Composer : Sundarar Language : Tamil
Ragam : Nadanamakriya Deity : Sivan
Pann : Indalam
Talam : Rupakam
piththA piRai sUdI perumAnE aruLALA
eththAn maRavAdhE ~ninaikkindREn manaththu unnai
vaiththAy peNNaith thenbAl veNNey ~nallUr aruL thuRaiyuL
aththA unakku ALAy ini allEn enal AmE.
Meaning:
O crazy one! O the one who is wearing the crescent moon! O the great one! O the one who bestows blessings! You have installed yourself in my mind. I remember you always without forgetting in any manner. O father in the aruL thuRai temple in the town of veNNey ~nallUr on the southern banks of the peNNai river! How can I say any more that I am not your slave?
Background:
ArUran was the son of a temple priest. When he was a young child, the local king liked ArUran so much that he raised him in his palace as if he were his child. When ArUran was about 16 years or so, his parents arranged his wedding. On the day of the wedding, an old brahmin came into the wedding hall and stopped the marriage saying that ArUran was his slave. ArUran called the old man a crazy person and questioned how a brahmin could be a slave to another brahmin. The case went to the village elders. The village elders investigated the evidence presented by the old man and decided the case in favor of the old man. Thus, ArUran was declared the slave of the old man. The old man led ArUran (and others) into the temple and disappeared only to appear as Siva and pArvathi to ArUran. Siva reminded ArUran of his past and asked him to sing. ArUran did not know how to start. Siva instructed to him to start the song with the first words that ArUran used when he saw the old man in the wedding hall. This is that very first song sung by ArUran. That is why this song starts by addressing the god as the “crazy one”. (su~ndharar is the name ArUran in his previous life. After the above event, he came to be referred by that name only).
Ragam : Nadanamakriya Deity : Sivan
Pann : Indalam
Talam : Rupakam
piththA piRai sUdI perumAnE aruLALA
eththAn maRavAdhE ~ninaikkindREn manaththu unnai
vaiththAy peNNaith thenbAl veNNey ~nallUr aruL thuRaiyuL
aththA unakku ALAy ini allEn enal AmE.
Meaning:
O crazy one! O the one who is wearing the crescent moon! O the great one! O the one who bestows blessings! You have installed yourself in my mind. I remember you always without forgetting in any manner. O father in the aruL thuRai temple in the town of veNNey ~nallUr on the southern banks of the peNNai river! How can I say any more that I am not your slave?
Background:
ArUran was the son of a temple priest. When he was a young child, the local king liked ArUran so much that he raised him in his palace as if he were his child. When ArUran was about 16 years or so, his parents arranged his wedding. On the day of the wedding, an old brahmin came into the wedding hall and stopped the marriage saying that ArUran was his slave. ArUran called the old man a crazy person and questioned how a brahmin could be a slave to another brahmin. The case went to the village elders. The village elders investigated the evidence presented by the old man and decided the case in favor of the old man. Thus, ArUran was declared the slave of the old man. The old man led ArUran (and others) into the temple and disappeared only to appear as Siva and pArvathi to ArUran. Siva reminded ArUran of his past and asked him to sing. ArUran did not know how to start. Siva instructed to him to start the song with the first words that ArUran used when he saw the old man in the wedding hall. This is that very first song sung by ArUran. That is why this song starts by addressing the god as the “crazy one”. (su~ndharar is the name ArUran in his previous life. After the above event, he came to be referred by that name only).
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