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The original text keeps its own… ## Contents - [1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.apirami_patikam~en-mt.1) — 11 parts - [2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.apirami_patikam~en-mt.2) — 11 parts ## Text ### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.apirami_patikam~en-mt.1.1) To garland her with a pure garland of Tamil verse, we praise the feet of the Five-handed One / who has three musth-flows and a drooping mouth, / so that it reaches well the golden feet of our Apirāmavalli / of renowned Kaṭavūr, whom devotees daily contemplate. Text: Unfailing learning, undiminished longevity, / friendship free of any deceit, unfading prosperity, / unflagging youth, a body devoid of tormenting disease, / an unshakeable mind, a wife whose love never departs, / an unerring lineage, unwaning fame, / speech that never falters, charity free of hindrances, / inexhaustible wealth, an unbent sceptre, / and a life without any sorrow, / granting \[these\] along with love for your pure feet, / unite me with great devotees, behold! / O Sister of Māyan who takes yogic sleep upon the surging ocean! / O Life of Ādi Kaṭavūr! / O Śukapāṇi who never leaves one side of Amutīcar! / O Gracious Vāmī! O Apirāmi! ### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.apirami_patikam~en-mt.1.2) With your row of dark tresses, the garlands on that row, / and the bows of your dark eyebrows, / wearing ear-ornaments, your round, moon-like face, / and the musk mark on your forehead, / with sharp, adorning eyes, nectar-like speech, / lips like small, ripe bimba fruits, / a nose like a sesame blossom, jasmine-like teeth, / and a neck with conch-like folds, / your proud, shapely breasts adorned with a bodice, / your waist-girdle, and your feet with gem-set anklets— / appear and stand before me, and with a gentle smile / remove my stubborn karma! / O Life of Ādi Kaṭavūr, filled with sparkling gems like the stars residing in the sky! / O Śukapāṇi who never leaves one side of Amutīcar! / O Gracious Vāmī! O Apirāmi! ### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.apirami_patikam~en-mt.1.3) Is it not those who have received the grace-boon of your red lotus eyes— / which crowd against the long makara ear-ornaments, conceal the sesame blossom, / forsake the vāḷai fish, and conquer the kenzhi fish daubed with collyrium— / who canopy the entire earth under a single, unique umbrella, / mount upon the lion throne above, and obtaining a righteous sceptre / and the rule of Manu's justice, rule the world encircled by the ocean; and thereafter, / becoming drivers of Airāvata with his speckled face, praised as they arrive by crowds of gods / who acclaim them as Devendra of delights, / rejoice in heaven along with Paulomī? / O Form of Bliss who grows beginning with the letter 'a'! / O Life of Ādi Kaṭavūr! / O Śukapāṇi who never leaves one side of Amutīcar! / O Gracious Vāmī! O Apirāmi! ### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.apirami_patikam~en-mt.1.4) As the ancient Mother who gave birth in due order / to the seven surging oceans, the twice-four directions, / the eight cardinal elephants, the Great Serpent, / the Great Meru, the Great Tortoise, / the twice-seven worlds borne by the spotted serpent, / the hosts of gods, the goddess seated on the lotus, Māyan with his discus, / and the One who wears a tiger-skin around his waist, / to you whose ancient ways none can fathom— / tell me, why do the dwellers of the three worlds, / not knowing \[this\], call you Bālā? / O Sea of Bliss of the noble who are filled with wisdom! / O Life of Ādi Kaṭavūr! / O Śukapāṇi who never leaves one side of Amutīcar! / O Gracious Vāmī! O Apirāmi! ### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.apirami_patikam~en-mt.1.5) Pouring down a rain of grace so that the crop of souls flourishes high without withering, / embracing them without wearying with the wings of your love / upon the ocean of bliss, / bestowing food to eat without deficiency / on the crores of living beings, from the tiny crawling ant to the herd of elephants, / O Nirmalī whose belly lovingly gives birth / to all the worlds bounded by the eternal ocean, \[the world\] proclaims you Mother of the Universes; / will they ever proclaim you Nīlī? / O Life of Ādi Kaṭavūr, soaring in fame through the sacrifices of the unblemished four Vedas! / O Śukapāṇi who never leaves one side of Amutīcar! / O Gracious Vāmī! O Apirāmi! ### [1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.apirami_patikam~en-mt.1.6) From the many elephants down to the lowest ant, / for each varied life, for the toad trapped inside a rock, / for the life that takes form on that day in the womb, / for the abundant moving and unmoving beings, for the host of unblinking gods, / for the \[celebrated\] Trinity, and for everyone else, / without weariness arising in their minds, / though you possess the glorious task of providing \[for all\], / and though you have the boundless nine treasures, / if I alone am base in poverty, / is not that mockery directed at you? / O life of Ādi Kaṭavūr, where groves touch the dark clouds and measure the realm of gods! / Śukapāṇi, who never leaves one half of Amutīcar! / Gracious Vāmī! Apirāmi! ### [1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.apirami_patikam~en-mt.1.7) Standing as the support for the enduring worlds, eternal, / the embodiment of liberation, you who dutifully / foster the thirty-two virtues as a wife— / yet, running and entering from house to house, his legs weary, / shame gone, having no destiny to wear even a white cloth at his waist, / clad in a naked guise, bearing a skull-bowl / in his hand, his heart failing everywhere in the land, / becoming a madman, O Mother! Why does your husband wander / longing and begging alms everywhere? Tell me! / O life of Ādi Kaṭavūr, where women sport atop pavilions with fluttering banners! / Śukapāṇi, who never leaves one half of Amutīcar! / Gracious Vāmī! Apirāmi! ### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.apirami_patikam~en-mt.1.8) Going to the virtuous in whom wisdom flourishes and who know your inherent form, / sitting among them with joy, undertaking service, / receiving the instruction they utter, / casting aside baseness, driving away the pride of 'I' and 'mine' so none remains, / sealing shut the gates of the senses, / and lighting a lamp to dispel the darkness of the heart— / O Swan with eyes stretching to the edge of the sky! Placing you / upon the lotus flower of my heart, free from all other worry, / entering supreme absorption, when shall I sink / into an imperishable ocean of bliss? / O life of Ādi Kaṭavūr! / Śukapāṇi, who never leaves one half of Amutīcar! / Gracious Vāmī! Apirāmi! ### [1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.apirami_patikam~en-mt.1.9) If you are the mother who bore the moving and unmoving beings of this ocean-girt world, / are you not my mother too? Am I not your child? / Dispelling my distress, feeding me the milk / pouring from your breasts, wiping my face with the hem of your cloth, / delighting in my lisping prattle, rejoicing in your smile bright as tender moonlight, / showering a rain of grace as I frolic and play near you, / clapping your fair hands and calling, 'Come!', / if you say of me, 'He is younger brother to the Elephant-faced One and Kandan', / would there be any dishonour? / O insatiable nectar born in the surging sea! / O life of Ādi Kaṭavūr! / Śukapāṇi, who never leaves one half of Amutīcar! / Gracious Vāmī! Apirāmi! ### [1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.apirami_patikam~en-mt.1.10) Taking a flower in hand, not even for a moment have I worshipped your flower-like feet; / with the flower of my eyes, I have not gazed upon the flower of your face; / not once in the three times of day have I meditated on you with the flower of my mind, / nor thought of walking behind those who walk before your temple; / I have drifted, utterly deceived! / When terrible Kāla comes riding upon a male buffalo / as black as collyrium, / and in that moment when this lonely soul is bewildered and distressed, / come and grant the flower of your grace! / O life of Ādi Kaṭavūr! / Śukapāṇi, who never leaves one half of Amutīcar! / Gracious Vāmī! Apirāmi! ### [1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.apirami_patikam~en-mt.1.11) Excess pursues, burning disease pursues, rising anger pursues, destitution pursues, grey hair and wrinkles pursue, great torments pursue, Enmity pursues, treachery pursues, what is called hunger pursues, sin pursues, lust for place pursues, many affairs pursue, Mockery pursues, past karma pursues, my days pursue; running with my tongue parched and dry, my legs failing me—will Yama too pursue me? O foundational deity of all the worlds! O life of Ādi Kaṭavūr! Śukapāṇi, who never parts from a side of Amutīcar! Gracious Vāmī! Apirāmi! ### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.apirami_patikam~en-mt.2.1) "Apirāmi Ammaip Patikam" — (Second) A face resembling the full moon admired by him who wears the Gaṅgā and the tumpai, eyes pouring forth compassion, dark locks that make the clouds of the sky seem pale, A jewelled throat bearing the wedding-talisman shining without doubt, hands gleaming with the noble noose and goad of supreme excellence, rings of serpent design on the fingers, Breasts of celestial beauty granting ambrosia to the gods, and red holy feet adorned with lustrous anklets of nine gems—praising them daily and singing "hail!": Come upon the bull with your husband of abundant auspiciousness and bestow your grace, O Vāmī abiding in prosperous Tirukkaṭavūr! Śubanemi! Pugazhnāmi! Vāmī who delights Śivasāmi! Umai Apirāmi! ### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.apirami_patikam~en-mt.2.2) Candrajaṭādharī! Mukundasodarī! Noble, lotus-eyed Mādhavī! Majestic-breasted One! Sumaṅgalī! Lady of auspicious marks! Karuṇākarī beyond words! Antarī! Vārāhī! Śāmbhavī! Praised by the immortals! Amalai! Puppeteer of the world's illusion! Cause of all souls! Nārāyaṇī who reposes in wonder! Boundless, pure consciousness, all-filling fullness! Sundarī! Nirantarī! Dhurandharī! Delicate daughter of the mountain king! Kaumārī! Exalted Kalyāṇī! Holding lotus and flower-arrows in hand! Śarvāṇī who bestows grace upon devotees! Where Hari, Brahmā seated on the lotus, and others come to praise amid rising Vedic sounds, O Vāmī abiding in prosperous Tirukkaṭavūr! Śubanemi! Pugazhnāmi! Vāmī who delights Śivasāmi! Umai Apirāmi! ### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.apirami_patikam~en-mt.2.3) Seeing fully the fragrance of blossoms in the heavy perfumed locks, the cool moonlike face, the spear-like eyes, the cup-like breasts, the deer-like gait, the smiling words, In the bond of attachment to lightning-like women, my mind confused, daily thinking of many ways, not knowing what is blame or sin, taking life in this illusory universe to be real, My desires surging, wandering aimlessly in vain like a dog, without praising your red feet that are lotus blossoms—will compassion come upon such a fool? O repository of spotless, towering virtues! Bhavānī! O Vāmī abiding in famed, prosperous Tirukkaṭavūr! Śubanemi! Pugazhnāmi! Vāmī who delights Śivasāmi! Umai Apirāmi! ### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.apirami_patikam~en-mt.2.4) Of the two spoken of as good and bad, the people of the world seek only the good; therefore I too sought likewise. Even though I sought it, without saying "not today", if your sacred heart softens and bestows grace, this poor wretch will be redeemed; this is the true word; Is there anything your heart does not know? O Virgin who gave birth to Kumāradeva, who dwells on all the hills and ever blesses devotees! Emerald-hued One! Vimalī! Bhairavī! King of Mountains' daughter alive with grace! Where winged bees hum in orchards overflowing with fragrance, O Vāmī abiding in prosperous Tirukkaṭavūr! Śubanemi! Pugazhnāmi! Vāmī who delights Śivasāmi! Umai Apirāmi! ### [2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.apirami_patikam~en-mt.2.5) It is not for one day or two days; from the day I was born in this world / up to this day, broken by unending worry, / bearing unceasing distress, my heart weary, / resembling a bow whose precious string has snapped— / showing compassion upon this slave, saying here, “Fear not!” / and supporting me, truly there is no one except you. / Needing not even two nāḻikais of time, able to fashion this entire / universe in a moment and bestow grace—possessing such power, / is it hard for you to remove the distress of poor me and grant your grace? / Praised by great ones such as the approaching Nāvalūrar, living in Tirukkaṭavūr where sweet fame grows, / O Vāmī! Śubanemi! Pugazhnāmi! / Vāmī in whom Śivasāmi delights! O Apirāmi, Umai! ### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.apirami_patikam~en-mt.2.6) As countless miseries mount higher and higher to torment me, alas! / How can my heart endure and survive? In this birth I have now taken, / not even an amount of pleasure equal to a sesame seed have I enjoyed / on any single day; the whole country knows this, why ask about it? / Your heart too knows it well; / though I am a wretch who performed no merit in a past birth, / cast your full gracious glance upon me / and remove my vileness, bestowing your grace! / Daily praised by mortals on earth and by celestials, / living in Tirukkaṭavūr where renown grows, O Vāmī! Śubanemi! Pugazhnāmi! / Vāmī in whom Śivasāmi delights! O Apirāmi, Umai! ### [2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.apirami_patikam~en-mt.2.7) Whether knowingly or unknowingly, if there be any wrong committed / by this slave, do not get angry and hold it against me as an account; / let your sacred heart feel pity, and showing great affection, come / and grant that from now on I am not drowned in ruinous karma to suffer distress; / you must grant a good boon and protect me with your grace! Primal Mother who gave birth tenderly to the souls of all universes! / Exalted One of the lotus feet praised by Purandara, the Lotus-born One, and Mādhava! / Destroyer of the \[Three\] Fortresses! Purandarī! Purātanī! / Purāṇī! Empress of the Three Worlds! / Green parrot whose speech is sweeter than medicine! Vārāhī! Living in beautiful, / growing Tirukkaṭavūr, O Vāmī! Śubanemi! Pugazhnāmi! / Vāmī in whom Śivasāmi delights! O Apirāmi, Umai! ### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.apirami_patikam~en-mt.2.8) Without desiring the friendship of cruel, deceitful people; even if it were needed for medicine, / without speaking a false word even by forgetfulness; / without going upon the path that is evil; / without harboring jealousy in an overbearing heart; without engaging / in vain quarrels; without rejecting the words spoken by truly great elders; / without holding such bursts of rage; / having taken refuge, to praise your two lotus feet, grant grace to this solitary one, / and I pray you to protect me at all times! / Where water lilies blossom in tanks matching the red mouths of slender women / whose eyes resemble darting kayal fish, / living in growing Tirukkaṭavūr, O Vāmī! Śubanemi! Pugazhnāmi! / Vāmī in whom Śivasāmi delights! O Apirāmi, Umai! ### [2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.apirami_patikam~en-mt.2.9) To tell anyone else the nature of my distress, and for them to hear, / remove this distress, take pity in their hearts, / and do good, is not possible even in the measure of a sesame seed; / if you bestow only a little grace from the corner of your exalted eye, even useless / fine grains of sand become a mountain of high-touch gold; / moreover, having generously brought forth the high universes, / knowing that you become easily accessible and quickly protect and save / good devotees who meditate on you who make the thirty-two virtues flourish with beauty, / I have trusted in your lotus-like feet; come and bestow grace! / Living in growing Tirukkaṭavūr, O Vāmī! Śubanemi! Pugazhnāmi! / Vāmī in whom Śivasāmi delights! O Apirāmi, Umai! ### [2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.apirami_patikam~en-mt.2.10) Mounting a buffalo dark blue in form, holding the terrifying heavy staff / and the cruel noose in hand, when fierce Great Kāla confronted him, Mārkkaṇḍan looked with trembling fear / and, rejoicing in his heart, worshipped your husband known as the great Nīlakaṇṭha, / whereon the Lord, splitting that liṅga, appeared with you, / transfixed Yama upon his trident, kicked him with his radiant foot / so that he fell to the earth like a huge dark mountain, and bestowed grace upon the renowned sage's son— / was this not the nature of your rare, immense grace? / O Vāmī who dwell in flourishing Tirukkaṭavūr where water lilies blossom in ponds like the eyes of young dark-haired maidens! / Śubanemi! Pugazhnāmi! / Vāmī in whom Śivasāmi delights! O Apirāmi Umai! ### [2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.apirami_patikam~en-mt.2.11) Daughter of the king of the snowy mountains, giver of all wealth! / Great Goddess! Taking pity on the noble ones who praise you truly and daily in their hearts, / you grant most abundantly in this world freedom from disease, learning, wealth, grain, / beauty, fame, greatness, youth, wisdom, offspring, strength, / courage, longevity, victory, auspicious destiny, and enjoyment— / having bestowed the total sum of these sixteen blessings, you grant a life of blissful joy! / Possessor of virtuous qualities! Protectress! Benevolent One! / Trisūlī! Radiant with auspiciousness! / I am the child, you are the mother; can you not protect me? / O Vāmī who dwell in glory-flourishing Tirukkaṭavūr! Śubanemi! Pugazhnāmi! / Vāmī in whom Śivasāmi delights! 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