Tevarappatikankal

by Narayana Guru

Summary

Tevaram, in the classical Tamil literature, is the body of hymns composed by the three Śaiva saints Appar, Sundarar and Tirujnana Sambandar. Narayana Guru’s Tamil hymns on Śiva are also on the same lines, using the same classical Tamil. Patikam means "a set of ten verses". These five patikams were possibly written around 1887.

Publisher

Nataraja Gurukula

No. of Pages

51

Language

Tamil

Verse 1
ஞானோதயமே! ஞாதுருவே!
நாமதியிலா நர்க்கதியே!
யானோ நீயோ யாதிபரம்,
யாதாய் விடுமோ, பேசாயே,
தேனார் தில்லை சீரடியார்
தேடும் நாடாமருமானூர்
கோனே, மானேர் விழி பாகம்-
கொண்டாய் நயினார் நாயகமே!

Transliteration
Njānōtayamē! Njāturuvē!
Nāmatiyilā narkkatiyē!
Yānō nīyō yātiparam,
Yātāy vidumō, pēchāyē,
Tēnār tillai chīradiyār
Tēdum nādām arumānūr
Kōnē, māner mizhi pāgam-
kondāy nayinār nāyakamē!

Meaning
O the origin of wisdom!
O wisdom embodied!
O the ultimate goal having no name and the like,
Who is the Original Transcendental Reality-You or Me?
Won’t you tell me what the answer would be?
O Lord of the place named Arumānūr
Sought out even by the honey-like
Devout aspirants camping in Tillai,
O he who shares the body
Of her who has deer’s eyes!
O sole guide to all the Nāyanārs!

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