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When I was young I lived in this crazy world like a mad elephant,
falling in love with women as beautiful as peacocks,
with dark curly hair, red mouths, round breasts and sharp eyes.
I learned from an ocean of books.
Impoverished, I needed to earn wealth and suffered in many ways.
I began to understand fate
and I also began to understand all the magical things in life.
Relatives and neighbors joined together and gossiped about me.
They talked of atheism.
Friends and others called me constantly just to talk
and wanted to go to places with me.
Those who know the shastras told me
that I should do vrathas and described the rules of shastras to me.
I heard scholars of many schools
when they argued and fought about various philosophies.
The people belonging to Ulogayudam surrounded me like snakes
and many other illusionary things also surrounded me.

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But I only wanted to be your devotee,
and I was like a candle that is near the fire and is not moved away.
I worshiped you and melted in my heart for you.
I cried, my body shivering,
I danced, screamed, sang and praised you.
My heart melted in devotion like a nail piercing a soft tree
and swelled like an ocean.
My body shivered and the world looked at me and laughed.

I was not ashamed for whatever they said

and accepted their words as if they were ornaments.
I did not give up my desire to see you
and the joy that I might see you increased.
I was crying and troubled
and did not want to think of any other god.
I understood that you are the only highest god
and you came to the earth, became my dear guru
and gave me your grace.

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I do not think of your greatness as a simple thing.
I feel like a shadow that does not move from your grace.
I consider the direction of the lord without growing tired.
My bones melt and I long for you.
The river of love for you flows over its banks.
All of my senses look for you.
I cry out, “Lord, lord!”
My words are confused?
My body shivers.
I fold my hands and my heart blooms in devotion for you.
My eyes feel joy and fill with tears.

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You are mother for those who worship you
without stopping and you nourish us, I praise you.
You are the god who came to the earth as a scholar of the Vedas, I praise you.
You are the king of golden Madurai, I praise you.
You shine like a large jewel in Madurai, I praise you.
You dance in the hall in Thillai, the southern city, I praise you.
You are nectar for me today, I praise you.
You are endless and you created the four Vedas, I praise you.
You carry the bull banner, I praise you.
You have many shining forms, I praise you.
You make my heart melt as if you were peeling a stone
to get a fruit from it, I praise you.
O golden hill, protect me, I praise you.
When I cry you give me your grace and save me, I praise you.

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You create us all, protect us and give us moksha, I praise you.
You remove all our troubles, I praise you.
O Esaa, I praise you.
You are our god, I praise you.
You are shining marble, I praise you.
O king, I praise you.
You are nectar, I praise you.
You are fragrant and you have many forms, I praise you.
You are the scholar of the Vedas, I praise you.
You are faultless, I praise you.
You are the first one of the world, I praise you.
You are knowledge, I praise you.
You are our refuge, I praise you.
You are a sweet fruit, I praise you.
The Ganges flows in your red hair, I praise you.
You make me yours, I praise you.
You are the feeling of all, I praise you.
I am a low one, your slave, I praise you.
You are our master, I praise you.
You are the atom, I praise you.
You are the god Shiva, I praise you.
You are our chief, I praise you.
You are our aim, I praise you.
You have eight qualities, I praise you.
You are our path, I praise you.
You are our thoughts, I praise you.
You are the remedy for the troubles of the gods, I praise you.
You are easy for all to find, I praise you.
O king, you give us your grace
so I and all my relatives will not fall into the hell, I praise you.
You are our friend, I praise you.
You are my help, I praise you.
You are our life, I praise you.
You are my treasure, I praise you.
You are our moksha, I praise you.
You are the first one of the world, I praise you.
You are our lord, I praise you.
You are the god Hara, I praise you.
You surpass all feelings and cannot be described, I praise you.
You are the wealth of the wide ocean of the world, I praise you.
You are beauty even in simple things, I praise you.
You are like the eye and a dark cloud, I praise you.
You are the omnipresent mountain of grace, I praise you.
You served your devotees, I praise you.
You made me worthy
and placed your feet on my head, I praise you.