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Sri AruNagirinAthar Sri KaumAra Chellam
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Thiruppugazh 6 - muththaiththaru - thiruvaruNai

(meanings in Tamil and English by Thiru Gopala Sundaram)

muththaiththaru paththith thirunakai

aththikkiRai saththis saravaNa
muththikkoru viththuk gurupara ...... enavOthum

mukkatpara maRkuc churuthiyin

muRpattathu kaRpith thiruvarum
muppaththumu varkkath thamararum ...... adipENap

paththuththalai thaththak kaNaithodu

otRaikkiri maththaip poruthoru
pattappakal vattath thikiriyil ...... iravAkap

paththaRkira thaththaik kadaviya

pachchaippuyal mechchath thakuporuL
patchaththodu ratchith tharuLvathum ...... orunALE

thiththiththeya oththap paripura

nirththappatham vaiththup payiravi
thikkotkana dikkak kazhukodu ...... kazhuthAdath

thikkuppari attap payiravar

thokkuththoku thokkuth thokuthoku
chithrappavu rikkuth thrikadaka ...... enavOthak

koththuppaRai kottak kaLamisai

kukkukkuku kukkuk kukukuku
kuththipputhai pukkup pidiyena ...... muthukUkai

kotputRezha natpatR RavuNarai

vettippali yittuk kulakiri
kuththuppada oththup poravala ...... perumALE.
......... Meaning .........

muththaiththaru paththith thirunakai aththikkiRai: "You are the Consort of DEvayAnai* with a beautiful
smile and lovely teeth looking like pearls!

saththis saravaNa: You are SaravaNabhava holding the powerful spear called SakthivEl!

muththikkoru viththuk gurupara: You are the foremost seed for the Heaven" -

enavOthum mukkatpara maRku: so praises Lord SivA, with three eyes (the Sun, the Moon and the Fire-
Agni);

suruthiyin muRpattathu kaRpiththu: to that SivA, You preached the fundamental ManthrA OM dating
earlier than the VEdAs

iruvarum muppaththumu varkkath thamararum adipENap: while the other two of the Trinity (BrahmA
and Vishnu), along with thirty-three crores of DevAs, watched (Your preaching) and worshipped Your
feet!

paththuththalai thaththak kaNaithodu: He shot an arrow to scatter the ten heads of RAvaNA
(RAmAvathAram);

otRaikkiri maththaip poruthoru: He churned the milky ocean with the incomparable Mount Manthara
(KUrmAvathAram);

pattappakal vattath thikiriyil iravAka: He hid the Sun with His ChakrA (disc) in daytime making it night
(KrishnAvathAram);

paththaRkira thaththaik kadaviya: He drove the chariot for His friend and devotee, Arjunan
(KrishnAvathAram);

pachchaippuyal mechchath thakuporuL: and He is Lord Vishnu, the emerald-green and cloud-
complexioned. You are His favourite!

patchaththodu ratchith tharuLvathum orunALE: Will You be kind enough to come and protect me one of
these days?

(The second half of this song describes Murugan's war against the demons)

thiththiththeya oththu: In accordance with the meter 'thiththiththeya',

ap paripura nirththappatham vaiththup payiravi thikkotka nadikka: anklets in Her feet jingled as Bhairavi
(KALi) danced fiercely moving in all the eight directions;

kazhukodu kazhuthAda: the devils in the battlefield danced along with the eagles;

thikkuppari attap payiravar: the eight bhairavAs** protecting all directions

chithrappavu rikku thokkuththoku thokkuth thokuthoku thrikadaka enavOtha: choreographed for this
unique dance in the meter of 'thokkuththoku thokkuth thokuthoku thrikadaka';

koththuppaRai kotta: a series of drums were beaten to the same tune;

kaLamisai muthukUkai: in the battlefield, old vultures screamed

kukkukkuku kukkuk kukukuku kuththipputhai pukkup pidiyena kotputRezha: 'kukkukkuku kukkuk

kukukuku, stab and bury, attack and catch' and they kept revolving around the corpses, flying upwards in
circles;

natpatR RavuNarai vettippali yittu: the hostile demons (asuras) were killed en masse; and

kulakiri kuththuppada: their mountain Krounchagiri was shattered into pieces

oththup poravala perumALE.: when You fought the righteous war, Oh Great One!

Note: The first few words were given to AruNagirinAthar by Murugan Himself to compose his first song.

* As DEvayAnai symbolizes Kriyasakthi {Creative Power}, She was invoked to establish Karma yOgA
in life.

** The eight BhairavAs are:

AsithAngan, KApAli, ChaNdan, Ururu, KurOthan, SankAran, PeedaNan, and Unmaththan.

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