004 Thiruvadariyāchiramam ( North India)

  1. The lord who took the form of a boar, split open the earth and brought the earth goddess from the underworld, went to Lanka, bent his bow, fought with Ravaṇa and made his ten heads roll on the ground as the gods in the sky worshiped his feet stays in Thiruvadariyāchiramam on the bank of the Ganges where the gods from the sky come bringing divine fragrant flowers from the karpaga grove dripping with honey and worship him.

  2. The matchless lord who shot his cruel arrows, killed the strong Rakshasas and pierced the chest of strong Vāli in the forest stays on the banks of the Ganges river that flows from the sky with abundant water in Vadariyāchiramam where Nānmuhan stays on a lotus that drips honey, and other gods go together and worship him.

  3. Our heroic lord who fought a cruel war and took Lanka and the oceans destroying the clan of the Rakshasas stays in Vadariyāchiramam on the banks of the Ganges that brings jewels, falling from the sky with its abundant water, while the bright sun wanders in the sky and its rays fall on the hills like a white flag spreading light everywhere.

  4. O heart, don’t worry. Our generous lord who helped the gods in the sky and his devotees and removed their troubles and gave them the kingdom of the sky stays in Thiruvadariyāchiramam on the banks of the Ganges that holds jewels that it leaves on its banks as it nourishes the land and brings from the sky the clothes and ornaments of Apsarasas with beautiful flowers in their hair.

  5. The lord who drank Putanā’s poisonous milk and was afraid to sleep on his mother Yashoda’s lap stays in Vadariyāchiramam on the banks of Ganges that falls from the shining top of pure golden Meru mountain that burdens the earth and the sky.

  6. The dark cloud-colored god who fought with seven humped bulls and killed them to marry Nappinnai with beautiful fish eyes and a waist lovely as a chariot stays in Thiruvadariyāchiramam where elephants split open the strong mountains with their tusks and the Ganges that falls with abundant water from the mountains brings jewels and leaves them on its banks.

  7. Our father who gave Indra the strong heroic elephant Airavadam, the nectar from the milky ocean and the kingdom of the sky stays in Thiruvadariyāchiramam on the banks of the Ganges that falls from Mandara mountain and gives his grace with his thousand faces to the gods as they worship his feet.

  8. Our lord who became angry, bent his curved bow and killed the Rākshasa Marisan when he came as a golden deer, went to the heroic king Hiraṇyan with anger as a man-lion and split open his chest, and removed the terrible curse of Shiva given by Nānmuhan that made Shiva wander as a beggar stays in Thiruvadariyāchiramam on the banks of the Ganges that was brought down from heaven by the tapas of the divine sage Bagirathan.

  9. The shining god of the sky and of the eon who swallowed the clouds, the wind, the mountains, the roaring oceans with their abundant water and all the things in the world and kept them all in his stomach stays in Thiruvadariyāchiramam on the banks of the Ganges that falls to the earth from the sky with abundant water splitting open the ground and making the earth goddess tremble.

  10. The poet Kaliyan composed ten pāsurams on the dark ocean-colored lord of Thiruvadariyāchiramam on the banks of the Ganges that flows with shining water and rolling waves. If devotees learn and recite these ten pāsurams they will rule this world surrounded by the wide oceans under a royal umbrella and become gods in the sky.