திருநாவுக்கரசர் - தேவாரம்
தலம் : ஆரூர்
திருத்தாண்டகம்
ஆறாம் திருமுறை.
திருச்சிற்றம்பலம்
முன்னம் அவனுடைய நாமங் கேட்டாள்
மூர்த்தி யவனிருக்கும் வண்ணங் கேட்டாள்
பின்னை அவனுடைய ஆரூர் கேட்டாள்
பெயர்த்து மவனுக்கே பிச்சி யானாள்
அன்னையையும் அத்தனையும் அன்றே நீத்தாள்
அகன்றாள் அகலிடத்தார் ஆசா ரத்தை
தன்னை மறந்தாள்தன் நாமங் கெட்டாள்
தலைப்பட்டாள் நங்கை தலைவன் றாளே. 6.25.7
திருச்சிற்றம்பலம்
thirun^Avukkarachar thEvAram
thalam : ArUr
thiruththANDakam
ARAm thirumuRai
thiruchchiRRambalam
munnam avanuDaiya n^Amam kETTAL
mUrththi avanirukkum vaNNam kETTAL
pinnai avanuDaiya ArUr kETTAL
peyarththum avanukkE picciyAnAL
annaiyaiyum aththanaiyum anRE n^IttAL
aganRAL agaliDaththAr AcAraththaith
thannai maRan^dhAL than n^Amam keTTAL
thalaippaTTAL n^aN^gai thalaivan thALE
thiruchchiRRambalam
Meaning of Thevaram
Earlier she heard His name.
She heard about His being.
Later she heard of His ArUr (abode).
Now she became mad of Him.
She gave up mother and father that day itself.
Left the manners of the world.
Forgot herself, forgot her name too !
The lady headed only to the Feet of the Head !!
Notes
1. It is a song in which each of the lines need
to be meditated upon to enjoy its ripe sweetness.
It is a poem that beautifully depicts the stages
of maturity in the love for the Supreme from its
conception to consummation. This is a song in
"agaththuRai". Remember the days when the mother
folds our tender hands and says, "salute umAchchi".
As we grow we also need to grow in devotion like
this girl to finally head only towards the Supreme.
Our life would be in the path of fulfillment then.
(There are philosophical explanations to this song,
but as this is a song appearing very simple in
language but shows deep meanings to those who
meditate on it, it is not dealt with here.)
2. pichchi - mad; aththan - father;
agaliDaththAr - people of (broad) world.