058 Thirunaṛaiyur

  1. Our Thirumāl took the form of a bachelor wearing a deerskin on his chest, went to king Mahābali, asked for three feet of land and measured the world and the sky with his two feet. I searched for him in Thiruvenkaṭam hills where honey drips on the slopes and I saw him in Thirunaṛaiyur.

  2. Our father, Thirumal, the lord of Thennāli churned the milky ocean, and in ancient times, at the end of the eon, he took the form of a fish and swallowed the ocean. I saw him in Thirunaṛaiyur surrounded with fields filled with good water.

  3. The lord came on Garuḍa, the faultless bird and killed the crocodile that had caught Gajendra the elephant on the bank of the pond and saved him. He is the god of gods and he has lovely lotus eyes and I saw him, the god of Thirunāvāy in Thirunaṛaiyur.

  4. The god of Thiruneermalai surrounded with groves took the form of a man-lion that never retreats, went to Hiraṇyan and split open his chest. I searched everyday for that lord with a thulasi garland that never withers and I saw him in Thirunaṛaiyur.

  5. He shot cruel arrows with his bow and split open the chest of the terrible Rākshasa Ravaṇa, the king of guarded Lanka surrounded with strong stone forts. He gave his grace to good Vibhishana even though he was the brother of his enemy Ravaṇa. I looked for that good lord and saw him in Thirunaṛaiyur.

  6. He created Nānmuhan on a lotus on his navel and Nānmuhan created all the worlds, the world of the gods and the creatures of the world. He is the Māyon, the lion-like son of Yashoda with eyes as sharp as arrows. I looked for our dear friend and saw him in Thirunaṛaiyur.

  7. He is the god of Meyyam who burned the forest Kāṇḍam filled with abundant groves, brought the Karpaga tree dripping with honey from Indra’s world for his wife Satyabama and planted it in Dwarakapuri. I searched for him and saw him in Thirunaṛaiyur.

  8. He drove the chariot for Arjuna in the Bharatha war, fought with the armies of his heroic enemies, conquered them and sent them to heaven, saving the people of the earth from their affliction. I searched for him and saw him in Thirunaṛaiyur.

  9. The lord, our king, carries a golden discus in his right hand that spreads light everywhere and in his left hand he holds a conch that brings him victory in battle. He stays in Thirukkuḍanthai filled with groves dripping with honey. I searched for my king and saw him in Thirunaṛaiyur.

  10. Kaliyan with arms as strong as mountains and adorned with fragrant garland dripping with honey composed ten pāsurams on the lord of beautiful Thirunaṛaiyur, the son of Vasudeva of everlasting northern Madurai. If devotees learn and recite these pāsurams they will become gods among the gods in the golden world of heaven.