tiruvAcagam or The Sacred Utterances of the Tamil Poet, Saint and ...
tiruvAcagam or The Sacred Utterances of the Tamil Poet, Saint and ...
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King, Thou wert gracious, <strong>and</strong> to th' elephant,-praise !<br />
Civan, L<strong>or</strong>d <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sou<strong>the</strong>rn l<strong>and</strong>,praise !<br />
King <strong>of</strong> our country folk,-praise ! (165)<br />
Thou wert gracious to <strong>the</strong> litter <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> boar,-praise !<br />
L<strong>or</strong>d <strong>of</strong> gl<strong>or</strong>ious Kailai's Mountpraise !<br />
Fa<strong>the</strong>r, Who grants us grace,-praise !<br />
King, Who our darkness dissipates,-praise !<br />
I Thy slave languish all alone,-praise ! (170)<br />
In grace remove my guile,-praise !<br />
In grace say to me ' Fear not,-‘praise!<br />
Poison became ambrosis by Thy love,-praise !<br />
Fa<strong>the</strong>r,-praise ! Guru,-praise !<br />
Eternal,-praise ! Pure One,-praise! (175)<br />
Bro<strong>the</strong>r,-praise ! Existent One,-praise!<br />
O Great One,-praise ! O L<strong>or</strong>d,-praise !<br />
O Rare One,-praise ! O Pure One,-praise !<br />
Gl<strong>or</strong>ious Path <strong>of</strong> Vedic sages,-praise !<br />
I make my plaint,n<strong>or</strong> can endure, O First One,-praise ! (180)<br />
Kinsman,-praise ! Life,-praise !<br />
Gl<strong>or</strong>y,-praise ! Bliss,-praise !<br />
O Cloud,-praise ! O Bridegroom, praise !<br />
Spouse <strong>of</strong> Her whose feet are s<strong>of</strong>t,-praise !<br />
I, a cur, Thy slave am perplexed,-praise ! (185)<br />
Our Master Thou, all dazzling bright,-praise !<br />
Eye apprehending f<strong>or</strong>ms diverse,-praise !<br />
King, dwelling in <strong>the</strong> circling, sacred town, I praise !<br />
L<strong>or</strong>d <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> mountain l<strong>and</strong>,-praise !<br />
Thou in Whose locks is <strong>the</strong> crescent moon,-praise ! (190)<br />
Blessed L<strong>or</strong>d <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sacred Eagle-mount,-praise !<br />
Aran <strong>of</strong> hilly PUvanam,-praise !<br />
F<strong>or</strong>mless, in f<strong>or</strong>m revealed Thou art,-praise !<br />
Mountain <strong>of</strong> mercy ever nigh,-praise !<br />
Light transcending utmost bound,-praise ! (195)<br />
Clearness, hard to underst<strong>and</strong>,-praise !<br />
Ray <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> flawless Gem, praise !<br />
Loving to those Thou mak'et Thine own,-praise!<br />
Ambrosial grace that satiates not,-praise !<br />
Our L<strong>or</strong>d, <strong>the</strong> bearer <strong>of</strong> a thous<strong>and</strong> names,-praise ! (200)<br />
Thou Whose garl<strong>and</strong> is <strong>the</strong> TAli-arrugu,-praise !<br />
Dancer in light exp<strong>and</strong>ing far,-praise !<br />
O Beauteous with <strong>the</strong> santhal wood perfume,-praise !<br />
Bliss, hard f<strong>or</strong> thought to reach,-praise !<br />
On M<strong>and</strong>ira's mighty mount Thou dwell'st,-praise ! (205)<br />
Thou Who dost undertake to save us,-praise !<br />
Thou Who in grace didst give <strong>the</strong> tiger's dug to th' antelope,-praise !<br />
Thou Who didst walk upon <strong>the</strong> billowy sea,-praise!
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