Periyazhvar Thirumozhi - uruppiNi nangkai
[thirumaalirunchOlaimalaiyin siRappu]
Glory of ThirumaalirunsOlai mountain
349:##uruppiNi n^angai thannai meetpaan* thodarndhOdichchenRa*
uruppanai Otti koNdittu* uRaiththitta uRaippan malai*
poruppidaik konRai n^inRu* muRiyaazhiyum kaasum koNdu*
viruppodu pon vazhaNGgum* viyan maalirunchOlaiyadhE. (2) 1.
Konral trees standing on the hill of Malirumsolai shed round yellow petals and curved stamens strikingly like generous patrons doling out gold coins and open rings. It is the residence of the Lord who captured Rukma – when he pursued the eloping Rukmini, --and bound him to the floor his chariot, to humiliate him.
350:
kaNYchanum kaaLiyanum* kaLiRum marudhum erudhum*
vaNYchanaiyil madiya* vaLarndha maNivaNNan malai*
naNYchumizh n^aaham ezhundhaNavi* naLir maamadhiyai*
seNYchudar n^aavaLaikkum* thiru maalirunchOlaiyadhE. 2.
On the hill of Malirumsolai, the venom-spitting cobra raises its hood and licks the cool full-moon with its glistening red tongue. It is the hill abode of the Lord who grew up destroying by their own evil the serpent Kaliya, the elephant Kuvalayapida, the twin Arjuna trees, the bull Arishtanemi and the wicked Kamsa.
351:
mannu n^arahan thannai* soozh pOhi vaLaiththeRindhu*
kannimahaLir thammai* kavarndha kadalvaNNan malai*
punnai serundhiyodu* puna vEngaiyum kONGgum n^inRu*
ponnarimaalaihaL soozh* pozhil maalirunchOlaiyadhE. 3.
Planning ways to destroy the strong Narakasura, and then throwing a noose around him, the ocean-hued Lord killed him and released the sixteen thousand one hundred maidens held in captivity. His hill abode in Malirumsolai where Punnai, Srundi, Vengai and Kongu trees deck the groves with golden charm-necklaces.
352:
maavali thannudaiya* mahan vaaNan mahaLirundha*
kaavalaik kattazhiththa* thanikkaaLai karudhum malai*
kOvalar gOvindhanai* kuRamaadharhaL paNkuRiNYchi*
paavoli paadi n^adam payil* maalirunchOlaiyadhE. 4.
The exceedingly youthful Lord, who destroyed the fetters over Usha the daughter of Bana the son of Mabali, resides by his own sweet will in Malirumsolai, the hill where gypsies sing of the cowherd Govinda in shrill tones on the Pann Kurinji and dance to it
353:
palapala n^aazham solli* pazhiththa shishupaalan thannai*
alavalaimai thavirththa* azhahan alaNGgaaran malai*
kula malai kOlamalai* kuLir maamalai koRRamalai*
nilamalai n^eeNda malai* thiru maalirunchOlaiyadhE. (2) 5.
The beautiful Lord showed his beatific form and silenced the capricious Sisupala who went about heaping abuse and blame on him. His hill abode is the tutelary hill, the beautiful hill, the cool hill, the victory hill, the firm hill, to tall hill, the Malirumsolai hill.
354:
paaNdavar_thammudaiya* paaNYchaali maRukkam ellaam*
aaNdu_anNGu n^ooRRuvar_tham* peNdir mElvaiththa_ appan malai*
paaNthahu vaNdinaNGgaL* paNhaL paadi madhupparuha*
thONdal udaiya malai* thollai maalirunchOlaiyadhE. 6.
The Lord bore in mind the travails that the Pandava Queen Panchali went through and in due course laid it on the wives of the wicked hundred brothers. His hill abode is the ancient Malirumsolai where humming bumble-bees sing Panns drinking nectar from groves sustained by eternal water springs.
355:
kanaNGkuzhaiyaaL poruttaa* kaNai paariththu* arakkar thaNGgaL-
inam kazhuvERRuviththa* ezhil thOL emmiraaman malai*
kanam kozhi theLLaruvi* vandhu soozhndhu akalNYaalam ellaam*
inam kuzhuvaadum malai* ezhil maalirunchOlaiyadhE. 7.
For the sake of gold-jeweled Sita, my Lord Rama rained arrows and destroyed the Rakshasa clan. His hill abode is Malirumsolai, where pure streams flow heaping gold and where the whole world comes together in pilgrimage to take a holy dip.
356:
erisidhaRum saraththaal* ilaNGgaiyinai* thannudaiya-
vari silaivaayil peydhu* vaaykkOttam thavirththu uhandha*
araiyan amarum malai* amararodukOnum senRu*
thiri sudar soozhum malai* thiru maalirunchOlaiyadhE. 8.
With fire-spitting arrows the good King Rama silenced the fire-spitting mouth of the Lanka King Ravana and sent him into the throes of his mighty bow. He resides by his own sweet will in Malirumsolai hill where the gods and their king Indra and the wandering orbs, the Sun and Moon, circumambulate in obeisance.
357:
kOttumaN koNdidandhu* kudaNGgaiyil maN_koNdaLandhu*
meettumadhu uNdumizhndhu* viLaiyaadu vimalan malai*
eettiya palporuLhaL* embiraanukku adiyuRaiyenRu*
Ottarum thaN silambaaRudai* maalirunchOlaiyadhE. 9.
Malirumsolai is the hill abode of the pure Lord who came as a boar and lifted the Earth on his tusk, asked for a gift and measured the Earth, then again swallowed it all and brought it out, -- all in eternal sport. The mountain stream Silambaru, Nupura Ganga, comes rushing down the sloped laden with many precious things as offerings at his feet.
358:##
aayiram thOLparappi* mudiyaayiram minnilaka*
aayiram paindhalaiya* anandha sayanan aaLum malai*
aayiram aaRuhaLum* sunaihaL palavaayiramum*
aayiram poompozhilumudai* maalirunchOlaiyadhE. (2) 10.
Thousands of streams, thousand of lakes and many thousands of flower groves fill the Malirumsolai landscape. It is the hill ruled by the Lord with a thousand arms and a thousand radiant crowns, reclining on the snake of a thousand hoods.
359:##
maalirunchOlai ennum* malaiyai udaiya malaiyai*
naaliru moorththi thannai* naal vEdhak kadal amudhai*
mEliruNGgaRpahaththai* vEdhaandha vizhupporuLin*
mElirundha viLakkai* vishNu chiththan viriththanavE. (2)
These songs by Vishnuchitta praise the eight-syllable Mantra personified, the Amruta from the ocean of the Vedas, the excellent Kalpaka tree, the lamp that light the maze of Upanishadic thoughts, and the mountain of goodness that rules the mountain of Malirumsolai!
