His Name is everything

திருநாவுக்கரசர் அருளிய தேவாரம் தலம் திருக்கொண்டீச்சரம் திருநேரிசை 4-ம் திருமுறை திருச்சிற்றம்பலம் பாலனாய்க் கழிந்த நாளும் பனிமலர்க் கோதைமார்தம் மேலனாய்க் கழிந்த நாளும் மெலிவொடு மூப்பு வந்து கோலனாய்க் கழிந்த நாளும் குறிக்கோள் இலாது கெட்டேன் சேலுலாம் பழன வேலித் திருக்கொண்டீச்சரத்துளானே. திருச்சிற்றம்பலம் thirunAvukkaracar aruLiya thEvAram thalam thirukkoNDiccaram thirunEricai 4th thirumuRai thirucciRRambalam bAlanAyk kazin^tha n^ALum panimalark kOthaimAr tham mElanAyk kazin^tha n^ALum melivoDu mUppu van^thu kOlanAyk kazin^tha n^ALum kuRikkOL ilAthu keTTEn cElulAm pazana vElith thirukkoNDIccaraththuLAnE. thirucciRRambalam Meaning: The days that went off in childhood, the days that went off staying on the snow-petal-floral-plait ladies, the days that went off having the staff weakened by age, I ruined myself without goal, oh the Lord of thirukkoNDIccaram where in the fields cEl fishes wander! Notes: 1. It is well known that appar was not married. He joined the jaina schools very early in his life and returned to shaivism at much later point in life. How is he saying, "panimalark kuzal kOthaimAr mElanAy"? The answer is this is a song that is sung from a generic human life cycle perspective not necessarily his own life. Childhood, youth and aged are the three stages sung by many other saints as well. For example shankara bhagavatpAda who did not live the aged life talks about all the three stages in the shivAparAda kshamApana stotram. (http://www.shaivam.org/siddhanta/sta.htm ) 2. Our saint beautifully portrays the problem of most people. They are all lost in the daily routines and die with no difference than an insect that works to eat, eats, sleeps, multiplies and dies off! They do not know what they need to do. The environment sets them the directions. The wander in the sea as pilot-less boats swayed all the directions by the winds. Only those who make at least an earnest attempt to move towards the Bliss that Lord shiva is showering, have made any benefit of the life. c.f. peRuthaRkariya piRaviyaip peRRum peRuthaRkariya pirAn aDi pENAr peRuthaRkariya pirANikaL ellAm peRuthaRkariya pERu izan^thArE. - thirumanthiram ( http://www.shaivam.org/siddhanta/thisl/thisl636.htm ) 3. pazanam - (agricultural) field.