning of everything!
Glories to the rosy beautiful feet, the end of everything!
Glories to the golden feet, the source of all that live!
Glories to the flower-adorned feet, the bliss if every life!
Glories to the twin roseate feet, the last resort to all beings!
Glories to that lotus (lotus-like feet) which was not seen my Māl and four-faced one!
Glories to that golden flower (flower-like feet) which made us His and saved us!
By glorifying Him let us bathe in this sacred month of Mārgazhi!"

We have finished reading all the 20 songs of Thiruvempāvai. From tomorrow let's know about Thirupalliyezhuchi, where Mānikkavāsagar asks Mahādeva to wake up.

Hara! Hara!

Yours,
Śivapādahṛdaya.



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