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 2731: When the Lord Danced
Tamil text and transliteration:
喈む瘒喈掂喁� 喈氞瘉喈班喁嵿喈班喁� 喈氞喈む瘝喈む喁嵿喈苦喁� 喈む喈喈む喈班瘝,
喈瘋喈掂喁嵿畷喈赤瘝 喈嗋喈苦喈苦喁� 喈瘉喈瘝喈喁嵿喁� 喈瘋喈掂喁嵿畷喈赤瘝,
喈む喈喈班瘝 喈氞喁嵿喈班瘝 喈氞喈喁� 喈氞喈距畾喈班喁�,
喈喈掂瘓喈瘉喈瘝 喈嗋疅喈苦疅喁佮喁� 喈庎喁嵿喈苦喁� 喈喈熰喁�.
迟脓惫补谤 curarnarar cittarvit tiy膩tarar,
m奴varka岣� 膩tiyi峁� muppattu m奴varka岣�,
迟腻辫补迟补谤 cattar camayam car膩caram,
y膩vaiyum 膩峁璱峁璾m emmi峁焌i y膩峁璦v膿.
English translation of verse 2731:
The Devas, Asuras, Humans, Siddhas and Vidyadharas,
The Primal Three, the Three-and-thirty gods,
The Rishis seven, the Faiths several,
And the creation all, movable and immovable,
-All these danced,
When my Lord danced.
Comments (in Tamil)
喈む喈班瘉喈喁嵿喈苦喈瘝 > 喈掄喁嵿喈む喈瘝 喈む喁嵿喈苦喈瘝 > 8.2 喈氞喈掂喈┼喁嵿喈曕瘝 喈曕瘋喈む瘝喈む瘉 > 喈喈熰喁�: 2731
Alternative transliteration:
tevar curarnarar cittarvit tiyatarar,
muvarkal atiyin muppattu muvarkal,
tapatar cattar camayam caracaram,
yavaiyum atitum emmirai yatave.
thevar surarnarar sitharvith thiyatharar,
muvarkal athiyin muppathu muvarkal,
thapathar sathar samayam sarasaram,
yavaiyum adidum emmirai yadave.
tirumantiram > o峁塸at膩m tantiram > 8.2 civ膩峁塧ntak 办奴迟迟耻 > 辫腻峁璦濒: 2731
tirumantiram > onpatam tantiram > 8.2 civanantak kuttu > patal: 2731
thirumanthiram > onpatham thanthiram > 8.2 sivananthag kuthu > padal: 2731