Tirumantiram by Tirumular (English translation)
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This is the English translation of the Tirumantiram by Thirumular鈥攁 Tamil work belonging to the Shaiva Siddhanta tradition which was likely composed between the 2nd and 4th centuries CE. It forms the tenth volume of the Tirumurai and explores the spiritual philosophy of the Shaiva Agamas in over three thousand verses. The work also stands as a prof...
Verse 1208: All Gods Beseech Her
Tamil text and transliteration:
喈嗋喈喁� 喈喈侧瘝喈呧喈┼瘝 喈堗畾喈┼瘝 喈氞喈距畾喈苦喈┼瘝,
喈む喈疅喈� 喈氞瘋喈脆喈苦喁嵿喁� 喈庎喁嵿喈苦喈距喁� 喈む喁嵿喈む喁�,
喈曕喈喁佮喁� 喈氞喈喁� 喈囙喈掂 喈曕喈侧瘉喈熰喁�,
喈氞瘚喈喁佮喁� 喈掂喁嵿喈熰 喈氞瘋喈熰喈苦喁� 喈编喈赤瘒.
膩yama峁� m膩lara峁� 墨肠补峁� 肠补迟腻肠颈惫补峁�,
t膩ma峁璱 c奴岣籥ni峁夅篃u eyti峁壞乺 tampatam,
办腻尘补峁塽m c膩ma峁� iravi 办补峁塧濒耻峁璦峁�,
c艒ma峁塽m vanta峁璱 c奴峁璦ni峁� 峁熌佱阜膿.
English translation of verse 1208:
Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, Mahesa and Sadasiva
All, prayed at Her Feet,
And their respective states attained;
Kama, God of Love, and his brother Sama,
And Sun, Fire and Moon
All, all, besought Her Feet
And on their heads they bore them.
Comments (in Tamil)
喈む喈班瘉喈喁嵿喈苦喈瘝 > 喈ㄠ喈┼瘝喈曕喈瘝 喈む喁嵿喈苦喈瘝 > 8. 喈嗋喈距喈掂喈む瘒喈喁� > 喈喈熰喁�: 1208
喈夃喈曕喈编瘝喈曕瘉 喈瘉喈む喁嵿喈班喈瘝 `喈呧喈┼瘝, 喈喈侧瘝, 喈夃喁佮喁嵿喈苦喈┼瘝, 喈畷喁囙畾喁佮喈班喁�, 喈氞喈距畾喈苦喈┼瘝` 喈庎喁嵿喁佮喁� 喈愢喈班瘝喈む喈瘉喈瘝 喈氞喁嵿喈苦喁� 喈掂喈苦喈熰瘝喈熰瘒 喈む畽喁嵿畷喈赤瘝 喈喈掂喈瘓喈瘝 喈瘑喈编瘝喈编喈班瘝喈曕喁�. 喈喁嵿喁佮喁� 喈曕喈喁�, 喈氞喈喁�, 喈氞瘋喈班喈喁�, 喈呧畽喁嵿畷喈�, 喈氞喁嵿喈苦喈┼瘝 喈庎喁嵿喁佮喁� 喈囙喈班瘝喈曕喁佮喁� 喈掂喁嵿喁� 喈掂喈權瘝喈� 喈呧喈赤瘝 喈掂瘈喈编瘝喈编喈班瘉喈曕瘝喈曕喈┼瘝喈编喈赤瘝.
Alternative transliteration:
ayaman malaran ican catacivan,
tamati culaninru eytinar tampatam,
kamanum caman iravi kanalutan,
comanum vantati cutanin rale.
ayaman malaran isan sathasivan,
thamadi suzhaninru eythinar thambatham,
kamanum saman iravi kanaludan,
somanum vanthadi sudanin rale.
tirumantiram > n膩峁塳膩m tantiram > 8. 膩t膩rav膩t膿yam > 辫腻峁璦濒: 1208
ulaki峁焝u mutalvar膩m `补测补峁�, m膩l, 耻谤耻迟迟颈谤补峁�, mak膿cuvara峁�, 肠补迟腻肠颈惫补峁塦 e峁夅箟um aivart膩mum cattiyai va岣籭pa峁弓膿 迟补峁卥补岣� pataviyaip pe峁熱篃膩rka岣�. ma峁熱篃um 办腻尘补峁�, c膩ma峁�, c奴riya峁�, 补峁卥颈, cantira峁� e峁夅箟um ivarka岣穟m vantu va峁嘺峁卥a 补惫补岣� 惫墨峁热篃颈谤耻办办颈峁夅篃腻岣�.
tirumantiram > nankam tantiram > 8. ataravateyam > patal: 1208
ulakirku mutalvaram `ayan, mal, uruttiran, makecuvaran, catacivan` ennum aivartamum cattiyai valipatte tankal pataviyaip perrarkal. marrum kaman, caman, curiyan, anki, cantiran ennum ivarkalum vantu vananka aval virrirukkinral.
thirumanthiram > nankam thanthiram > 8. atharavatheyam > padal: 1208
ulagirku muthalvaram `ayan, mal, uruthiran, magesuvaran, sathasivan` ennum aivarthamum sathiyai vazhipatte thangal pathaviyaip perrarkal. marrum kaman, saman, suriyan, angi, santhiran ennum ivarkalum vanthu vananga aval virrirukkinral.