090 Thirukkoṭṭiyur

  1. Our dear god, our king, chief of the gods in the sky, who stays in the minds of the devotees who praise him and gives them his grace, stays in Thirukkoṭṭiyur where a cool, tall waterfall makes a cloud of golden drops and lovely lotuses bloom and shine.

  2. He, our king is the sweet lord of beautiful Lakshmi and the beloved of the sweetly-smiling earth goddess with a coral mouth whom he embraces. He cures all painful diseases of his devotees and he stays in divine Thirukkoṭṭiyur where the breeze blows and spreads the fragrance of jasmine and mauval flowers everywhere.

  3. The faultless sapphire-colored lord, the god of gods in the sky, the light of our lives, who swallowed all the seven worlds and spit them out stays in Thirukkoṭṭur surrounded with fields where the abundant wave-filled water of the rivers flows carrying sandalwood and samarai stones making the fields flourish.

  4. He, the beloved of Lakshmi, the goddess who nurtures good families, gave a part of himself to Shiva who carries a sharp shining axe and rides a bull, stays in Thirukkoṭṭiyur where lovely young bees embrace the fragrant jasmine and shanbaga flowers and drink good sweet-smelling honey.

  5. The ocean-colored Neḍumāl, the king of the gods in the sky, beautiful as a precious sapphire, whose crown is adorned with long flower garlands dripping with honey, who measured the world at Mahabali’s sacrifice- stays in Thirukkoṭṭiyur where the moon floats in the sky above the white flags flying above the beautiful jewel-studded palaces touching the clouds.

  6. The dear god, my ruler, who shot his arrows at the king of Lanka, destroyed his valor and defeated him stays in Thirukkoṭṭiyur where all the rulers of the world and the gods come to worship him knowing that it is there that he stays.

  7. Our god, the beloved of the earth goddess, threw a vilam fruit at a calf and killed the two Asurans when they came as a tree and a calf and easily carried Govardana mountain as an umbrella to protect the cows and the cowherds from a terrible storm. He stays in Thirukkoṭṭiyur where the fresh breeze mixes with the fragrance of cool jasmine flowers and mullai flowers as it comes from the hills.

  8. The god of the gods who broke the kurundu trees when the Asurans came in the form of those trees, killed the elephant Kuvalayābeeḍam and destroyed the Asuran Kesi when he came as a horse made me his devotee and slave and entered my heart. He stays in Thirukkoṭṭiyur surrounded with cool water and groves where sweet jackfruits rest on the ground, bunches of bananas ripen on their branches and mangoes grow on their trees.

  9. The Vediyars in Thirukkottiyur who wear shining threads and are as divine as Nānmuhan seated on a beautiful lotus sing Tamil pāsurams and dance the kuḍakkuthu dance. Scholars of the four Vedas and six Upanishads and performers of the five kinds of fire sacrifice, they all worship the god of gods in Thirukkoṭṭiyur.

  10. The poet Kaliyan, the mighty chief of Thirumangai who rides a horse, composed a garland of sweet Tamil pāsurams on the dark cloud-colored god of Thirukkoṭṭiyur surrounded with beautiful groves and fields where fish frolic. If devotees learn and recite these ten sweet Tamil songs and praise Neḍumāl, they will go to heaven.