[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vernacular Literatures](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular) › [Medieval Tamil literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil) › [Later prabandham literature (c. 1500–1800)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late) › [Devotional shrine poems](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati) › [Tirunūṟṟantāti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.tirunurrantati) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.tirunurrantati~en-mt) › 17 # Tirunurrantati 17 English (machine translation) 17 - **Language:** English ### [17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.tirunurrantati~en-mt.17) You never realize that you are doing futile deeds! / You do not perform the tapas spoken by the sacred mouth of our Lord of the ford, / who bestows endless auspiciousness; you have not given dāna! / What are you doing in the meantime, O my heart, obeying whatever the senses say? - [Previous: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.tirunurrantati~en-mt.16) - [Next: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.tirunurrantati~en-mt.18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.tirunurrantati~en-mt.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.late.antati.tirunurrantati~en-mt.17) · Pramāṇa