078 Thirukkaṇṇapuram

  1. The cool lotus-eyed Kaṇṇan, the cowherd took the form of a strong fish and saved the world from the storm when the water rose up to the world of the gods at the end of the eon. I am his devotee and I found him in Thirukkaṇṇapuram filled with flourishing fields and forests.

  2. I am the devotee of the wise lord who took the form of a turtle and held Mandara mountain as a stick to churn the milky ocean and then took the nectar from the ocean and distributed it to the gods in the sky when there was a large flood at the end of the eon, and I found him in Thirukkaṇṇapuram surrounded by the roaring ocean.

  3. When the ocean rose and covered the whole earth with water our mighty father took the form of a boar with bent tusks and brought the earth goddess up from the underworld. I am his devotee and I found him in Thirukkaṇṇapuram filled with fields over which clouds float as herons searching for āral fish dive into the water and kayal fish, frightened, swim away.

  4. He took the form of a man-lion, angrily went to his enemy Hiranyan, fought with him and split open his chest with his sharp claws as the gods in the sky looked on in fright. I am his devotee and I found him in Thirukkaṇṇapuram where farmers reap and collect good paddy and save it in storage.

  5. Our father took the form of a dwarf, went to the sacrifice of king Mahabali, asked him for three feet of land and measured the world and the sky with his two feet. I am his devotee and I found him in Thirukkaṇṇapuram where in the plowed fields of paddy, precious as gold, budding mullai and kazuneer flowers blossom together.

  6. Our father took the form of Balarama carrying a mazhu weapon and he the god of Thiruppāzhi conquered twenty generations of kings. I am his devotee and I found him in Thirukkaṇṇapuram filled with fragrant groves where beautiful neelam flowers drip honey that the bees drink.

  7. Our highest lord was born as the undefeated king Rama, fought a cruel war in guarded Lanka with his enemies the angry Rākshasas and destroyed them. I am his devotee and I have found him who is worshipped by all in Thirukkaṇṇapuram where tāzhai plants spread their fragrance along the flourishing waterfront.

  8. Born as Balarama with an earring shaped like a plow in one ear and a simple earring in the other, the victorious lord fought and conquered many monarchs with spears. I am his devotee and I found him in Thirukkaṇṇapuram where Vediyars, scholars of the Vedas, make three sacrificial fires.

  9. Our father who was born as Kaṇṇan on a dark midnight took away the affliction of the earth goddess whose sweet mouth is red as coral and saved her from the underworld and fought in the Bharatha war and killed all the Kauravas, the enemies of the Pandavas. I am his devotee and I found him in Thirukkaṇṇapuram where ocean waves bring pearls and leave them on the banks and precious paddy plants wave in the fields.

  10. He took the forms of a fish, a turtle, a boar, a man-lion, and a dwarf and was born on the earth as Rama, Balarama, Parasuraman, Kaṇṇan and Kalki. Kaliyan, the devotee, composed musical pāsurams on the god of Thirukkaṇṇapuram. If devotees learn and recite these honey-like Tamil pāsurams they will not have the results of their karma.