மாணிக்க வாசகர் திருவாசகம்
நீத்தல் விண்ணப்பம்
எட்டாம் திருமுறை

திருச்சிற்றம்பலம்

என்னை அப்பா அஞ்சல் என்பவர் இன்றி நின்று எய்த்து அலைந்தேன்
மின்னை ஒப்பாய் விட்டிடுதி கண்டாய் உவமிக்கின் மெய்யே
உன்னை ஒப்பாய் மன்னும் உத்தரகோசமங்கைக்கு அரசே
அன்னையொப்பாய் எனக்கு அத்தன் ஒப்பாய் என் அரும்பொருளே.

திருச்சிற்றம்பலம்

mANikkavAcakar thiruvAcakam
n^Iththal viNNappam
eTTAM thirumuRai

thirucciRRambalam

ennai appaa anycal enbavar inRi n^inRu eyththu alain^dhEn
minnai oppaay viTTiDudhi kaNDaay uvamikkin meyyE
unnai oppaay mannum uththaragOca maN^gaikku aracE
annai oppaay enakku aththan oppaay en aruma poruLE       

thirucciRRambalam

Meaning:
Not having somebody who could say, "What dear, Don't be
afraid !", I was hopelessly wandering. Oh the Lord like the
lightning, You are abandoning me ! If a real comparison is 
to be said for You, You only are Your simile ! Oh the King of 
the glorious uththtara kOcamaN^gai, You are like the mother, 
You are like the father for me, oh my Precious One !

Notes:
1. To seek refuge, the qualified is the God both in terms
of meritoriousness as well as omnipotence to protect.
So the soul pleads to God "Don't leave me off, because
other than You there is no reliable hold !"
2. Typically (positive) simile is used to glorify an object 
by referring to the similarity with a much greater object.
However in case of God all the similes are used to 
understand at least at a much scaled down level of glory
by comparing to the highest possible glorious things
we are aware of. So if a real comparison to be made for 
God, it could be with none other than the God Itself !
c.f. uvamanil iRan^thana - thiruvAcakam
     Or uvamanilli - appar
3. eyththal - become weary; aththan - father.