Spiritual life is a way of total personal commitment. It is not a life of detached contemplation but an infinite passionate, personal involvement that comes automatically in the wake of the adoration of God. Its essence lies not in trying to understand certain ideas, but in seeking to live by them and to verify them in the crucible of life. Faith is a deep inner orientation of ones whole being. hidden inward being.
SONNAL VIRODAM.
Tis hard to say but say it i must, so listen.
Since the Lord of bees humming Vengadam hill
Is my Lord and Father and my Mother,
I refuse to sing my sweet songs on anyone else.
List of Namalwar Tiruvaimoli.
Uyaravara
Arise O heart, worship the feet of the God
Who is highest than the highest good
Who is the Lord of the ever wakeful celestials
Who dispels doubt and grants pure knowledge.
He clenses the heart makes it blossom and grow
He is beyond the ken of thought, feeling and senses
He is pure consciousness, all goodness, and eternal
He has no peer, or superior he is in all our souls.
He cannot be thought of as this and not that
he is the sentient and insentien, in high and in low
He is in the senses, but not of them, and endless
Let us seek the good one he is everywhere.
He stands as the He there, here and between
the she there here between and whereever
The things that are here there between and whereever
he is their good bad indifferent, their past and their future.
Let each one offer worship as he deems fit
and each one shall attain his God's feet.
for, our Lord who stands above these gods,
accepts the offerings made to them and bids them deliver the fruit.
Our Lord is eternally one unchanging
Standing sitting lying or walking,
not standing not sitting not lying not walking
forever the same forever not the same.
The lord of the Vedas who swallowed the universe
Is manifest as fire, earth water sky and air.
he is there in all the things made of these,
hidden like life in the body, everywhere.
Though he is everywhere he cannot be seen even by the gods
he is the first case, the almighty, who swallowed all,
He burnt the three cities, granted wisdom to the gods
He is Brahma the creator, and Siva the destroyer too.
would you say he is, then he is, and all this is him
say he is not then too he is, as the formless spirit in all
With the twin qualities of being and not being
He pervades all things and places forever.
He who swallowed all reclines in the cool ocean,
resides in every drop, the universe itself, complete
On earth and in the sky, hidden everywhere,
In every attom and cell continuously forever,
This decad of a thousand songs by Kurugur Satakopan
On the lord who exists in fire, earth, water, sky and air,
Subtly as heat mass coolness strength and sound
Offers liberation to those who recite it.
Vidumin
Give up everything, surrender your soul, to the maker and accept his protection.
fleetier than lightning, is the life of the body, ponder a while, on this matter yourself.
Uproot all thoughts, of you and yours, merge with the lord, there is no greater fulfilment.
The lord is beyond, being and not being, cutting all attachments, attain that infinite good.
When all attachment ceases, the soul becomes free. so seek the eternal lord and cut all attachments.
The lord has no attachments, he exists everywhere, become freed of attachments and merge with him fully.
Look at the vast wealth, of radiance all around, know that all these are his, and merge into him.
go to the source, of thought word and deed. direct them to him and merge yourself too.
When thus directed, all obstacles will vanish, then wait for the moment, of shedding the body.
Unite with the feet, of the glorious Narayana, Lord of countless virtues, Lord of incomparable good.
This decad of a thousand , are the considered words, By Satakopan of Kurugur, city of many lakes.
Pattudai.
The Lord is easy to reach by devotees through love. His feet are hard to get by others, even lotus dame L.
Oh, how easily he was caught and bound to the motar, pleading.
For stealing butter from the milkmaids churning pail.
Heedless of place and context, he appears in countless forms
his radiant fullness is beginningless and endless.
for ever providing the ambrosia experience of liberation
with cool grace he exists within and without.
Who can comprehend the wonders of Narayana?
He bears the highest good of vedic sacrifice.
For ever he creates, destroys, and plays between the two.
He contains the Gods, and the living and the lifeless.
My Lord is hard to see as the changless one.
My Lord is easy to see as the changless one
My Lord bears a thousand names and forms.
My Lord is opposed to name and form being and not being.
Accept the method of the Vedas and know him through realisation.
He is the Lord without end, beginning of all spoken of therein.
Give up all doubt and cut asunder your attachments.
For he resolves the conflict of the six schools of thought.
O People even if you realize your nature different from body.
Formless sans, length, breadth or height, the Lord is not attained.
Praise him who is spoken of as Brahma, Vishnu and Siva.
He is the Lord dwelling in your heart.
He pervades all forms eluding count as one or as many.
He is the radiant Narayana, four faced Brahma and Shiva
hold him in your hearts with steady devotion
Shed all desires and serve him alone that is the only good.
Let us purge our hearts free from desire
and worship the radiant feet of the Lord spouse of Lakshmi.
Our past karmas will vanish, we shall not want.
even if death comes we shall die humbly and well.
Siva who burnt the three cities occupies the Lords right,
Brahma who made the seven spheres resides in them on his navel.
Yet he is here within the universe for all to see.
Such are his wonders these thoughts that fill my heart.
He mistifies even the clear thinking Gods
he has wonders that would fill the sky.
He is of dark cloud hue his lotus feet measured the earth
I shall for ever sit and praise and worship and adore him.
This decad of the sweet thousand songs
By Satakopan of dense grooved wealthy Kurugur
addresses the celebrated Lord of celestials, who churned the mighty ocean
Those who master it will rejoice in Heaven.
Anciraiya
O frail crane, compassionate with beautiful wings and a handsome mate.
Would the two of you not pity my plight and take a message from me
To my Lord who rides the fierce Garuda bird?
Why? were he to cage you both, indeed would that hurt you?
O flocking koels! would it hurt you to take a message from me
To my lotus eyed Lord come are you not my good pets?
Oh, my past misdeeds, that I have never sought him so long!
Alas! must I remain separated from him for ever?
O graceful fortunate swans in the company of spouses!
That clever dwarf who notoriously took the earth by begging-
Go tell him that this maiden has lost all her senses,
alas mindless me my dark karmas will never end
My cloud hued Lord does not notice my plight
Nor take pity on me and say "Oh this is not proper"
what more can i say? go tell him O blue curlews,
that he has no goodness left in him. Would you or would you not?
O strong heron searching for worms in the watered groves.
If you see my Lord Narayana, would you give him my message pray?
He made the seven garden worlds and tended them with love
only this hapless maiden tearfully stands unworthy of his touch.
O clever bees if you see my compasionate lord,
Pray speak to him thus: "You are unjust Before her life withers,
Direct your good Garuda bird to walk by her street:"
Alas what is the crime we have committed?
O my fond parrot, you hurt me with your talk, Are you not me pet?
The cool dew-breeze blows like a needle threading my bones.
Go and ask my relentless lord, who sees my faults alone,
What wrong has she done for not receiving your grace?
O my little mynah I have lost my lustre and my charms,
Alas even when I beseech you to go to my distant Lord
and tell him of my grave sickness, you do not take notice!
Better start looking for someone to feed you henceforth.
O cool dew breeze! This boy is mmade for collecting flowers
To place at the feet of my Lord Narayana everyday.
of what use is it to be separated from him thus?
Go ask him this, then come back and spilt my bones.
The lord is the cause of cyclic birth, and souls and all else,
lies reclining in the peaceful ocean with a radiant discus in hand.
Hapless we shall tell him this when we see him, then merge into him,
Till then O dark desolate heart, do stay on with me.
this decade of the matchless thousand songs
By Satagopan of Kurugur surrounded by fertile fields
Addresses the measureless Krishna, maker of the seven worlds,
Those whomaster it shall enjoy the wealth of heaven.
Valavel
Hapless meI saw the lord of celestials, cause of the seven worlds,
And faintly called "O rogue who are butter by stealth!"
Then, "O strong herdsmen who killed seven bulls
For winning Nappinnai`s jasmine smile, O my lord".
O my wonder my lord, sages and celestials faint in your contemplation,
you are the will and the seed of all creation, undiminishing, known to the heart alone!
They offer worship with water, sandal, incense and flowers.
and count your glories with melting hearts but never come to an end.
You created the sages and the celestials, even the four faced brahma,
and gave him the power to make the wombs of all creation,
Lord who stepped over all creation and measured the universe
You are compassionate to all, like a mother to all beings
The lord of celestials, lord of Vaikuntha my own lord,
Became himself the cause of the three (Brahma Siva and Indra) within him
He caused the celestials and the sages and the living and all else to be,
Then himself appeared in the deep ocean sleeping on a serpent couch.
O Madhava lord bearing the fawn eyed dame Lakshmi!
O Govinda, who straightened the bow like bends of Trivikra's body!
O Madhusudana, gem hued lord of effulgent celestial light, hear me!
May this hapless self attain your nectar lotus feet!
O Madhava, O Lord who entered the cowherd fold and became their chief!
O Kesava, O lord of celestials, you are the medicine to cure my despair!
O Sridhara, you shot an arrow piercing seven dense trees!
O Lord of many great acts and many names, I call and swoon calling you.
My lord Tirumal wearing the fragrant Tulasi garland,
My Krishna, you release devotees from weed like mortal bondage.
Alas! when even great minds fail to understand him,
I of lowly intellect weep to see him, what greater folly than this?
Lord who then swallowed the seven worlds and brought them out again,
What wonder that you took birth as a child Krishna,
And ate butter by stealth, leaving not a trace behind!
Was it expellent medicine for a little earth that had remained inside you?
The peerless lord of celestials, our lord and protector is spouse of Sri;
A beautiful great form compassionate like a mother to all creation.
Innocently as a child he suckled from the poisoned breast
Of the fierce demoness Putana, and drank her life to the bones.
The Vaikuntha lord of effulgent knowledge, beyond size and shape and situation,
pervades all things and beings as the indwelling spirit of all.
Driving out my twin karmas, he cut asunder my Maya bonds,
Then made my place my heart in him, faithfully.
This decad of the thousand songs of Kurugur Satakopan
praised by musicians, devotees and poets, alike
Fondly addresses the Lord of wonders full of grace.
Those who sing t will never suffer on earth.
Parivadil
Seekers of infinite joy, do not give up sing of the faultless lord, offering flowers, incense and pure water.
The cool fragrant tulsi wearing lord, Is the lord spoken of in the Vedas, Wholeheartedness in devotion alone, Is the qualification to serve him.
The Lord is beyond like and dislike, my heart never parts from him, My tongue forever sings of him, My body dances like a ghoul.
My body dances like a ghoul, Worships and serves the lord, Repository of all virtues, that celestials argue and rave about.
The Lord is not attracted nor repelled, enjoys neither hatred nor friendship, Pleased by abstinence and steady devotion, He is ambrosia to the devotees.
The Lord is sweeter than the ambrosia, he gave ambrosia to the gods, he reclines in the deep ocean, with a radiant discus in hand.
He cut asunder the heads and arms, Of the island Lanka's king,Bow your heads before him, and swim across the ocean of time.
Surrender O devotees and worship him, The heavy karmas in your path, Standing as obstacles will vanish, and abiding wealth will be yours.
He breaks the two fold karmas, and grants the highest fruit, The great celebrated lord is the peerless spouse of Lakshmi,
The beautiful bridegroom Madhava, in the bat of an eyelid, will plunge us of our karmas, His banner bears the fierce Garuda.
This decad of the faultless thousand, by pure hearted Satakopan, adressing the perfect Madhava, secures freedom from rebirth.
Piravittuyar
Odumpal
Ivayum
Poruma Nilpadai
Vayum Tiraikalum
Tinnan Vidu
Unil Veluyire
Adiyadi
Singing and dancing endlessly,
this bright forehead girl calls
Narasimha! and looks everywhere,
then tears welling, she swoons.
Desirous of seeing you
this bright maiden faints
Lord who destroyed Bana's arms
Oh! you are heartless indeed.
Like wax in fire she melts for you
Lord who destroyed Lanka's demon-haunt
You do not let your compassion rise
Alas! what can I do?
Her breath is hot, her heart is troubled
with beseeching hands and tears,
O destroyer of Lanka, she calls.
ThenO! Rider of the Bird, softly.
She raves madly night and day,
her beautiful eyes with tears;
Alas you do not give her your Tulasi,
Great indeed is your compassion, O great one.
O compassionate one! she calls
Then Moon loving Lord, softly
My souls ambrosia, she sighs
Then stands and melts into tears.
Her heart is dry her soul is parched
Dear my eyes Lord she calls
Then Lord reclining in the ocean.
O! the deceit my clever one has fallen to.
Oh! deceiver she calls and joins her hands
Hotly she sighs with a heavy heart she cries
Oh! my destroyer of the powerful Kamsa
alas the suffering she takes to see you.
Night or day she knows not when,
Dew blossom Tulasi, she says
O Lord with powerful radiant discus,
Pray what have you in store for her?
this poor girl stands night and day
With tears welling in her eyes
O lord who destroyed Lankas fabulous wealth,
Pray spare her innocent looks at least!
This decad of the poetic thousand songs
sung by benovolent satakopan
Addressingthe LordVamana eternal
Is a worthy garland on his feet.
Andamattu
Vaikunda
Kesavan Tamar
Anaivadu
Emma
Kilaroli
Mudiccodi
Munnirnalam
Olivil Kalam
Pukalunel
Moimmampumpolil
Pray tell, O people of the ocean girdled earth
What are they who cannot sing and dance in joy
The glories of the dark hued lord whosaved the elephant
From the jaws of the crocodile in the lotus tank.
Praising the lord who gives woe to the mighty Asuras
Fiends who mince and eat mortals on earth,
Those who cannot sing on top throat and dance in ecstacy
must forever suffer the throes of karmic birth.
Thse who do not dance and touch the earth with their heads
Repeatedly uttereing the praises of our Lord
Who stopped a hailstormwith a mountain
Must forever suffer stormy hell as their only retreat.
Sing the praise of Sridhara of coral lips
who killed seven bulls for lve of Nappinnai
Dance with hands over head, dignity be blown.
or else what use this birth amid saintly men?
The Lord of vedas left his radiant Vaikuntha
and came as a mortal to protect the innocent from Kama's tyranny.
Other than singing and dancing his praise through every street
What is thereto learn before scholars, are they men?
The birthless lord who took birth reclines in the ocean
Sweet as fruit and nectar, sugar and honey and ambrosia
He is the living and Non living and all else.
Those who praise him, sing and dance, attain total knowledge.
The radiant lord unleshed a terrible army
Over the unfair hundred and granted victory to the five.
Of what use to the good world are men who build up their biceps
If they do not melt their hearts, dance and sing their praise.
Our Lord resides in Venkadam of cool water springs
Rave his name incessantly and be called a mad man
Roam through towns and hamlets, let the world mock at you
Jump and dance in ecstacy, and be worshipped by celestials.
The Lord worshipped by celestials is the Lord of all creation
For all others than those who have reached him forever
Through yogic penance and see him in their hearts,
Dancing and singing his praise is the only Karma.
He is the Karmas their fruit and their cause,
My Lord of gem hue and lotus eyes, lord of celestials
with oneness of heart melting inside, dance and sing
Lose your pride and shame, and rave his praise like mad.
This decad of a thousand songs
oh acyuta, lord who corrects devotees and accepts them
Is by Satakopan of fertile Kurugur fields
Those who sing it will win over strong Karmas.
Seiya Tamarai
Payilum sudaroli
Anaivadu
Sonnal Virodam
Canmam Palapala
Orunayakam
Balanai
Kovai Vayal
Mannai Irundu
Virrirundelulagum
TirpparaiSilamitla
Eralum
Nannadar
Onrum Tevum
Kaiyar Cakkaram
Polika
Masarucodi
Urellam
Ennaneyo
Kadalanalam
Norranonbiten
Aravamude
Maneinokku
Piradavarum
Vaikal
Minnidai
Nalkuravum
Kuravai
Tuvalin Mamani
Malukku
Unnumsoru
Ponnulakaliro
Nirai Nilanai
Ulakamunda
Unnilaviya
Kangulum
Vellaiccuri
Aliyeleccangum
Karpar
Pamaru
Elaiyar
maya
Enraikkum
Inbam Payakka
Tevimaravar
Nangal Varivalai
Angumingum
Varkada
Mayakkutta.
Ellaiyum
Irundum
Kankal Sivandu
Karumanikka
Nedumarkku
Konda Pendir
Pandai Nalale
Orayiramai
Maiyar
Innuyir
Urukumai
Enkanal
Arukkum
Mallikai
Malai Nanni
Talatamarai
Kedumidar
Veimaru
Sarve
Kannan Kalalinai
Arul Peruvar
Sencol
Tirumaliruncolai
Sulvisumbu
Muniye.
SONNAL VIRODAM.
Tis hard to say but say it i must, so listen.
Since the Lord of bees humming Vengadam hill
Is my Lord and Father and my Mother,
I refuse to sing my sweet songs on anyone else.
List of Namalwar Tiruvaimoli.
Uyaravara
Arise O heart, worship the feet of the God
Who is highest than the highest good
Who is the Lord of the ever wakeful celestials
Who dispels doubt and grants pure knowledge.
He clenses the heart makes it blossom and grow
He is beyond the ken of thought, feeling and senses
He is pure consciousness, all goodness, and eternal
He has no peer, or superior he is in all our souls.
He cannot be thought of as this and not that
he is the sentient and insentien, in high and in low
He is in the senses, but not of them, and endless
Let us seek the good one he is everywhere.
He stands as the He there, here and between
the she there here between and whereever
The things that are here there between and whereever
he is their good bad indifferent, their past and their future.
Let each one offer worship as he deems fit
and each one shall attain his God's feet.
for, our Lord who stands above these gods,
accepts the offerings made to them and bids them deliver the fruit.
Our Lord is eternally one unchanging
Standing sitting lying or walking,
not standing not sitting not lying not walking
forever the same forever not the same.
The lord of the Vedas who swallowed the universe
Is manifest as fire, earth water sky and air.
he is there in all the things made of these,
hidden like life in the body, everywhere.
Though he is everywhere he cannot be seen even by the gods
he is the first case, the almighty, who swallowed all,
He burnt the three cities, granted wisdom to the gods
He is Brahma the creator, and Siva the destroyer too.
would you say he is, then he is, and all this is him
say he is not then too he is, as the formless spirit in all
With the twin qualities of being and not being
He pervades all things and places forever.
He who swallowed all reclines in the cool ocean,
resides in every drop, the universe itself, complete
On earth and in the sky, hidden everywhere,
In every attom and cell continuously forever,
This decad of a thousand songs by Kurugur Satakopan
On the lord who exists in fire, earth, water, sky and air,
Subtly as heat mass coolness strength and sound
Offers liberation to those who recite it.
Vidumin
Give up everything, surrender your soul, to the maker and accept his protection.
fleetier than lightning, is the life of the body, ponder a while, on this matter yourself.
Uproot all thoughts, of you and yours, merge with the lord, there is no greater fulfilment.
The lord is beyond, being and not being, cutting all attachments, attain that infinite good.
When all attachment ceases, the soul becomes free. so seek the eternal lord and cut all attachments.
The lord has no attachments, he exists everywhere, become freed of attachments and merge with him fully.
Look at the vast wealth, of radiance all around, know that all these are his, and merge into him.
go to the source, of thought word and deed. direct them to him and merge yourself too.
When thus directed, all obstacles will vanish, then wait for the moment, of shedding the body.
Unite with the feet, of the glorious Narayana, Lord of countless virtues, Lord of incomparable good.
This decad of a thousand , are the considered words, By Satakopan of Kurugur, city of many lakes.
Pattudai.
The Lord is easy to reach by devotees through love. His feet are hard to get by others, even lotus dame L.
Oh, how easily he was caught and bound to the motar, pleading.
For stealing butter from the milkmaids churning pail.
Heedless of place and context, he appears in countless forms
his radiant fullness is beginningless and endless.
for ever providing the ambrosia experience of liberation
with cool grace he exists within and without.
Who can comprehend the wonders of Narayana?
He bears the highest good of vedic sacrifice.
For ever he creates, destroys, and plays between the two.
He contains the Gods, and the living and the lifeless.
My Lord is hard to see as the changless one.
My Lord is easy to see as the changless one
My Lord bears a thousand names and forms.
My Lord is opposed to name and form being and not being.
Accept the method of the Vedas and know him through realisation.
He is the Lord without end, beginning of all spoken of therein.
Give up all doubt and cut asunder your attachments.
For he resolves the conflict of the six schools of thought.
O People even if you realize your nature different from body.
Formless sans, length, breadth or height, the Lord is not attained.
Praise him who is spoken of as Brahma, Vishnu and Siva.
He is the Lord dwelling in your heart.
He pervades all forms eluding count as one or as many.
He is the radiant Narayana, four faced Brahma and Shiva
hold him in your hearts with steady devotion
Shed all desires and serve him alone that is the only good.
Let us purge our hearts free from desire
and worship the radiant feet of the Lord spouse of Lakshmi.
Our past karmas will vanish, we shall not want.
even if death comes we shall die humbly and well.
Siva who burnt the three cities occupies the Lords right,
Brahma who made the seven spheres resides in them on his navel.
Yet he is here within the universe for all to see.
Such are his wonders these thoughts that fill my heart.
He mistifies even the clear thinking Gods
he has wonders that would fill the sky.
He is of dark cloud hue his lotus feet measured the earth
I shall for ever sit and praise and worship and adore him.
This decad of the sweet thousand songs
By Satakopan of dense grooved wealthy Kurugur
addresses the celebrated Lord of celestials, who churned the mighty ocean
Those who master it will rejoice in Heaven.
Anciraiya
O frail crane, compassionate with beautiful wings and a handsome mate.
Would the two of you not pity my plight and take a message from me
To my Lord who rides the fierce Garuda bird?
Why? were he to cage you both, indeed would that hurt you?
O flocking koels! would it hurt you to take a message from me
To my lotus eyed Lord come are you not my good pets?
Oh, my past misdeeds, that I have never sought him so long!
Alas! must I remain separated from him for ever?
O graceful fortunate swans in the company of spouses!
That clever dwarf who notoriously took the earth by begging-
Go tell him that this maiden has lost all her senses,
alas mindless me my dark karmas will never end
My cloud hued Lord does not notice my plight
Nor take pity on me and say "Oh this is not proper"
what more can i say? go tell him O blue curlews,
that he has no goodness left in him. Would you or would you not?
O strong heron searching for worms in the watered groves.
If you see my Lord Narayana, would you give him my message pray?
He made the seven garden worlds and tended them with love
only this hapless maiden tearfully stands unworthy of his touch.
O clever bees if you see my compasionate lord,
Pray speak to him thus: "You are unjust Before her life withers,
Direct your good Garuda bird to walk by her street:"
Alas what is the crime we have committed?
O my fond parrot, you hurt me with your talk, Are you not me pet?
The cool dew-breeze blows like a needle threading my bones.
Go and ask my relentless lord, who sees my faults alone,
What wrong has she done for not receiving your grace?
O my little mynah I have lost my lustre and my charms,
Alas even when I beseech you to go to my distant Lord
and tell him of my grave sickness, you do not take notice!
Better start looking for someone to feed you henceforth.
O cool dew breeze! This boy is mmade for collecting flowers
To place at the feet of my Lord Narayana everyday.
of what use is it to be separated from him thus?
Go ask him this, then come back and spilt my bones.
The lord is the cause of cyclic birth, and souls and all else,
lies reclining in the peaceful ocean with a radiant discus in hand.
Hapless we shall tell him this when we see him, then merge into him,
Till then O dark desolate heart, do stay on with me.
this decade of the matchless thousand songs
By Satagopan of Kurugur surrounded by fertile fields
Addresses the measureless Krishna, maker of the seven worlds,
Those whomaster it shall enjoy the wealth of heaven.
Valavel
Hapless meI saw the lord of celestials, cause of the seven worlds,
And faintly called "O rogue who are butter by stealth!"
Then, "O strong herdsmen who killed seven bulls
For winning Nappinnai`s jasmine smile, O my lord".
O my wonder my lord, sages and celestials faint in your contemplation,
you are the will and the seed of all creation, undiminishing, known to the heart alone!
They offer worship with water, sandal, incense and flowers.
and count your glories with melting hearts but never come to an end.
You created the sages and the celestials, even the four faced brahma,
and gave him the power to make the wombs of all creation,
Lord who stepped over all creation and measured the universe
You are compassionate to all, like a mother to all beings
The lord of celestials, lord of Vaikuntha my own lord,
Became himself the cause of the three (Brahma Siva and Indra) within him
He caused the celestials and the sages and the living and all else to be,
Then himself appeared in the deep ocean sleeping on a serpent couch.
O Madhava lord bearing the fawn eyed dame Lakshmi!
O Govinda, who straightened the bow like bends of Trivikra's body!
O Madhusudana, gem hued lord of effulgent celestial light, hear me!
May this hapless self attain your nectar lotus feet!
O Madhava, O Lord who entered the cowherd fold and became their chief!
O Kesava, O lord of celestials, you are the medicine to cure my despair!
O Sridhara, you shot an arrow piercing seven dense trees!
O Lord of many great acts and many names, I call and swoon calling you.
My lord Tirumal wearing the fragrant Tulasi garland,
My Krishna, you release devotees from weed like mortal bondage.
Alas! when even great minds fail to understand him,
I of lowly intellect weep to see him, what greater folly than this?
Lord who then swallowed the seven worlds and brought them out again,
What wonder that you took birth as a child Krishna,
And ate butter by stealth, leaving not a trace behind!
Was it expellent medicine for a little earth that had remained inside you?
The peerless lord of celestials, our lord and protector is spouse of Sri;
A beautiful great form compassionate like a mother to all creation.
Innocently as a child he suckled from the poisoned breast
Of the fierce demoness Putana, and drank her life to the bones.
The Vaikuntha lord of effulgent knowledge, beyond size and shape and situation,
pervades all things and beings as the indwelling spirit of all.
Driving out my twin karmas, he cut asunder my Maya bonds,
Then made my place my heart in him, faithfully.
This decad of the thousand songs of Kurugur Satakopan
praised by musicians, devotees and poets, alike
Fondly addresses the Lord of wonders full of grace.
Those who sing t will never suffer on earth.
Parivadil
Seekers of infinite joy, do not give up sing of the faultless lord, offering flowers, incense and pure water.
The cool fragrant tulsi wearing lord, Is the lord spoken of in the Vedas, Wholeheartedness in devotion alone, Is the qualification to serve him.
The Lord is beyond like and dislike, my heart never parts from him, My tongue forever sings of him, My body dances like a ghoul.
My body dances like a ghoul, Worships and serves the lord, Repository of all virtues, that celestials argue and rave about.
The Lord is not attracted nor repelled, enjoys neither hatred nor friendship, Pleased by abstinence and steady devotion, He is ambrosia to the devotees.
The Lord is sweeter than the ambrosia, he gave ambrosia to the gods, he reclines in the deep ocean, with a radiant discus in hand.
He cut asunder the heads and arms, Of the island Lanka's king,Bow your heads before him, and swim across the ocean of time.
Surrender O devotees and worship him, The heavy karmas in your path, Standing as obstacles will vanish, and abiding wealth will be yours.
He breaks the two fold karmas, and grants the highest fruit, The great celebrated lord is the peerless spouse of Lakshmi,
The beautiful bridegroom Madhava, in the bat of an eyelid, will plunge us of our karmas, His banner bears the fierce Garuda.
This decad of the faultless thousand, by pure hearted Satakopan, adressing the perfect Madhava, secures freedom from rebirth.
Piravittuyar
Odumpal
Ivayum
Poruma Nilpadai
Vayum Tiraikalum
Tinnan Vidu
Unil Veluyire
Adiyadi
Singing and dancing endlessly,
this bright forehead girl calls
Narasimha! and looks everywhere,
then tears welling, she swoons.
Desirous of seeing you
this bright maiden faints
Lord who destroyed Bana's arms
Oh! you are heartless indeed.
Like wax in fire she melts for you
Lord who destroyed Lanka's demon-haunt
You do not let your compassion rise
Alas! what can I do?
Her breath is hot, her heart is troubled
with beseeching hands and tears,
O destroyer of Lanka, she calls.
ThenO! Rider of the Bird, softly.
She raves madly night and day,
her beautiful eyes with tears;
Alas you do not give her your Tulasi,
Great indeed is your compassion, O great one.
O compassionate one! she calls
Then Moon loving Lord, softly
My souls ambrosia, she sighs
Then stands and melts into tears.
Her heart is dry her soul is parched
Dear my eyes Lord she calls
Then Lord reclining in the ocean.
O! the deceit my clever one has fallen to.
Oh! deceiver she calls and joins her hands
Hotly she sighs with a heavy heart she cries
Oh! my destroyer of the powerful Kamsa
alas the suffering she takes to see you.
Night or day she knows not when,
Dew blossom Tulasi, she says
O Lord with powerful radiant discus,
Pray what have you in store for her?
this poor girl stands night and day
With tears welling in her eyes
O lord who destroyed Lankas fabulous wealth,
Pray spare her innocent looks at least!
This decad of the poetic thousand songs
sung by benovolent satakopan
Addressingthe LordVamana eternal
Is a worthy garland on his feet.
Andamattu
Vaikunda
Kesavan Tamar
Anaivadu
Emma
Kilaroli
Mudiccodi
Munnirnalam
Olivil Kalam
Pukalunel
Moimmampumpolil
Pray tell, O people of the ocean girdled earth
What are they who cannot sing and dance in joy
The glories of the dark hued lord whosaved the elephant
From the jaws of the crocodile in the lotus tank.
Praising the lord who gives woe to the mighty Asuras
Fiends who mince and eat mortals on earth,
Those who cannot sing on top throat and dance in ecstacy
must forever suffer the throes of karmic birth.
Thse who do not dance and touch the earth with their heads
Repeatedly uttereing the praises of our Lord
Who stopped a hailstormwith a mountain
Must forever suffer stormy hell as their only retreat.
Sing the praise of Sridhara of coral lips
who killed seven bulls for lve of Nappinnai
Dance with hands over head, dignity be blown.
or else what use this birth amid saintly men?
The Lord of vedas left his radiant Vaikuntha
and came as a mortal to protect the innocent from Kama's tyranny.
Other than singing and dancing his praise through every street
What is thereto learn before scholars, are they men?
The birthless lord who took birth reclines in the ocean
Sweet as fruit and nectar, sugar and honey and ambrosia
He is the living and Non living and all else.
Those who praise him, sing and dance, attain total knowledge.
The radiant lord unleshed a terrible army
Over the unfair hundred and granted victory to the five.
Of what use to the good world are men who build up their biceps
If they do not melt their hearts, dance and sing their praise.
Our Lord resides in Venkadam of cool water springs
Rave his name incessantly and be called a mad man
Roam through towns and hamlets, let the world mock at you
Jump and dance in ecstacy, and be worshipped by celestials.
The Lord worshipped by celestials is the Lord of all creation
For all others than those who have reached him forever
Through yogic penance and see him in their hearts,
Dancing and singing his praise is the only Karma.
He is the Karmas their fruit and their cause,
My Lord of gem hue and lotus eyes, lord of celestials
with oneness of heart melting inside, dance and sing
Lose your pride and shame, and rave his praise like mad.
This decad of a thousand songs
oh acyuta, lord who corrects devotees and accepts them
Is by Satakopan of fertile Kurugur fields
Those who sing it will win over strong Karmas.
Seiya Tamarai
Payilum sudaroli
Anaivadu
Sonnal Virodam
Canmam Palapala
Orunayakam
Balanai
Kovai Vayal
Mannai Irundu
Virrirundelulagum
TirpparaiSilamitla
Eralum
Nannadar
Onrum Tevum
Kaiyar Cakkaram
Polika
Masarucodi
Urellam
Ennaneyo
Kadalanalam
Norranonbiten
Aravamude
Maneinokku
Piradavarum
Vaikal
Minnidai
Nalkuravum
Kuravai
Tuvalin Mamani
Malukku
Unnumsoru
Ponnulakaliro
Nirai Nilanai
Ulakamunda
Unnilaviya
Kangulum
Vellaiccuri
Aliyeleccangum
Karpar
Pamaru
Elaiyar
maya
Enraikkum
Inbam Payakka
Tevimaravar
Nangal Varivalai
Angumingum
Varkada
Mayakkutta.
Ellaiyum
Irundum
Kankal Sivandu
Karumanikka
Nedumarkku
Konda Pendir
Pandai Nalale
Orayiramai
Maiyar
Innuyir
Urukumai
Enkanal
Arukkum
Mallikai
Malai Nanni
Talatamarai
Kedumidar
Veimaru
Sarve
Kannan Kalalinai
Arul Peruvar
Sencol
Tirumaliruncolai
Sulvisumbu
Muniye.
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