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O lord, you are my ruler! I came and worshiped you who measured the world at Mahābali’s sacrifice as devotees and the gods carrying fragrant bunches of flowers swarming with honey-drinking bees and worshiped you so that their karma will be removed. If you give me your grace so I may see you, I will not want this family life, O god of Thiruviṇṇagar.
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You are the highest lord. When the milky ocean was churned, you saw Shiva with a forehead eye when he drank the poison that came from the ocean, and you gave the nectar that came out of the milky ocean to the gods and you loved Lakshmi who came from the milky ocean. If you give me your grace so I may see you, I will not want this family life, O god of Thiruviṇṇagar.
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You with your dark curly hair are the brother of the fire-colored Balaraman who bent his bow that was strong as a mountain, fought with his enemies and destroyed their lands with his fiery arrows. You are my ruler. If you give me your grace so I may see you, I will not want this family life, O god of Thiruviṇṇagar.
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O lord, you, my ruler, swallowed the bright moon, the sun, the world and all creatures at the end of the eon. You rested on a banyan leaf on the wavy ocean when you were a beautiful baby. If you give me your grace so I may see you, I will not want this family life, O god of Thiruviṇṇagar.
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O lord, you are my ruler. You swallowed all the seven worlds, seven oceans, seven mountains and the whole wonderful earth and kept them in your strong, handsome stomach. You have the form of one letter, “Shri.” If you give me your grace so I may see you, I will not want this family life, O god of Thiruviṇṇagar.
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O lord, you, my ruler, are the dark oceans, the mountains, the beautiful worlds and the four excellent Vedas, which you taught to the sages, giving divine knowledge to all. If you give me your grace so I may see you, I will not want this family life, O god of Thiruviṇṇagar.
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O my lord and ruler, in the evening when the Vediyars make sacrifices pouring fragrant ghee in fire and the gods come there in a group, joining them and they all recite the Rig Veda, you are the sweet music in their recitation. If you give me your grace so I may see you, I will not want this family life, O god of Thiruviṇṇagar.
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O lord, you, my ruler, are virtuous and you are adorned with a long crown decorated with opening blossoms. I am frightened to be in love with young women because it only makes me suffer and I approach your feet. If you give me your grace so I may see you, I will not want this family life, O god of Thiruviṇṇagar.
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O my lord and ruler, I do not want to be born or die in this world again and again, and so I come to your ankleted feet. You are the four Vedas recited by sages and you are the three gods in the sky. If you give me your grace so I may see you, I will not want this family life, O god of Thiruviṇṇagar.
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The famous Kaliyan composed Tamil pāsurams on Thiruviṇṇagar surrounded by blooming groves. If devotees learn and recite these musical pāsurams they will reach the feet of the lord Vāmanan.